https://www.scmp.com/rss/329719/feed The DP World Tour, formerly known as The European Tour, is the top golf circuit in Europe. It's associated tours include the European Challenge Tour, for players at the start of their careers, and the Legends Tour at the other end of the spectrum. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Josh Ball Josh Ball It is little more than a year since Scott O’Neil officially took over as LIV Golf CEO, brought in as the league’s calming influence following the whirlwind leadership of Greg Norman in the early days of disruption. A business background where he led some of the world’s biggest companies in sport and entertainment also gives the American a certain credibility, one that has translated into partnerships with the likes of HSBC - title sponsors of this week’s event in Hong Kong - Rolex and... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3345735/ceo-scott-oneil-set-break-some-eggs-take-liv-golf-top-pyramid?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3345735/ceo-scott-oneil-set-break-some-eggs-take-liv-golf-top-pyramid?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 06 Mar 2026 23:59:36 +0000 Josh Ball Josh Ball There is no sign of the row between Jon Rahm and the DP World Tour ending any time soon, with the Spaniard saying on Tuesday that he believed players who paid fines were “being extorted”. The two-time major winner’s name was notable by its absence from a list of eight LIV Golf players who were granted conditional releases by the DPWT last month. All eight – Laurie Canter, Thomas Detry, Tyrrell Hatton, Tom McKibbin, Adrian Meronk, Victor Perez, David Puig and Elvis Smylie – paid their fines,... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3345218/jon-rahm-accuses-dp-world-tour-bosses-extorting-players-wont-agree-releases-deal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3345218/jon-rahm-accuses-dp-world-tour-bosses-extorting-players-wont-agree-releases-deal?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 03 Mar 2026 04:27:49 +0000 Associated Press,Agence France-Presse Associated Press,Agence France-Presse Australian Hannah Green won the HSBC Women’s World Championship for a second time on Sunday, holding off a fast-finishing American Auston Kim to claim a one-stroke victory at Sentosa Golf Club. Green, the 2019 Women’s PGA Championship winner, closed with a 69 after an erratic back nine with three birdies and three bogeys almost opened the door for Kim. Green tapped in for bogey at the last and a 14-under four-round total of 274 at the par-72 course to give her another title in Singapore after... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3345022/hannah-green-wins-singapore-again-newly-married-kiwi-wins-new-zealand-open?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3345022/hannah-green-wins-singapore-again-newly-married-kiwi-wins-new-zealand-open?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 01 Mar 2026 09:30:08 +0000 Josh Ball Josh Ball The International Series will take its first steps into China this season, with Shanghai expected to host a tournament during a pivotal three-week swing that could also include the Philippines and Hong Kong. Although the Asian Tour’s schedule only lists an event from November 5 to 8, sources said officials were working on taking a tournament with a US$2.5 million prize fund to the country’s biggest city. Shanghai’s Enhance Anting Golf Club, which will stage the DP World Tour’s (DPWT) Volvo China... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3344480/international-series-looking-introduce-asian-tour-tournament-china-season?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3344480/international-series-looking-introduce-asian-tour-tournament-china-season?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:00:15 +0000 Josh Ball Josh Ball It has been a busy 24 hours in the world of LIV Golf, from signing a deal with Rolex to losing Patrick Reed, announcing rule changes and finally releasing the 2026 International Series schedule. And with the LIV season-opener in Riyadh less than a week away, once again there seem to be more questions than answers ahead of the tour’s fifth year in existence. Here then is a quick breakdown of what’s been happening. Reed jumps ship Patrick Reed stunned pretty much everyone on Wednesday when he... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3341656/patrick-reed-rolex-and-rule-changes-24-hours-hectic-world-liv-golf?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3341656/patrick-reed-rolex-and-rule-changes-24-hours-hectic-world-liv-golf?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 29 Jan 2026 09:30:08 +0000 Josh Ball Josh Ball David Puig claimed the biggest win of his professional career on Sunday, holding off a stacked field to claim the BMW Australian PGA Championship in Brisbane. The Spanish LIV Golf star shot a final round five-under-par 66 to finish on 18 under, two shots clear of China’s Ding Wenyi in the DP World Tour’s season opener. Australia’s Marc Leishman, who also plays on the LIV Golf League, finished in a tie for third with New Zealand’s Nick Voke on 15 under. Puig, who became just the ninth... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3334659/liv-golfs-puig-claims-aussie-crown-biggest-win-career-chinas-ding-second?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3334659/liv-golfs-puig-claims-aussie-crown-biggest-win-career-chinas-ding-second?