Thailand’s Chapchai Nirat exceeded his own expectations after a long slump to shoot a brilliant second round 64 at the SMBC Singapore Open on Friday to seize the clubhouse lead on seven-under 135 before rain halted play for the day. Chapchai lost his Asian Tour card last season and only made this week’s field because of his career earnings but …
Japan’s Satoshi Kodaira and Gaganjeet Bhullar of India finished with a flourish as the SMBC Singapore Open first round was rounded off on Friday morning with six players tied for the lead. Kodaira, a six-time winner on the Japan Golf Tour Organisation including two successes last year, birdied the 17th and 18th to card a 66 while Bhullar also picked …
World number 10 Sergio Garcia brought his sparkling 2017 form into the SMBC Singapore Open on Thursday with a five-under-par 66 to take a share of the clubhouse lead. Garcia was tied for top spot with American Kurt Kitayama, a Monday qualifier who is in a rich vein of form, when play was halted for the day after a weather …
American Casey O’Toole fired the first ace of the season on the Japan and Asian tours at the second hole for a three-under-par 68. He had a round to remember after missing the cut last year, and holed out at the 168-yard, par-three second with a seven iron and won a five year Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts Golden Circle membership …
Kurt Kitayama is enjoying a brilliant run so far in his first venture to Asia. The 25-year-old American grabs a share of the lead at the SMBC Singapore Open with an opening five-under-par 66 after the early morning session on Thursday. The Asian Tour Qualifying School graduate earned a spot at the US$1 million event by emerging top at the …
Officials from SMBC, Sentosa Golf Club, the Singapore Golf Association, the Asian Tour, the Japan Golf Tour Organisation and Lagardère Sports attended the “Ceremonial First Tee-Off” this morning as the first round of the US$1million event got underway.
Prayad Marksaeng of Thailand is feeling physically fantastic and he is ready to defend his title at the US$1 million SMBC Singapore Open that starts tomorrow. Last year, the 51-year-old held off the challenge of the likes of compatriot Phachara Khongwatmai and Korea’s Younghan Song, golfers who are a fraction of his age, to lift the coveted trophy at the …
The 2018 SMBC Singapore Open is nearly underway and tees off tomorrow on the Serapong Course at Sentosa Golf Club. Star players Sergio Garcia, Ryo Ishikawa, Louis Oosthuizen and Pat Perez warmed up by enjoying the view from the Sky Deck on top of the Legends Lounge by the 18th hole. They were there for a photo shoot with the …
In a tremendous development for golf in Singapore and the region Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) announced today they will title sponsor Singapore’s national Open for three more years. On the eve of the first round of the 2018 SMBC Singapore Open, and to the delight of everyone involved with the tournament, SMBC revealed they will renew their relationship with …
Superstar Sergio Garcia will come full circle when he tees off in the SMBC Singapore Open on Thursday after a monumental 2017 during which he won his first Major at the Masters. The Spaniard began his 2017 campaign at Sentosa Golf Club last January, finishing joint 11th, and is looking at this year’s tournament as a launch pad for another …
