https://www.scmp.com/rss/524617/feed The latest news and top stories on Kazuki Higa, professional golfer. He turned professional in late 2017 after attending Tohoku Fukushi University. Higa primarily competes on the Japan Golf Tour where he has secured seven victories. A significant year was 2022 when he won four titles including the Shinhan Donghae Open and topped the Japan Golf Tour money list, earning him the Most Valuable Player award. He also has two Asian Development Tour wins. Currently, he is a stroke behind the leaders at... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Kazuki Higa made history as the first golfer from Japan to win the Asian Tour order of merit after finishing seventh at the season-ending Saudi Open. Higa carded a four-under-par 68 in Saturday’s final round at Dirab Golf and Country Club, near Riyadh, to finish on 16 under, seven behind the winner Bjorn Hellgren of Sweden. It was enough to see Higa top the standings ahead of Zimbabwe’s Scott Vincent. “I am so, so happy. This is a great honour,” the 30-year-old Higa said. “I just love playing... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3336377/higa-makes-history-first-japanese-golfer-win-asian-tour-order-merit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3336377/higa-makes-history-first-japanese-golfer-win-asian-tour-order-merit?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 14 Dec 2025 07:40:10 +0000 Josh Ball Josh Ball Miguel Tabuena finally got his hands on an International Series trophy after almost four years of trying, and he could not have picked a better time or place to do so. The Philippine golfer won his maiden title on his home Sta Elena Golf Course on Sunday, sinking to the ground in front of the thousands of fans who had followed him all week and crowded around the green to see the exclamation point put on a dominant victory. Family rushed to his side after he evenutally got to his feet, and a roar... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3330369/philippines-star-tabuena-ends-international-series-title-drought-delight-home-fans?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3330369/philippines-star-tabuena-ends-international-series-title-drought-delight-home-fans?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 26 Oct 2025 10:30:07 +0000 Josh Ball Josh Ball Sta Elena Golf Club does not yet have an official course record and the preferred lies in place this week means the International Series Philippines will pass without one being set, but on another day Sampson Zheng may well have laid claim to the title. The 24-year-old carded an almost flawless 10-under-par 62 on Saturday, moving to 17 under overall and in tie for the lead with local star Miguel Tabuena and Thailand’s Sarit Suwannarut. Tabuena hardly struggled, firing in two eagles on the way to... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3330317/asian-tour-red-hot-putter-puts-zheng-control-international-series-philippines?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3330317/asian-tour-red-hot-putter-puts-zheng-control-international-series-philippines?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 25 Oct 2025 11:30:08 +0000 SCMP Sport SCMP Sport It turns out Dustin Johnson did not need that close a look at Sta Elena Golf Club after all and Sarit Suwannarut is suffering few ill effects from his final-round meltdown in Macau. The Thai golfer, who went into last weekend with a two-shot lead and promptly carded a three-over 73, fired off an opening eight-under-par 64 in the International Series Philippines to lead the star-studded field by a shot on Thursday. Sarit, who wound up fourth at the SJM Macau Open, was just ahead of Japan’s Kazuki... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3330103/asian-tour-sarit-shows-few-signs-macau-meltdown-johnson-makes-solid-start-philippines?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3330103/asian-tour-sarit-shows-few-signs-macau-meltdown-johnson-makes-solid-start-philippines?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 23 Oct 2025 12:48:04 +0000 Josh Ball Josh Ball Kazuki Higa held off a charging field on Sunday to claim the Shinhan Donghae Open for a second time, just about keeping himself together in a nerve-racking finish that went right down to the wire. A final round four-under-par 68 gave the Japanese 30-year-old a one-shot victory over Canadian Richard T Lee, and Asian Tour order of merit leader Scott Vincent. Thaichi Kho finished in a tie for fourth with Danthai Boonma, a stroke further back on 16 under after a final round of 68 at Jack Nicklaus... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3325490/asian-tour-higa-holds-nerve-charging-field-claim-second-shinhan-donghae-open-title?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3325490/asian-tour-higa-holds-nerve-charging-field-claim-second-shinhan-donghae-open-title?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 14 Sep 2025 10:00:16 +0000 Josh Ball Josh Ball Bjorn Hellgren catapulted himself to the top of the Shinhan Donghae Open leaderboard with a scintillating 64 on Friday. The Swede’s eight-under-par effort left him one shot clear of a packed field, with just three strokes separating him from a large group – including Taichi Kho – tied for eighth on six under. In a four-way tie for second, Ryutaro Nagano, Tae-hoon Ok, Taiki Yoshida and Sang-hee Lee all reached the weekend on eight under at Jack Nicklaus Golf Club. Young-han Song and Kazuki Higa... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3325367/asian-tour-hellgrens-sparkling-64-gives-him-halfway-lead-korea-kho-stays-touch?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3325367/asian-tour-hellgrens-sparkling-64-gives-him-halfway-lead-korea-kho-stays-touch?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 12 Sep 2025 10:45:48 +0000