https://www.scmp.com/rss/329725/feed The Hong Kong Golf Association (HKGA) is Hong Kong's national golf association. The HKGA was established in 1968 and is primarily concerned with managing and overseeing the development of the sport of golf in Hong Kong. The HKGA provides guidance on the running of national championships, supports in the training of players, and also helps to finance a national team that represents Hong Kong in international competitions. Currently, the HKGA runs 40 different amateur men's, women's, and junior... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com SCMP Editorial SCMP Editorial The hosting of the star-studded LIV Golf tournament was seen as a coup for Hong Kong when it was first announced in 2023. The city was just beginning to bounce back from the Covid-19 years and urgently needed mega-events to boost its economy and international reputation. Since then, great strides have been made, especially after the opening of the Kai Tak Sports Park last year. A variety of elite sports events have been staged and more are on the way. But the LIV Golf Hong Kong competition, held... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3346120/hong-kongs-draw-elite-sports-event-host-display-liv-golf-tournament?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3346120/hong-kongs-draw-elite-sports-event-host-display-liv-golf-tournament?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 Mar 2026 22:45:08 +0000 Josh Ball Josh Ball Soft fairways and receptive greens mean players will need a fast start at LIV Golf Hong Kong on Thursday, and while all eyes may naturally be on the likes of Jon Rahm and Anthony Kim, this could be the week Lucas Herbert finally breaks through. The Australian has made a strong start to the season, finishing ninth and sixth in the individual contest at the first two tournaments in Riyadh and Adelaide. In the two weeks between competing in front of home fans and arriving in Asia, he headed to the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3345439/liv-golf-hong-kong-form-lucas-herbert-hoping-fast-start-will-help-him-break-through?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3345439/liv-golf-hong-kong-form-lucas-herbert-hoping-fast-start-will-help-him-break-through?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:14 +0000 SCMP Sport SCMP Sport LIV Golf will return to Hong Kong for a fourth time in 2027, kick-starting the Year of the Goat by bringing some of the game’s best players back to the city once more. HSBC is again expected to sponsor the tournament, which will be held from February 18 to 21 at Hong Kong Golf Club, less than two weeks into the new Chinese year. And organisers said that from Sunday, fans who attend this week’s event will get “exclusive early access to specially priced 2027 tickets” via the league’s website. In... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3345319/liv-golf-heading-back-hong-kong-2027-fans-get-early-shot-tickets?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3345319/liv-golf-heading-back-hong-kong-2027-fans-get-early-shot-tickets?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 03 Mar 2026 23:00:11 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara Tiffany Chan Tsz-ching acknowledged that life on the tour treadmill had “got to me sooner than expected” and forced a mental and physical reset back in Hong Kong. After rocketing to prominence when she qualified for the 2016 Olympics, at 22, Chan became the first golfer from the city to acquire LPGA Tour membership the following year. Currently down at world No 723, the 32-year-old said she was still wrestling with the expectations that have trailed her for the past decade, and that she reached... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3341269/hong-kong-golf-star-tiffany-chan-eyeing-happier-2026-after-physical-and-mental-reset?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3341269/hong-kong-golf-star-tiffany-chan-eyeing-happier-2026-after-physical-and-mental-reset?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 26 Jan 2026 13:00:14 +0000 Owen Goulding Owen Goulding Douglas Whyte is keen to end a frustrating period of near misses when he saddles the strong pairing of King Oberon and Goko Win at Happy Valley on Wednesday night. The South African has enjoyed a strong campaign at the city circuit, sitting third behind Caspar Fownes and Danny Shum Chap-shing for winners at the Valley this season, with eight of his nine winners coming there. That tally could have been much higher, with the 54-year-old watching a trio of his horses finish second on International... https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3336615/confidence-key-king-oberon-he-goes-three-spin-happy-valley?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/3336615/confidence-key-king-oberon-he-goes-three-spin-happy-valley?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 16 Dec 2025 08:14:02 +0000 Jiang Chuqin Jiang Chuqin Hong Kong hopes of winning any more medals in cycling appear increasingly likely to rest on the slender shoulders of Ceci Lee Sze-wing, after another bad day at the track on Friday. Following a barren opening day, when none of the city teams progressed from qualifying, it was more of the same in the early session at the Hong Kong Velodrome. Yeung Cho-yiu and Ching Yin-shan occupied the bottom two positions following the women’s 250 metres time trial qualifying, while in the opening round of the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3332789/national-games-siobhan-haughey-leads-hong-kong-trio-100-metres-freestyle-semis?