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 30 Nov 2025 06:45:42 +0000 Josh Ball Josh Ball Before the age of 16, Wu Ashun had not picked up a golf club, let alone swung one in an attempt to hit a ball. Yet 24 years later he is playing in this week’s Link Hong Kong Open with multiple wins under his belt and a career that raised the bar for players in China. And it might never have happened if not for a Hong Kong-based philanthropist called Wang Jiashui, or “Mommy”, as the 40-year-old refers to her. “It 100 per cent definitely changed my life – oh man, I was lucky, I was very lucky,” Wu... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3331097/link-hong-kong-open-wu-ashun-stays-hunt-and-owes-it-all-local-philanthropist?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3331097/link-hong-kong-open-wu-ashun-stays-hunt-and-owes-it-all-local-philanthropist?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 31 Oct 2025 11:02:42 +0000 Josh Ball Josh Ball Ding Wenyi said his game had been “a little off” over the past several weeks, not that you would have known it at the SJM Macau Open on Thursday. The Chinese 20-year-old shot a seven-under-par 63 in the first round, ending a day that began on only three hours sleep in a share for the lead alongside Thailand’s Gunn Charoenkul. Ding has been playing most of his golf on the DP World Tour in Europe this year, and his appearance at Macau Golf and Country Club was his first start of the season on the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3329245/chinas-ding-wenyi-makes-early-running-macau-injured-watson-out-link-hong-kong-open?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3329245/chinas-ding-wenyi-makes-early-running-macau-injured-watson-out-link-hong-kong-open?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 16 Oct 2025 08:53:33 +0000 Reuters Reuters Australian golf legend Greg Norman said he was proud of what he accomplished as the CEO of LIV Golf and that PGA Tour players had benefited from the Saudi-backed league. Norman, who stepped down from LIV Golf last month, called his time with the league “mission accomplished” in an interview with Australian Golf Digest. “When you look back on the past 12 months, there’s been a realisation that all those investment dollars have done great things for the institutions as well as the players, in all... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3327917/greg-norman-describes-liv-golf-boss-tenure-mission-accomplished?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3327917/greg-norman-describes-liv-golf-boss-tenure-mission-accomplished?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 Oct 2025 08:52:48 +0000 Josh Ball Josh Ball Im Sung-jae will return to the Asian Tour for the first time in almost a decade when he plays in next month’s SJM Macau Open, with the game in the region far different to when he left it. The South Korean has been plying his trade in North America since 2018, winning twice on the PGA Tour and making the Tour Championship for seven straight years. But October’s tournament will mark his debut in the city and a return to a tour he last competed on in late 2017, when he finished in a tie for seventh... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3325148/asian-golfers-dreaming-something-bigger-im-sung-jae-targets-macau-open?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3325148/asian-golfers-dreaming-something-bigger-im-sung-jae-targets-macau-open?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 11 Sep 2025 06:03:19 +0000 Josh Ball Josh Ball The Asian Tour resumed on Thursday after a six-week break, and for some in the International Series Morocco field it was the first time in two months on the circuit. Not that much had changed. John Caitlin and Peter Uihlein finished the first round on top of the leaderboard with matching five-under-par 68s, and then just two shots separated the next 12 players. Caitlin came within a whisker of winning at the Royal Golf of Dar Es Salam course last year on his way to claiming the Tour’s order of... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3316883/seven-week-stretch-takes-hong-kongs-cheung-europe-africa-asian-tour-resumes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3316883/seven-week-stretch-takes-hong-kongs-cheung-europe-africa-asian-tour-resumes?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 04 Jul 2025 00:36:56 +0000 Former Asian Tour professional Pierre-Henri Soero rolled back the years, and social media influencer Luke Kwon made the most of a rare foray into the professional ranks, as the International Series got back under way in Thailand on Thursday. On a perfect day at Black Mountain Golf Club, just three shots separated the first 33 players, with four of them, Soero included, top of the heap on eight-under-par. And only a bogey on nine, his last hole of the day, stopped him grabbing the outright lead.... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3282796/asian-tour-crossfit-games-star-soero-youtuber-kwon-make-fast-starts-thailand?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3282796/asian-tour-crossfit-games-star-soero-youtuber-kwon-make-fast-starts-thailand?