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Happy year for Asian golfers around the world as Tom Kim stands out, writes Chuah Choo Chiang

Happy year for Asian golfers around the world as Tom Kim stands out, writes Chuah Choo Chiang

Tis the season to be jolly, fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la … Asian golfers have been merry, fa-la-la-la, la-la-la-la … (Writer’s note: Lines to be hummed in the tune of the famous Christmas carol)  Indeed, it has been a happy…

Top rated Asia-Pacific Amateurs to return to Thailand’s Amata Spring Country Club

Top rated Asia-Pacific Amateurs to return to Thailand’s Amata Spring Country Club

CHONBURI, Thailand, May 11: The most popular amateur event in Asia, Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship (AAC) will be held at the acclaimed Amata Spring Country Club a decade after the fourth edition of the championship was…

Lahiri survives the cut, makes weekend at Farmers Insurance Open; 3-way including Rahm, JT

Lahiri survives the cut, makes weekend at Farmers Insurance Open; 3-way including Rahm, JT

San Diego, Jan 28: Anirban Lahiri survived the cut to make the weekend and improve on his position at the halfway stage of the Farmers Insurance Open. The Indian ace, who had just one birdie…

Modest start for Lahiri at Farmers Insurance Open; Horschel leads

Modest start for Lahiri at Farmers Insurance Open; Horschel leads

Torrey Pines, San Diego, Jan 27: Anirban Lahiri began with a modest one-under 71 in the first round of the US$8.4 million Farmers Insurance Open and needed a good solid second round to make the…

Lahiri set for Torrey Pines at star-studded Farmers Insurance Open

Lahiri set for Torrey Pines at star-studded Farmers Insurance Open

Torrey Pines, San Diego, CA, Jan 26:  Anirban Lahiri begins another campaign this week at the Farmers Insurance Open, the second tournament of the West Coast swing at the picturesque Torrey Pines in San Diego.…

Magical Matsuyama equals wins record at Sony Open in Hawaii in stunning fashion

Magical Matsuyama equals wins record at Sony Open in Hawaii in stunning fashion

Japanese star Hideki Matsuyama delivered a grandstand finish in a playoff against a luckless Russell Henley to lift his career eighth title at the Sony Open in Hawaii on Sunday and equal K.J. Choi’s record…

Matsuyama and Im race to become first Asian to scale golf’s summit, says Chuah Choo Chiang

Matsuyama and Im race to become first Asian to scale golf’s summit, says Chuah Choo Chiang

The similarity in their golf swings is rather uncanny. One owns a deliberate take-away that feigns slow motion on video, while the other possesses a prolonged pause at the top of the backswing that has…

Olympic hopeful Matsuyama returns to Kasumigaseki, where his journey to stardom began

Olympic hopeful Matsuyama returns to Kasumigaseki, where his journey to stardom began

Tokyo, July 25: Home hero Hideki Matsuyama “can’t wait” to launch his quest for a prized gold medal for Japan when the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 men’s golf competition gets underway on Thursday. For the 29-year-old Matsuyama,…

PGA Champs at Kiawah provides fascinating mix of contenders at the halfway mark

PGA Champs at Kiawah provides fascinating mix of contenders at the halfway mark

Phil Mickelson turned pro the year Hideki Matsuyama was born – in 1992. Midway through 2021 PGA Championship, they are just two shots apart. ‘Lefty’ Mickelson, 50, winner of five Majors, but none since 2013,…

Mickelson turns the clock back; DJ, JT miss the cut at PGA Champs

Mickelson turns the clock back; DJ, JT miss the cut at PGA Champs

Kiawah Island, S.C: Phil Mickelson turned the clock around with a stunning 5-under 31 on his second nine, which was the front side of the Kiawah Island’s Ocean Course to card a 69 that gave…