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3332789/national-games-siobhan-haughey-leads-hong-kong-trio-100-metres-freestyle-semis?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 14 Nov 2025 07:26:24 +0000 Alysha Bibi Alysha Bibi The Hong Kong Golf Club turned its fairways into avenues for giving this autumn, hosting two major tournaments that combined competition with community spirit. From the international prestige of the Link Hong Kong Open to the members-led Cup of Kindness, the club put its commitment to overlooked causes front and centre. Held from October 30 to November 2 at its Fanling course, this year’s Link Hong Kong Open marked the 64th edition of the city’s longest-running annual tournament. On the eve of... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3332570/operation-santa-claus-hong-kong-golf-club-tees-raise-hk15-million?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3332570/operation-santa-claus-hong-kong-golf-club-tees-raise-hk15-million?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 13 Nov 2025 02:15:17 +0000 Josh Ball Josh Ball The National Games golf tournament gets under way in Hong Kong on Thursday, with Taichi Kho expecting players to face a tougher test than some of the world’s best did two weeks ago. Softer fairways and greens created prime scoring conditions at the Link Hong Kong Open, which Tom McKibbin won with a record total of 27-under-par. And Kho, who will play alongside Matthew Cheung, Jason Hak Shun-yat and Jeffrey Shen Wang-ngai at the Hong Kong Golf Club, said he did not believe there would be a repeat... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3332524/national-games-golfers-face-harder-course-hong-kong-open-field-did-says-taichi-kho?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3332524/national-games-golfers-face-harder-course-hong-kong-open-field-did-says-taichi-kho?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 12 Nov 2025 22:00:15 +0000 Josh Ball Josh Ball LIV Golf has fired the starting gun on a race to Riyadh, doubling the number of places up for grabs in the league through the International Series Rankings, several sources have told the Post. Initially, only the winner of the series’ order of merit earned a spot in the team competition, but players learned ahead of the Link Hong Kong Open that now the top two would automatically qualify. An official announcement is due in the coming days, when the Saudi-backed league is also expected to reveal... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3330874/liv-golf-doubles-international-series-qualifying-spots-tweak-promotions-event?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3330874/liv-golf-doubles-international-series-qualifying-spots-tweak-promotions-event?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 30 Oct 2025 10:00:14 +0000 Josh Ball Josh Ball The reigning Asian Games champion, three-quarters of the Hong Kong men’s team that won bronze in Hangzhou, and home advantage, there are lots of reasons for the city’s golfers to feel optimistic ahead of the National Games next month. Even facing the likes of defending champion Carl Yuan and Li Haotong in the men’s competition, and former world No 1 Yin Ruoning and Lily Muni He in the women’s event, the eight-strong squad will fancy their chances at Hong Kong Golf Club. And it is not as though... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3329228/national-games-home-advantage-gives-citys-golfers-reason-optimism-ding-yin-pose-threat?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3329228/national-games-home-advantage-gives-citys-golfers-reason-optimism-ding-yin-pose-threat?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 17 Oct 2025 00:00:09 +0000 Josh Ball Josh Ball Four years ago, Sampson Zheng watched with a tinge of jealousy as his college roommate Aaron Du won bronze at the National Games in 2021. Next month, he will get a shot at winning a medal of his own. The 24-year-old will be part of the Shaanxi squad attempting to successfully defend the team title they won at their home Xi’an Qinling International Golf Course. Recruited by famed Chinese golfer Zhang Xinjun for November’s tournament at Hong Kong Golf Club, Zheng is originally from Tianjin, the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3327923/left-out-4-years-ago-golfer-sampson-zheng-has-eye-national-games-olympics-glory?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3327923/left-out-4-years-ago-golfer-sampson-zheng-has-eye-national-games-olympics-glory?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 Oct 2025 23:00:19 +0000 Josh Ball Josh Ball LIV Golf will return to Hong Kong in 2026 and beyond, after the Saudi-backed league announced on Wednesday that it had signed a new multi-year deal with the city. The agreement, which runs for an initial two years, and according to sources has an option for two more, could keep LIV at Hong Kong Golf Club until 2029. Next year’s tournament will return to Fanling from March 6 to 8, the week before LIV Golf Singapore. In what is shaping up to be a busy month for the league, a debut event in South... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3325815/liv-golf-signs-new-2-year-deal-hong-kong-hsbc-becomes-first-title-sponsor?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3325815/liv-golf-signs-new-2-year-deal-hong-kong-hsbc-becomes-first-title-sponsor?