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 17 Oct 2024 13:15:06 +0000 Brooks Koepka fired a warning shot ahead of the defence of his PGA Championship in 10 days’ time, winning LIV Golf Singapore by two shots on Sunday. The American carded a three-under-par 68 to finish at 15 under for the tournament, with Australians Cameron Smith and Marc Leishman tied for second, and 2023 winner Talor Gooch alone in fourth at 12 under. Koepka began the day three shots clear of the field and, while challengers came and went, most notably in the shape of Leishman, kept his head as... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3261477/liv-golf-singapore-brooks-koepka-keeps-head-take-title-and-warm-pga-championship-defence?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3261477/liv-golf-singapore-brooks-koepka-keeps-head-take-title-and-warm-pga-championship-defence?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 May 2024 07:56:54 +0000 Talor Gooch is waiting for golf “to get easy again” ahead of the defence of his LIV Golf Singapore title this week. The American finished top of the circuit’s individual standings in 2023, but has struggled so far this season, and was in a tie for 26th in Adelaide last week when he was also defending champion. A tie for second in Las Vegas has been his best result so far, and he is presently 10th in the player standings this time around, some distance behind leader Joaquin Niemann. Gooch said... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3261250/liv-golfs-gooch-waiting-game-get-easy-again-li-hunt-volvo-china-open-kang-chasing-korean-glory?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3261250/liv-golfs-gooch-waiting-game-get-easy-again-li-hunt-volvo-china-open-kang-chasing-korean-glory?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 02 May 2024 23:00:10 +0000 Former PGA Tour stalwart Brendan Steele captured his maiden LIV Golf title on Sunday in Adelaide, keeping his cool to hold off a chasing pack led by Louis Oosthuizen and Jon Rahm to win by a shot. The 41-year-old American led overnight by one and after an early bogey refocused to reel off five straight birdies on the front nine in a four-under-par 68 to finish at 18-under. In front of bumper crowds and a carnival atmosphere at the Grange Golf Club, South Africa’s 11-time European Tour winner and... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3260678/liv-golf-nerves-steele-help-brendan-seal-first-title-while-ripper-gc-claim-maiden-team-victory?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3260678/liv-golf-nerves-steele-help-brendan-seal-first-title-while-ripper-gc-claim-maiden-team-victory?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 28 Apr 2024 08:11:56 +0000 Jesper Svensson beat Kiradech Aphibarnrat on the third play-off hole to win the Porsche Singapore Classic on Sunday, sealing a maiden DP World Tour win and continuing a stellar start to his rookie season. The Swede produced the round of his life to get into contention, starting off birdie, birdie, eagle on the way to firing a course record-equalling nine-under-par 63 at Laguna National Golf Resort Club, to rocket into the lead in the final round as other challengers came and went. In the end his... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3256531/porsche-singapore-classic-svensson-beats-kiradech-third-play-hole-seals-maiden-win-dp-world-tour?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3256531/porsche-singapore-classic-svensson-beats-kiradech-third-play-hole-seals-maiden-win-dp-world-tour?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 24 Mar 2024 11:42:19 +0000 David Micheluzzi will take a one-shot lead into the final round of the Porsche Singapore Classic on Sunday, and said a “complete reboot” had sparked his run of good form. The Australian’s six-under-par 66 on Saturday took him to 13-under overall, just ahead of English pair Andy Sullivan and Sam Bairstow. India’s Shubhankar Sharma was a shot further back after a third round 68, while talented teenage amateur Ratchanon ‘TK’ Chantananuwat and LIV Golf’s Paul Casey are in a group at 10... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3256481/porsche-singapore-classic-australian-micheluzzi-says-complete-reboot-after-new-zealand-breakdown-key?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3256481/porsche-singapore-classic-australian-micheluzzi-says-complete-reboot-after-new-zealand-breakdown-key?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 23 Mar 2024 11:16:27 +0000 Kiradech Aphibarnrat has not enjoyed his best start to the year, but there were signs his game might be going in the right direction at the Porsche Singapore Classic on Thursday. The Thai golfer carded an eight-under-par 64 at Laguna National to set a course record, and was then joined in a share of the lead by England’s Jordan Smith and Malaysia’s Gavin Green. France’s Ugo Coussaud finished a shot further back in fourth, while further down the field, Paul Casey came home with a 68 in his first... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3256268/porsche-singapore-classic-kiradech-gets-flyer-course-record-64-shares-lead-smith-and-green?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3256268/porsche-singapore-classic-kiradech-gets-flyer-course-record-64-shares-lead-smith-and-green?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 21 Mar 2024 13:50:54 +0000 Taichi Kho begins his second season as a professional golfer this week, carrying a “deep, inner-rooted confidence” in his ability to compete at the highest level. With a schedule built around the Asian Tour and its International Series, Kho will also have several opportunities to play on the DP World Tour this year, and having experienced the Open Championship once is focused on returning to the game’s biggest stage of all. The Hongkonger has already won on the Asian Tour, the first golfer from... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3251689/asian-tour-hong-kongs-taichi-kho-ready-embrace-discomfort-year-opportunity-home-and-abroad?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3251689/asian-tour-hong-kongs-taichi-kho-ready-embrace-discomfort-year-opportunity-home-and-abroad?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 12 Feb 2024 00:00:16 +0000 The PGA Tour and DP World Tour have agreed to work with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund to decide how LIV Golf players can return to the other circuits should they choose to do so. A framework agreement released to multiple media outlets in the US, also said the for-profit company to be formed by the PGA Tour and the Saudis would be the “entity for professional golf” and the tours would coexist with LIV Golf. Signed on May 30, the agreement was among documents requested by Senator Richard... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3225505/how-liv-golf-players-can-return-pga-tour-and-dp-world-tour-part-agreement-signed-saudi-arabias-pif?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3225505/how-liv-golf-players-can-return-pga-tour-and-dp-world-tour-part-agreement-signed-saudi-arabias-pif?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 27 Jun 2023 04:15:16 +0000 LIV Golf quartet Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter, Sergio Garcia and Richard Bland have resigned from the European tour instead of facing fines of £100,000 (US$125,000) for playing in the league without permission. The foursome were among those who played the inaugural LIV Golf event outside London last June and violated the conflicting tournament regulation policy. In a statement, the DP World Tour thanked the four players for their contributions – particularly Westwood, Garcia and Poulter for their... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3219326/ryder-cup-heroes-lee-westwood-sergio-garcia-ian-poulter-resign-dp-world-tour-over-liv-golf-sanctions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3219326/ryder-cup-heroes-lee-westwood-sergio-garcia-ian-poulter-resign-dp-world-tour-over-liv-golf-sanctions?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 May 2023 02:13:33 +0000 China’s Ding Wenyi is making the most of his free time before he heads off to college, and will play the DP World Tour event in Korea this week. Having competed on the Asian Tour several times over the past few months, including at the World City Championship in Hong Kong, the 18-year-old amateur will test himself against some of the best the European circuit has to offer at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club in Incheon. Ding, who last July became the first Chinese player to win the US Junior Amateur,... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3218416/chinas-ding-wenyi-says-pga-tour-my-dream-ahead-second-dp-world-tour-start-year-korea-championship?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3218416/chinas-ding-wenyi-says-pga-tour-my-dream-ahead-second-dp-world-tour-start-year-korea-championship?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 26 Apr 2023 07:59:25 +0000 The head of the DP World Tour wants to punish members who have competed on the Asian Tour, after a court in the UK ruled he had a right to enforce conflicting-release rules. But forcing players to chose between the two organisations could backfire on Keith Pelley, with the pathway from the Asian Tour to the riches of the LIV Golf circuit expected to expand next season. Pelley, the DPWT’s CEO, issued his threat during an interview on ‘the bunkered podcast’ in which he revelled in a legal victory... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3217639/dp-world-tour-chief-keith-pelley-threatens-asian-tour-players-sanctions-revels-court-win-over-liv?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3217639/dp-world-tour-chief-keith-pelley-threatens-asian-tour-players-sanctions-revels-court-win-over-liv?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 20 Apr 2023 00:00:12 +0000 The International Series reached Vietnam last week, the fourth event in a season that is taking the Asian Tour to the Middle East, the UK and many places in between. Adding a tournament in St Andrews weeks after confirming that the Hong Kong Open would be one of the elevated events, means there are now 10 stops on the schedule for 2023. The expansion will not stop there, and officials have previously said they would like as many as 14 tournaments, while Cho Minn Thant, the Tour CEO, hailed the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3217266/asian-tours-growing-popularity-sign-golfs-status-quo-changing-foothold-europe-just-beginning?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3217266/asian-tours-growing-popularity-sign-golfs-status-quo-changing-foothold-europe-just-beginning?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 17 Apr 2023 00:00:17 +0000 The DP World Tour’s swing through Asia moves onto Thailand this week, and again will give the region’s aspiring golfers a chance to chase history and cement their legacy in the game. In the past, the likes of Zhang Lian-wei of China, Thailand’s Thongchai Jaidee and India’s Arjun Atwal have claimed historic wins in DP World Tour-sanctioned tournaments across Asia, and reaped immediate rewards by earning playing rights in what was formerly known as the European Tour. The stakes are now so much... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3210281/hong-kongs-kho-and-chinas-ding-dp-world-tour-represents-best-chance-reach-pinnacle-golf?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3210281/hong-kongs-kho-and-chinas-ding-dp-world-tour-represents-best-chance-reach-pinnacle-golf?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 15 Feb 2023 08:04:55 +0000 South Africa’s Ockie Strydom shot a nine-under-par 63 on Sunday to power up the leader board and clinch the Singapore Classic by one stroke from Finland’s Sami Valimaki. Strydom finished at 19-under overall at Laguna National Resort Golf Club for his second win on the DP World Tour after claiming the Alfred Dunhill championship in South Africa in December. Valimaki, who started the final round two shots behind overnight leaders Wang Jeung-hun and Alejandro del Rey, shot a 66 to finish one... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3209968/singapore-classic-strydom-fires-his-way-second-dp-world-tour-title-chinas-ding-wenyi-ends-high?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3209968/singapore-classic-strydom-fires-his-way-second-dp-world-tour-title-chinas-ding-wenyi-ends-high?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 12 Feb 2023 15:17:20 +0000 China’s Ding Wenyi had a birdie on the par-five 13th to thank as he moved atop the leader board to join Northern Ireland’s Tom McKibbin before play was suspended because of fading light at the Singapore Classic on Friday. Ding marked his card with a pair of birdies and eagles, as well as a bogey on two, and was at 11-under after 14 holes before he had to leave the course because of darkness. In contrast, Hong Kong’s Taichi Kho is likely to miss the cut after struggling to one-over through 13... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3209831/dp-world-tour-chinese-amateur-ding-wenyi-joins-mckibbin-atop-leader-board-singapore-classic?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3209831/dp-world-tour-chinese-amateur-ding-wenyi-joins-mckibbin-atop-leader-board-singapore-classic?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 10 Feb 2023 13:42:57 +0000 Taichi Kho plays his first big tournament as a professional at this week’s Singapore Classic and said leaving the amateur ranks had been “a really tough decision”. The Hong Kong golfer won a qualifier in December to get into the DP World Tour event, and earned full status on the Asian Tour last month, but only made the decision to make the switch several days ago. And while Kho, who had been playing college golf at the University of Notre Dame, said the choice was a tough one, competing at a... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3209376/singapore-classic-hong-kongs-kho-ready-grasp-great-opportunity-dp-world-tour-event-knows-tough-times?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3209376/singapore-classic-hong-kongs-kho-ready-grasp-great-opportunity-dp-world-tour-event-knows-tough-times?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 07 Feb 2023 10:30:10 +0000 Officials from the PGA and European tours have been accused of acting like children in their dealings with the Asian Tour. Days after Keith Pelley, the CEO of the European Tour, said his organisation “had no relationship” with its rivals in Asia, his counterpart in the region, Cho Minn Thant, said there had zero communication from the group over this week’s Singapore Classic or the Thailand Classic and Hero Indian Open that follow. Cho told a small gathering of journalists at last week’s PIF... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3209296/pga-and-european-golf-bosses-being-childish-over-breakdown-relationship-asian-rival-says-cho?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3209296/pga-and-european-golf-bosses-being-childish-over-breakdown-relationship-asian-rival-says-cho?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 Feb 2023 23:00:16 +0000 Some of Asia’s best young golfers will get the opportunity to show the world what they can do next month, when the DP World Tour returns to Singapore. Hong Kong’s Taichi Kho, who won a qualifier in December, will be joined at the Singapore Classic by Thailand’s teenage star Ratchanon ‘TK’ Chantananuwat and China’s Ding Wenyi. Ding and TK, who ended the year ranked 15th and 16th respectively in the World Amateur Golf Rankings, will lead a stellar amateur field at the Laguna National Golf Resort... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3206489/singapore-classic-thai-star-ratchanon-chinas-ding-lead-asias-amateur-challenge-dp-world-tour-event?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3206489/singapore-classic-thai-star-ratchanon-chinas-ding-lead-asias-amateur-challenge-dp-world-tour-event?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 12 Jan 2023 01:28:02 +0000 The 48 players in the LIV Golf League will compete in 14 tournaments with US$405 million in combined purses in 2023. Organisers announced the plans for next year on Wednesday, the day before the start of the upstart league’s third-ever tournament, this one in Bedminster, New Jersey. The controversial Saudi-backed series is holding eight tournaments with US$255 million in prize money this year, its inaugural season. Sergio Garcia to ‘hold off’ on plan to resign from DP World Tour Star players... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3186840/liv-golf-reveals-14-event-plan-us405m-purses-2023?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3186840/liv-golf-reveals-14-event-plan-us405m-purses-2023?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 28 Jul 2022 02:11:12 +0000 Li Haotong will play in the 150th Open Championship at St Andrews this week just months after vowing to quit the game for good. The Chinese golfer, who finished third at the 2017 Open at Royal Birkdale, is making his fifth appearance at the oldest major tournament and his confidence soaring after winning the BMW International Open in Germany last month. That third career victory has restored the 26-year-old’s faith in his own game and a sport he came within days of walking away from... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3184967/open-championship-chinas-li-haotong-back-grove-after-coming-close?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3184967/open-championship-chinas-li-haotong-back-grove-after-coming-close?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 12 Jul 2022 05:45:10 +0000 Greg Norman has hailed the start of “free agency in golf” as it emerged that former world No 1 Dustin Johnson was one of several major winners who had agreed to play in the first LIV Golf Invitational Series event next week. Johnson, Sergio Garcia, Graeme McDowell, Charl Schwartzel and Louis Oosthuizen were named on a list of 42 players for the first tournament of the Saudi-backed league at Centurion Club in England from June 9 to 11. Their decision sets them on a potential collision course with... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3179942/liv-golf-invitational-major-winners-johnson-garcia-defy-pga-tour?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3179942/liv-golf-invitational-major-winners-johnson-garcia-defy-pga-tour?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 01 Jun 2022 02:25:28 +0000 The PGA Tour is denying releases to golfers who asked to play in the first of a series of Saudi-funded tournaments next month in England, a bold move by Commissioner Jay Monahan in trying to quash Greg Norman’s latest bid to start a lucrative rival league. The first LIV Golf Invitational is scheduled for June 9-11 at Centurion Golf Club outside London, with a 48-man field competing for a $20 million purse over 54 holes. The winner gets US$4 million – to date the richest prize in golf – and last... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3177259/pga-tour-raises-stakes-fight-saudi-backed-event-denies-players-releases?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3177259/pga-tour-raises-stakes-fight-saudi-backed-event-denies-players-releases?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 May 2022 01:46:33 +0000 Lee Westwood believes the Asian Tour has given its European and American rivals a taste of their own medicine by going global with a new international series. Speaking on Wednesday, ahead of the PIF Saudi International, the Englishman said he thought the DP World Tour and PGA Tour saw their Asian counterpart’s new enterprise, which includes a stop in London, “as a threat” and compared the ongoing animosity to “a game of poker”. Westwood is one of several high-profile golfers playing in the Asian... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3165606/asian-tour-giving-pga-tour-and-dp-world-tour-taste-their-own-medicine?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3165606/asian-tour-giving-pga-tour-and-dp-world-tour-taste-their-own-medicine?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 02 Feb 2022 12:30:21 +0000 The Asian Tour has signalled its intention to take on its more established European and American rivals on their own turf, with the creation of an international series that will know no boundaries. An initial 10-tournament series this year will include stops in London, mainland China, Hong Kong, and across Asia and the Middle East, with up to US$2 million in prize money at each event. Additional events are likely to follow in the future, with Greg Norman, the CEO of LIV Golf Investments, which... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3165518/asian-tour-signals-intent-become-global-power-golf-new-international?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3165518/asian-tour-signals-intent-become-global-power-golf-new-international?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 01 Feb 2022 13:03:26 +0000 The European Challenge Tour will make two stops in mainland China next year as part of a record-breaking €8 million (HK$70.1 million) schedule involving 31 tournaments across three continents and 18 different countries. As part of the Road to Mallorca, the tour will host back-to-back events on the mainland from October 13 to 23. While the location of the first tournament is yet to be confirmed, the Foshan Open has been pencilled in for October 20 to 23 at Foshan Golf Club in Guangdong, with a... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3160439/two-china-tournaments-part-record-breaking-2022-european-challenge-tour?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3160439/two-china-tournaments-part-record-breaking-2022-european-challenge-tour?