Asian Tour: Hong Kong quartet chasing dreams as final qualifying looms in Thailand
- Matthew Cheung, Leon D’Souza, Taichi Kho and Terence Ng among field of 234 golfers chasing tour cards this week
- There are 35 spots up for grabs at Lake View Resort and Golf Club in Hua Hin
Final qualifying for the Asian Tour begins in Thailand on Wednesday, with four of Hong Kong’s best chasing one of the 35 spots up for grabs this week.
Matthew Cheung, Leon D’Souza, Taichi Kho and Terrence Ng will be in a field of 234 amateurs and professionals at Lake View Resort and Golf Club in Hua Hin.
The quartet have all taken slightly different journeys to this point. Kho and Ng remain in the amateur ranks, at least for now, while Cheung and D’Souza will be playing as professionals.
And while Cheung has been plying his trade for a while in North America, D’Souza made the switch last week, albeit to little fanfare.
“It was going to happen eventually, it was just a matter of when. Nothing’s changed but the day,” D’Souza said.
“I’m looking forward to pro golf life, getting out here with these guys and seeing what I can do, you know.”
That life D’Souza is anticipating can be a solitary one, which makes having four Hong Kong teammates at the same event “quite nice”.
“I’ve been to similar tournaments before on my own, and it can be very solitary,” D’Souza said. “So it’s nice to have four guys. It’s more relaxed when we leave the course. You’re not thinking about golf all the time.”