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 17 Sep 2025 08:00:08 +0000 Josh Ball Josh Ball Isaac Lam and Leon D’Souza grabbed the two Link Hong Kong Open spots up for grabs at local qualifying on Friday – with some help from two players already in the field. Asian Tour star Taichi Kho carried the bag for Lam, who carded a final-round three-under-par 67 to finish on six under, which was one ahead of D’Souza, who shot a level-par 70. Kho is making a habit of helping others reach the city’s Open, having been alongside Terrence Ng when he won last year’s qualifier. Ng, who has already... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3324477/hong-kong-open-golf-isaac-lam-leon-dsouza-clinch-local-qualifier-spots?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3324477/hong-kong-open-golf-isaac-lam-leon-dsouza-clinch-local-qualifier-spots?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Sep 2025 07:49:51 +0000 Josh Ball Josh Ball The winner of this year’s Link Hong Kong Open will earn a lot more than US$360,000 and some precious ranking points, there are also now places at next year’s Masters and Open Championship up for grabs. In a statement on Tuesday, Augusta National Golf Club and The R&A announced plans to “align aspects of the qualification criteria” for the year’s first major in April and the last one in July. Beginning immediately, the two groups said they would award invitations to the winners and top finishers... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3323245/winner-hong-kong-open-get-place-2-majors-masters-and-open-championship?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3323245/winner-hong-kong-open-get-place-2-majors-masters-and-open-championship?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 26 Aug 2025 15:00:09 +0000 Josh Ball Josh Ball Taichi Kho and Ginnie Ding will lead a Hong Kong team of established and rising stars into a National Games challenge that could pit them against some of the best in the world. With the likes of men’s star Li Haotong, who finished in a tie for fourth at the Open Championship last month, and women’s world No 5 Yin Ruoning among their potential opponents, the city has named a strong squad for November’s tournament, which is being played at Hong Kong Golf Club. Asian Tour star Kho will be joined by... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3322402/national-games-kho-ding-lead-hong-kongs-golfers-search-gold-fanling?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3322402/national-games-kho-ding-lead-hong-kongs-golfers-search-gold-fanling?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 19 Aug 2025 13:00:24 +0000 Josh Ball Josh Ball The first new golf course in Hong Kong in almost 30 years will not be finished until late 2027, but prospective members can already play the 18 holes that await them. Being built on a former landfill site in Tai Po, the 6,600-yard course will boast the latest technology on, off and underneath the Fry/Straka-designed course, from water catchments and sand capping to a Trackman-powered simulator of the entire par-71 challenge. And for those who want a really close look at what is coming, a VR... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3313807/new-hong-kong-course-golfers-can-play-2-years-its-even-built?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3313807/new-hong-kong-course-golfers-can-play-2-years-its-even-built?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 Jun 2025 05:31:03 +0000 SCMP Sport SCMP Sport Sabrina Wong of Hong Kong hailed the biggest win of her blossoming career after her groundbreaking triumph in the R&A Girls’ U16 Amateur Championship in England on Sunday. Aged only 13, Wong not only became the youngest winner since the event’s inception in 2018 but carded a championship record-low total at Gog Magog Golf Club in Cambridge, as she prevailed by one shot from Ireland’s Hannah Lee-McNamara. Wong also became the first player to win both the main title as well as the prize for the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3308163/hong-kong-golfer-sabrina-wong-13-wins-ra-under-16-amateur-championship-england?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3308163/hong-kong-golfer-sabrina-wong-13-wins-ra-under-16-amateur-championship-england?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 28 Apr 2025 05:35:02 +0000 Home favourite Wu Ashun charged to a second Volvo China Open triumph on Sunday, a decade after his first, as five back-nine birdies propelled him to a final-round 65 and a one-stroke victory in Shanghai. The Chinese veteran rolled back the years to thrill packed home galleries at Anting Golf Club as he carded just one bogey, on the fifth, against seven birdies, to finish at 14-under par 270. It was enough to give the 39-year-old a one-stroke margin over playing partner Jordan Smith of England,... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3307261/home-hero-wu-ashun-wows-shanghai-crowds-charging-china-open-win?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3307261/home-hero-wu-ashun-wows-shanghai-crowds-charging-china-open-win?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 21 Apr 2025 02:28:41 +0000 Terrence Ng and Michael Regan Wong will join the star-studded cast at golf’s LINK Hong Kong Open after claiming the two places up for grabs at this week’s qualifying tournament. With local hero and Asian Games teammate Taichi Kho carrying his bag, Ng shot a nerveless final-round six-under-par 64 on the Hong Kong Golf Club’s New Course, coming from six shots off the pace to seal a two-stroke victory with a six-under 134 on Friday. “It’s great to get back into the Hong Kong Open, after not playing... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3281141/hong-kong-open-adds-local-flavour-ng-wins-qualifying-event-famous-face-caddie?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3281141/hong-kong-open-adds-local-flavour-ng-wins-qualifying-event-famous-face-caddie?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 04 Oct 2024 10:58:07 +0000 Hong Kong pair Leon D’Souza and Matthew Cheung needed invitations to get into the International Series Macau event this week, they both made the most of the opportunity. While Taichi Kho was missing the cut, his compatriots were busy putting themselves in the middle of a packed Asian Tour leaderboard that had 73 players all within seven shots of the lead at the start of Saturday’s third round. The pair shot matching four-under-par rounds of 66, leaving Cheung at 11 under for the tournament, and... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3255647/asian-tour-hong-kong-pair-cheung-and-dsouza-making-most-rare-international-series-invites?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3255647/asian-tour-hong-kong-pair-cheung-and-dsouza-making-most-rare-international-series-invites?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 16 Mar 2024 11:00:16 +0000 A hole-in-one propelled Navaporn Soontreeyapas into a share of the lead with fellow Thai and defending champion Eila Galitsky and Taiwan’s Wu Chun-wei on a thrilling opening day at the sixth Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific Championship. A member of the gold medal-winning Thai team at last year’s Southeast Asian Games, Navaporn used her pitching wedge to ace the 110-yard 7th hole at Siam Country Club on Thursday. Buoyed by that masterstroke, the 18-year-old went on to sign for a five-under-par 67, a... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3250627/womens-amateur-asia-pacific-championship-han-leads-way-hong-kong-trio-make-flying-start-thailand?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3250627/womens-amateur-asia-pacific-championship-han-leads-way-hong-kong-trio-make-flying-start-thailand?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 Feb 2024 14:13:36 +0000 After a big year in 2023 sealed golf’s place among Hong Kong’s elite sports, some of the city’s top amateurs begin their season in Thailand on Thursday looking to cement that status. The Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific Championship gets under way on the Waterside Course at Siam Country Club, with a team of six, lead by last year’s third place finisher Sophie Han, taking on the likes of defending champion Eila Galitsky and runner-up Minsol Kim. Han and Arianna Lau did as much as anybody to propel... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3250340/hong-kong-team-heads-thailand-looking-build-golfs-elite-year-wong-among-new-generation-chasing-glory?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3250340/hong-kong-team-heads-thailand-looking-build-golfs-elite-year-wong-among-new-generation-chasing-glory?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 31 Jan 2024 02:00:24 +0000 I’m glad Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu has declared the “Night Vibes Hong Kong” campaign a success even though it isn’t technically over until early next year. The campaign began with the Mid-Autumn Festival launch, continues through Christmas and wraps up with the Lunar New Year. But enough of the technicalities. Lee is a master of setting himself up for success. It’s one more tick to add to his key performance indicator (KPI) scorecard, ahead of his policy address later this month. With... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3237073/asian-games-hong-kongs-story-triumph-gives-all-right-vibes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3237073/asian-games-hong-kongs-story-triumph-gives-all-right-vibes?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 09 Oct 2023 01:30:08 +0000 European Solheim Cup hero Carlota Ciganda has said she would not rule out joining a women’s version of the controversial Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf tour. Spaniard Ciganda is among a host of illustrious names, including world No 1 Lilia Vu, and third-ranked Ko Jin-young, preparing for this week’s three-day Aramco Team Series (ATS) event at Hong Kong Golf Club. The ATS comprises five events on the Ladies European Tour (LET). Ciganda, who nervelessly holed the putt for Europe to tie with the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3236829/aramco-team-series-europes-solheim-hero-carlota-ciganda-motivated-hong-kong-event-would-consider?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3236829/aramco-team-series-europes-solheim-hero-carlota-ciganda-motivated-hong-kong-event-would-consider?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 05 Oct 2023 04:00:19 +0000 Hong Kong’s athletes enjoyed a day of unprecedented success at the Asian Games on Sunday, with its golfers winning medals for the first time and the men’s football team going further than ever before. Taichi Kho added a sixth gold medal to Hong Kong’s tally, winning the individual men’s golf tournament, and took bronze in the team event alongside Matthew Cheung, Jason Hak Shun-yat and Terrence Ng Shing-fung. The medals were the first Hong Kong’s golfers have won since the sport became a... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3236460/asian-games-2023-golf-gold-and-stunning-football-upset-hong-kongs-athletes-enjoy-day-unprecedented?