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 20 Dec 2021 11:05:18 +0000 Former champion Li Haotong will be looking to end a disappointing year on a high when he tees up at the 27th Volvo China Open at Genzon Golf Club in Shenzhen on Thursday. A two-time winner on the DP World Tour – formerly the European Tour – 26-year-old Li is the highest-profile player in the 108-strong field for an event that, for the second consecutive year because of the coronavirus pandemic, is sanctioned solely by the China Tour. But if he is to return to winning ways, China’s most popular... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3159827/volvo-china-open-li-haotong-looking-bounce-back-and-end-disappointing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3159827/volvo-china-open-li-haotong-looking-bounce-back-and-end-disappointing?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 15 Dec 2021 09:35:08 +0000 The Chinese golf season will climax with the 2021 Volvo China Open on December 16-19 after the showpiece event was moved from November 4-7. Organisers confirmed that event, which takes place at Shenzhen Genzon Golf Club, will be solely sanctioned by the PGA China Tour for a second year. From 2004 until last year’s Covid-19 pandemic the event had been co-sanctioned by the European Tour. It was removed from this season’s schedule in September. China Golf Association chairman Zhang Xiaoning... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3152881/china-open-moved-december-european-tour-calendar?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3152881/china-open-moved-december-european-tour-calendar?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 19 Oct 2021 09:12:21 +0000 The Hong Kong Golf Open, one of the blue riband events on the city’s sporting calendar, has been postponed again until the new year, organisers said. The 62nd edition of the previously annual showpiece, the city’s oldest professional sports event, was scheduled to be held at Fanling’s Hong Kong Golf Club at the end of November. But a statement from the organisers on Monday said the impact of Covid-19 and the related travel restrictions meant that the tournament would be postponed with a review... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3151935/hong-kong-open-golf-tournament-postponed-until-2022-organisers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3151935/hong-kong-open-golf-tournament-postponed-until-2022-organisers?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 11 Oct 2021 09:25:53 +0000 Follow our live coverage of day six of the Tokyo Olympics here The big guns in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics golf field failed to fire in the opening round of action at a windy Kasumigaseki Country Club on Thursday, but home hero Hideki Matsuyama kept himself in the hunt. The reigning Masters champion, who recently recovered from contracting Covid-19, scored a two-under-par 69 to sit 20th in the 60-man field, six shots off the lead. “This experience could be the first and last that I ever get to play... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3143025/tokyo-olympics-japans-hideki-matsuyama-hunt-after-opening-round-mens?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3143025/tokyo-olympics-japans-hideki-matsuyama-hunt-after-opening-round-mens?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 29 Jul 2021 10:26:42 +0000 China’s Carl Yuan Yechun fired himself to another Korn Ferry International Tour top-10 finish and surpassed Li Haotong as the country’s top golfer. That puts Yuan in the driving seat for China’s spot at the men’s Olympic golf tournament just five weeks before the golfers are confirmed. His place on the 60-player list of current qualifiers at the expense of Li is expected to be confirmed when the next weekly update of the rankings takes place later today. Former world top 50 player Li was 60th on... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3133780/tokyo-2020-carl-yuan-yuchen-passes-li-haotong-chinas-no-1-golfer-course?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3133780/tokyo-2020-carl-yuan-yuchen-passes-li-haotong-chinas-no-1-golfer-course?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 17 May 2021 08:29:15 +0000 Spare a thought – but only if you have plenty to spare, for there have been far more sizeable concerns – for the sports writer in 2020. Again, so long as you can spare one more, perhaps offer one specifically to a Hong Kong-based sports writer since 2019. It’s been another terribly dreary year, professionally,to add to the quite grim one the previous year. Aside from the regular old disappointments of sporting chances spurned and a general frustrating lack of competitive quality, just having... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3115746/hong-kong-sport-endured-its-very-own-annus-horribilis-2020-where?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3115746/hong-kong-sport-endured-its-very-own-annus-horribilis-2020-where?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 31 Dec 2020 00:56:47 +0000 Zhang Jienalin will need a little bit of luck and maybe a tailwind if she is to realise her ambition of making the cut in the Volvo China Open tomorrow. A three-over-par 75 has put the 24-year-old from Henan province on the cusp of qualification, however the cushion that would have given her an easier night’s sleep disappeared late in the round when she made a double bogey seven at the demanding 575-yard par-five 17th hole at Genzon Golf Club. Only the leading 50 scores and ties will win through... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3113411/china-open-history-making-zhang-jienalin-has-chance-making-weekend-after?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3113411/china-open-history-making-zhang-jienalin-has-chance-making-weekend-after?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 10 Dec 2020 10:15:34 +0000 Sitting in the comfort of his family home in Orlando, Florida, in early February, Hong Kong golfer Jason Hak Shun-yat was wondering whether he would be able to compete in a tournament for the rest of the year, or even next year. The Covid-19 pandemic had all but closed off entry to China, and infections were rapidly rising in Europe and, worryingly, were increasing in the US. Infectious disease experts were ringing alarm bells but not all governments were taking the threat as seriously as they... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3112392/hong-kong-golfer-jason-hak-finds-safe-haven-china-and-opportunity?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3112392/hong-kong-golfer-jason-hak-finds-safe-haven-china-and-opportunity?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 04 Dec 2020 00:00:18 +0000 Tyrrell Hatton held off a final-round challenge by Victor Perez to win the European Tour’s BMW PGA Championship by four strokes on Sunday, giving the English player a first victory on home soil at a tournament that inspired him to become a professional. Hatton shot 5-under 67 to finish on 19-under 269 overall, capping a week when he shot in the 60s every round around Wentworth’s storied West Course. It is the biggest win of his career, even topping his victory at the Arnold Palmer Invitational... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3105084/tyrrell-hatton-completes-career-goal-winning-bmw-pga-championship?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3105084/tyrrell-hatton-completes-career-goal-winning-bmw-pga-championship?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 12 Oct 2020 02:14:25 +0000 Hong Kong Open organisers are determined to stage the 62nd edition of the city’s oldest professional sports event – but only after the new year. The Covid-19 pandemic has forced sanctioning bodies to seek a week in 2021 to stage the tournament, which is backed by the European Tour, Asian Tour and Hong Kong Golf Association. The event was originally scheduled for the end of November this year. Travel and quarantine restrictions make it difficult for players to travel in the region, with even the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3103663/covid-19-hong-kong-open-pushed-2021-golfs-european-and-asian-tours?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3103663/covid-19-hong-kong-open-pushed-2021-golfs-european-and-asian-tours?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 30 Sep 2020 09:00:20 +0000 While the Hong Kong Golf Association continues to scour the world to unearth future Hong Kong potential – such as Hong Kong Open teenage sensation Alexander Yang – it certainly does not mean there is a shortage of talent at home. According to local player Terrence Ng Shing-fung, who was part of the record-breaking quartet who made the Open cut last weekend, the results and support show that grassroots golf development is taking bigger strides than ever. “It shows you can still do well being... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3046035/golfer-terrence-ng-hopes-impressive-hong-kong-open-result-inspire?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3046035/golfer-terrence-ng-hopes-impressive-hong-kong-open-result-inspire?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 15 Jan 2020 00:00:18 +0000 New Hong Kong golf star Alexander Yang was mobbed by local fans after finishing as the Hong Kong Open’s best-placed amateur with an impressive seven-under-par for the tournament. The 17-year-old high school junior shot below-par throughout every round and capped his last day in Fanling with five birdies on his way to a sizzling 68. “I was really happy with the way I played today. I got some more putts to fall even though I didn't hit as good. The conditions were a little harder because it was... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3045741/hong-kong-open-new-poster-boy-alexander-yang-mobbed-fans-after-finishing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3045741/hong-kong-open-new-poster-boy-alexander-yang-mobbed-fans-after-finishing?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 12 Jan 2020 09:44:56 +0000 The heavyweights of the Hong Kong Open field said they would go down swinging on the final day of competition on Sunday, and they delivered on that promise. Still it wasn’t enough to halt the unstoppable charge of Wade Ormsby towards a second, hugely impressive Fanling title in three years. The irrepressible Australian became only the competition’s second wire-to-wire winner courtesy of an assured final round of four-under-par 66, but in truth, such was his dominance here, he looked as though he... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3045736/hong-kong-open-spectacular-wade-ormsby-completes-dominant-wire-wire?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3045736/hong-kong-open-spectacular-wade-ormsby-completes-dominant-wire-wire?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 12 Jan 2020 08:25:36 +0000