Archive for the Asian Tour Category


Deaf Golfer Lee Thrives on Asian Stage

One of the finest sounds a golfer can hear is the sweet ping of a perfectly struck drive off the tee. South Korean Lee Sung has hit many perfect drives in his professional career, but he has never heard the sound once. Lee is deaf. His eyesight, though, is perfect and last week, he was […]

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Jacquelin Hangs On For Asian Open Victory

Frenchman Raphael Jacquelin upstaged the big names to score a wire-to-wire victory at the BMW Asian Open in Shanghai on Sunday. Battling wet conditions on the final day, Jacquelin closed with a one-over-par 73 for a four-round total of 10-under 278 and a two-stroke victory over Dane Soren Kjeldsen, who also fired 73 in his […]

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Asian Tour Chief Unhappy with Appearance Fees for Star Players

The Asian Tour and European Tour enjoy a courteous relationship with an underlying dose of tension. These negative vibes have intensified over the past few days after Asian Tour supreme Kyi Hla Han hit out at the payment of appearance fees to big-name golfers. Players such as South Africans Ernie Els and Retief Goosen, Colin […]

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Monty Looking for Shot That Got Away in Shanghai

Colin Montgomerie is returning to the BMW Asian Open this week looking for the single stroke that denied him victory at last year’s event. Monty will be joining a number of big names – among them South Africans Ernie Els and Masters joint runner-up Reteif Goosen, American John Daly and England’s Paul Casey – as […]

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Austrian Brier Strolls to Victory in Shanghai

Austrian sport came down from the white ski slopes of Europe to triumph on the green manicured fairways of Shanghai as Markus Brier coasted to victory at the Volvo China Open on Sunday. Brier fired a final round of four-under-par 67 for a 10-under total of 274 and a five-stroke victory at the Shanghai Silport […]

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Els Refuses to Give Up in His Pursuit of Tiger

Ernie Els said before the US Masters that he wanted to make a grand comeback and take a shot at Tiger Woods’ number one spot in the Official World Rankings. To help him in his three-year plan, he signed a new equipment deal with Callaway six weeks before the Masters, ending his stint with Titleist. […]

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Jeev Singh Has High Hopes for Asia

On the eve of the US Masters, Indian Jeev Milkha Singh said it was only a matter of time before an Asian player wins a Major tournament. Small wonder then, that it is Jeev himself who is leading the Asian charge after the first round at Augusta. The Indian star shot a first round of […]

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Houston Open offers Masters-style tuneup for Augusta

This week’s Shell Houston Open should provide golfers with the perfect tuneup for the season’s first Major tournament, the US Masters, with organisers purposely setting up the course to mimic Augusta. The tournament has also been brought forward by a month so it can act as a preparation event for the Masters, which is being […]

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Asian Hopefuls Eye Ticket To Carnoustie

The year’s first major tournament, the US Masters, may be just around the corner. But for a group of 73 Asian Tour golfers, July’s Open Championship at Carnoustie is uppermost in their minds this week. The players will battle it out at Singapore’s Sentosa Golf Club in The Open International Final Qualifying tournament for Asia, […]

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Tiger On Top Of The World In Miami

Having a strong mental approach to golf is one thing. Using that psychological brawn to disarm your opponents, though, is a special gift few athletes possess. Which is why Tiger Woods is who he is. Woods fired a closing one-over-par 73 to win the World Golf Championships–CA Championship with a two-shot triumph over Brett Wetterich […]

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