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3236460/asian-games-2023-golf-gold-and-stunning-football-upset-hong-kongs-athletes-enjoy-day-unprecedented?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 01 Oct 2023 14:59:07 +0000 Taichi Kho began the day wondering if he should play at all – but ended it with the lowest round of his career and a six-shot lead at the Asian Games. The Hong Kong golfer carded a scarcely believable 12-under-par 60 at the Westlake International Golf and Country Club on Friday, moving to 22 under after two rounds in the men’s individual tournament. Overnight leader Jang Yu-bin shot a 67 to move to 16 under, with Chinese Taipei’s Hung Chien-yao leaping seven spots up the leader board with a... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3236326/asian-games-2023-hong-kongs-taichi-kho-shakes-neck-troubles-surge-lead-halfway-stage?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3236326/asian-games-2023-hong-kongs-taichi-kho-shakes-neck-troubles-surge-lead-halfway-stage?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 29 Sep 2023 12:00:16 +0000 China’s Yin Ruoning became the world number one in women’s golf on Sunday by finishing third at the LPGA Queen City Championship. The 20-year-old became only the second Chinese woman to claim the world number one ranking after Feng Shanshan, who reached the summit from November 2017 to April 2018. Yin, who needed a top-four result to overtake American Lilia Vu for the top spot, missed out on a playoff for the Queen City title between Australia’s Minjee Lee and England’s Charley Hull. But Yin... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3234067/chinas-yin-becomes-womens-golf-world-number-one-finishing-third-lpga-championship?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3234067/chinas-yin-becomes-womens-golf-world-number-one-finishing-third-lpga-championship?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 10 Sep 2023 22:31:27 +0000 The Asian Tour returns to South Korea this week for the Shinhan Donghae Open, and for Taichi Kho it will be a case of hoping that third time’s a charm. Kho has yet to make a cut in his two visits to the country this season, narrowly missing out at the Caltex Maekyung Open in May, before struggling in the Korean Open six weeks later. At the national championship the Hongkonger finished on 16-over-par after rounds of 80 and 78, although the fact the cut was five-over gives some indication of how... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3233619/asian-tour-taichi-kho-seeks-redemption-shinhan-donghae-open-after-twice-failing-make-cut-south-korea?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3233619/asian-tour-taichi-kho-seeks-redemption-shinhan-donghae-open-after-twice-failing-make-cut-south-korea?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 06 Sep 2023 10:35:18 +0000 One of China’s biggest golfing stars will be in Hong Kong in October for the Aramco Team Series event, as elite women’s golf returns to the city for the first time since 2019. Janet Lin Xiyu, ranked 13th in the world, will headline the fourth stop in this year’s ATS, which has already seen the likes of Nelly Korda, Charley Hull and Nicole Garcia play in events in Singapore, Florida and London. Lin has established herself as one of the most consistent players in women’s golf in recent times,... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3231141/aramco-team-series-chinese-star-janet-lin-headline-hong-kong-stop-team-tournament?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3231141/aramco-team-series-chinese-star-janet-lin-headline-hong-kong-stop-team-tournament?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 15 Aug 2023 08:32:13 +0000 The boast from this week’s US$2 million Freed Group Women’s Scottish Open had been that the field includes the holders of every major title, but the windswept Dundonald Links pays little mind to reputation, or to form. Step out with your clubs on Scotland’s wild and woolly west coast and you’re entering a level playing field, no matter whether you’re Chevron winner Lilia Vu, KPMG Women’s PGA champion Yin Ruoning, US Women’s Open winner Allisen Corpuz, Amundi Evian champion Celine Boutier, or... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3230096/womens-scottish-open-ginnie-ding-makes-her-mark-hong-kongs-golfers-spread-their-wings?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3230096/womens-scottish-open-ginnie-ding-makes-her-mark-hong-kongs-golfers-spread-their-wings?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 05 Aug 2023 10:45:54 +0000 Hong Kong pair Tiffany Chan and Ginnie Ding will compete against the world’s best in the Scottish Women’s Open next week after being handed sponsor’s invites. Chan, who competed alongside South Korea’s Haeji Kang at last week’s Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational, is the city’s only professional playing on the LPGA Tour, while Ding is a raising amateur. The pair will go up against major winners Yin Ruoning and Minjee Lee at Dundonald Links, as well as China’s Lin Xiyu and Yu Liu, and defending... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3228751/scottish-womens-open-hong-kong-pair-tiffany-chan-and-ginnie-ding-take-worlds-best-dundonald-links?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3228751/scottish-womens-open-hong-kong-pair-tiffany-chan-and-ginnie-ding-take-worlds-best-dundonald-links?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 24 Jul 2023 10:46:01 +0000 Golf chief Danny Lai Yee-june has warned the government that destroying part of the city’s sporting heritage would be “unheard of in the international world”, and urged officials to think again about building on Hong Kong Golf Club. Lai also made a heartfelt plea for more support for the game and said it was one of the only sports that government did little to help develop, despite it now being one of the most successful internationally. Calling on the government to rethink its plans to develop... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3227853/hong-kong-golf-chief-warns-against-destroying-citys-sporting-heritage-sport-qualifies-top-funding?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3227853/hong-kong-golf-chief-warns-against-destroying-citys-sporting-heritage-sport-qualifies-top-funding?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 16 Jul 2023 00:00:25 +0000 Hong Kong’s chances of hosting major international golf in the future would not be affected by the government taking back control of a strip of land at the city’s course in Fanling, several influential figures have told the Post. In contrast to repeated suggestions that losing 32 hectares of the Old Course at Hong Kong Golf Club would harm the city’s standing in the sport, multiple sources within LIV Golf and the Asian Tour said decisions regarding future tournaments were most likely to be... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3227072/losing-control-land-hong-kong-golf-club-will-not-hurt-citys-chances-hosting-major-events?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3227072/losing-control-land-hong-kong-golf-club-will-not-hurt-citys-chances-hosting-major-events?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 09 Jul 2023 23:30:19 +0000 Women’s PGA Championship winner Yin Ruoning will lead China’s golfers at the Asian Games in September, in a squad that also includes rising men’s amateur Ding Wenyi. The host nation have named a competitive men’s team for the tournament at Hangzhou’s West Lake International Golf Course, with Ding joined in the men’s trio by DP World Tour member Wu Ashun and Chen Guxin. But it is on the women’s side that China will expect to challenge for gold, with Yin joined by Lin Xiyu, who came third at last... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3226483/womens-pga-championship-winner-yin-spearhead-chinas-charge-gold-asian-games-hong-kong-turn-kho-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3226483/womens-pga-championship-winner-yin-spearhead-chinas-charge-gold-asian-games-hong-kong-turn-kho-and?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 04 Jul 2023 08:45:20 +0000 The organiser of the Aramco Team Series needs “urgent assurances” from the government over its ability to look after the area of Hong Kong Golf Club it will take back control of in September – or the city risks losing the women’s tournament for good. Officials are working with Aramco to make its series a multi-year event in Hong Kong, with an initial three-year deal being discussed, but that is threatened by the uncertainty surrounding the government’s proposed redevelopment of the Old... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3224524/tournament-seeks-urgent-clarity-how-hong-kong-government-will-maintain-golf-course-taken-back?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3224524/tournament-seeks-urgent-clarity-how-hong-kong-government-will-maintain-golf-course-taken-back?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 18 Jun 2023 23:30:14 +0000 All planning decisions, big or small, have a political element to them because, by definition, someone is applying for permission to do something constrained by the law. What is unique about the discussion on the proposal to develop part of the Fanling golf course is that it is now entirely political in nature and the planning aspects have become almost irrelevant. Yet the outcome will be determined by the Town Planning Board. Let me begin by stating that I do not play golf and am not a member... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3224325/destroying-historic-hong-kong-golf-course-housing-would-be-act-supreme-folly?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3224325/destroying-historic-hong-kong-golf-course-housing-would-be-act-supreme-folly?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 18 Jun 2023 08:00:11 +0000 Alex Yang Hiu-wai will be the first Hong Kong men’s golfer to play in a major after he qualified for this month’s US Open. The Stanford University student took one of two spots on offer at Tacoma Country and Golf Club on Monday during a mammoth day, where hundreds of golfers competed on courses across the US for the places up for grabs. Yang finished three-under for his 36 holes, and tied at the top of the 54-player field alongside Canadian Jesse Schutte, a 34-year-old journeyman... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3223089/us-open-qualifying-hong-kongs-alex-yang-incredibly-happy-after-winning-place-years-third-major?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3223089/us-open-qualifying-hong-kongs-alex-yang-incredibly-happy-after-winning-place-years-third-major?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 Jun 2023 05:09:27 +0000 The Hong Kong Golf Association has warned that reclaiming part of the city’s oldest course to build public housing will undermine the future of the sport, a day after environmental authorities approved a controversial development plan for the site. The government’s decision would “suffocate” the development of the sport and severely undermine professional golfers’ training, Danny Lai Yee-june, the organisation’s chief executive officer, on Friday said. “In recent years, our athletes have entered... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3220294/hong-kong-golf-association-warns-building-public-housing-part-citys-oldest-course-will-suffocate?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3220294/hong-kong-golf-association-warns-building-public-housing-part-citys-oldest-course-will-suffocate?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 12 May 2023 04:46:23 +0000 Top international sporting events have made a welcome return to Hong Kong after a prolonged period of postponements and cancellations during the pandemic. January’s marathon will be followed by the eagerly anticipated Hong Kong Rugby Sevens this week. But it was golf that took centre stage last weekend with the city hosting its first Asian Tour event in three years. The thousands of fans who flocked to Hong Kong Golf Club in Fanling for the World City Championship were in for a treat. They... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3215319/find-solution-save-hong-kong-golf-tournaments?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3215319/find-solution-save-hong-kong-golf-tournaments?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 29 Mar 2023 23:00:13 +0000 November’s Hong Kong Open has been included on this year’s International Series on the Asian Tour, elevating the event’s status as it returns to the city for the first time in three years. Offering a US$2 million purse, as opposed to the US$1 million up for grabs at last week’s World City Championship, the prestigious tournament will be also played at Hong Kong Golf Club. The last of three high-profile events to be held at the Fanling course this year, with the Aramco Team Series taking place in... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3215193/golf-revived-hong-kong-open-november-handed-international-series-spot-asian-tour?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3215193/golf-revived-hong-kong-open-november-handed-international-series-spot-asian-tour?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 29 Mar 2023 02:17:10 +0000 Taichi Kho got off to a fast start in the World City Championship and kept on going on Thursday, with a largely flawless 64 giving the Hongkonger an early clubhouse lead in the Asian Tour event. It was the 22-year-old’s best round on Hong Kong Golf Club’s composite course, but it still wasn’t enough to deny Miguel Tabuena, who hasn’t taken his foot off the gas since winning in Delhi five days ago. Tabuena shot a seven-under-par 63 in Fanling to give himself a one-shot lead, and the Filipino’s... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3214549/asian-tour-hong-kongs-taichi-kho-takes-early-clubhouse-lead-sparkling-64-world-city-championship?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3214549/asian-tour-hong-kongs-taichi-kho-takes-early-clubhouse-lead-sparkling-64-world-city-championship?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 23 Mar 2023 06:52:02 +0000 The Aramco Team Series opened up for its third season last week in Singapore, with world No 1 Lydia Ko headlining the field. A tournament that places amateurs alongside professionals for two rounds, before the professionals battle it out on Saturday for the individual title, it has a prize fund of US$1 million on each of its five stops, making it one of the most lucrative competitions on the Ladies European Tour. A total of 26 amateurs, men and women, are invited to take part and the Post’s Josh... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3214044/teeing-professionals-aramco-team-series-highlights-gap-between-best-and-rest?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3214044/teeing-professionals-aramco-team-series-highlights-gap-between-best-and-rest?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 19 Mar 2023 01:00:14 +0000 English golfer Liz Young guided her side to a flawless 16-under to sit atop the leader board after the first round of the Aramco Team Series event in Singapore on Thursday. Young, Gabriella Cowley, Anne-Charlotte Mora and amateur Elaine Widjaja made a blistering start and reached the turn at 10-under. A strong second nine gave them a one-shot lead over three teams in a share for second place with Team Wolf, Team Hedwall and Team Broch Estrup all on 15-under. South Africa’s Nicole Garcia carded a... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3213803/aramco-team-series-garcia-tops-leader-board-young-guides-group-flawless-start-singapore?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3213803/aramco-team-series-garcia-tops-leader-board-young-guides-group-flawless-start-singapore?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 16 Mar 2023 15:34:59 +0000 An exhausted Sophie Han said she had her mental resolve to thank after the teenager battled back to finish a tie for third at the Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific Championship, the best result ever by a Hong Kong golfer. Having struggled in Saturday’s third round, the 15-year-old carded a one-under-par 71 in the final round at Singapore Island Country Club on Sunday to finish at six under for the tournament, some eight shots back of runaway winner Eila Galitsky. It was a great week all round for the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3213287/hong-kongs-han-battles-historic-finish-womens-amateur-asia-pacific-championship-citys-players-raise?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3213287/hong-kongs-han-battles-historic-finish-womens-amateur-asia-pacific-championship-citys-players-raise?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 12 Mar 2023 23:30:21 +0000 The Hong Kong Golf Association wants to add a junior tournament to the National Games when the city co-hosts China’s biggest multi-sport occasion in 2025. Although officials have not yet announced where events will be held, golf is almost certain to be located in Hong Kong, which is staging the Games with Guangdong and Macau. Danny Lai Yee-june, the association’s CEO, said they had agreed to the inclusion of a junior category with their counterparts across the border. “There are many talented... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3212137/2025-national-games-hong-kong-golf-association-targets-addition-junior-tournament?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3212137/2025-national-games-hong-kong-golf-association-targets-addition-junior-tournament?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 03 Mar 2023 01:00:16 +0000 Former Hong Kong Open winner Ian Poulter and 2016 Open champion Henrik Stenson will be among a strong field at the World City Championship in a couple of weeks. The former Ryder Cup and now LIV golf teammates said they were “excited and delighted” to be playing in the first Asian Tour event in the city for three years. For Poulter, the tournament represents a return to the site of his 2010 triumph, when he blew the rest of the field away at Hong Kong Golf Club with a record 22-under-par... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3211823/asian-tour-poulter-and-stenson-headline-world-city-championship-top-flight-golf-returns-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3211823/asian-tour-poulter-and-stenson-headline-world-city-championship-top-flight-golf-returns-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 28 Feb 2023 09:13:21 +0000 There will be more at stake than just prize money at next month’s Asian Tour event in Hong Kong, with four places at this year’s Open Championship also up for grabs. The R&A said the World City Championship, which is being held at Hong Kong Golf Club from March 23 to 26, would be one of three events in the region to feature in the qualifying series for the last major of the year at Royal Liverpool. Also given places were the Mizuno Open in Japan and Korea Open. A total of 34 places are available... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3211058/four-open-championship-spots-grabs-hong-kong-asia-tour-golf-event?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3211058/four-open-championship-spots-grabs-hong-kong-asia-tour-golf-event?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 22 Feb 2023 04:26:59 +0000 Hong Kong will host three major golf events this year, with the Ladies European Tour bringing its co-sanctioned Aramco Team Series to the city in October. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu revealed the addition of the tournament to an already packed golfing schedule, which includes two Asian Tour events, during a gala dinner in Riyadh, where he has been meeting Saudi Arabia officials at an investment forum. During his speech on Sunday evening, the city’s leader hailed the “new level” of... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3209243/hong-kong-leader-john-lee-reveals-aramco-team-series-ladies-golf-event-coming-city-during-gala-saudi?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3209243/hong-kong-leader-john-lee-reveals-aramco-team-series-ladies-golf-event-coming-city-during-gala-saudi?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 Feb 2023 09:00:11 +0000 Matthew Cheung blazed his way to full status on this season’s Asian Tour, with a closing round seven-under-par 67 at the final stage of qualifying in Thailand on Sunday. The 27-year-old finished at 11-under for the five rounds and in a three-way tie for 19th, with the top 35 and ties at Lake View Resort and Golf Club in Hua Hin all earning their Tour cards. He will be joined on tour by compatriot Taichi Kho, one of only two amateurs to finish in the top half of the leader board, who’s solid... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3207711/asian-tour-hong-kong-pair-cheung-and-kho-earn-cards-2023-season?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3207711/asian-tour-hong-kong-pair-cheung-and-kho-earn-cards-2023-season?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 22 Jan 2023 07:41:41 +0000 China’s Ye Wocheng continued to set the pace in the final stage of the Asian Tour’s Q-school tournament in Thailand on Friday, shooting a four-under-par 67 to move three shots clear of the field. Cho Mingyu is hot on his heels though, after a 62 rocketed the Korean up the leader board in Thailand. His compatriot Kim Dongmin and Australia’s John Lyras, who carded 63 and 67 respectively at Lake View Resort and Golf Club, in Hua Hin, are two shots further back. Hong Kong quartet chasing Asian Tour... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3207633/asian-tour-chinas-ye-continues-set-pace-q-school-final-hong-kongs-kho-keeps-hopes-gaining-card-alive?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3207633/asian-tour-chinas-ye-continues-set-pace-q-school-final-hong-kongs-kho-keeps-hopes-gaining-card-alive?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 20 Jan 2023 14:23:10 +0000