SMBC Singapore Open champion Song Younghan soared up the world ranking after his slender victory over double Major champion Jordan Spieth on Monday, a reflection of the tournament’s importance in global golf. Song jumped from 204th to 113th on the Official World Golf Ranking thanks to his win at Sentosa Golf Club. He is now the seventh ranked non-Japanese Asian …
Korea’s Younghan Song survived a ‘crazy’ sleepless night by fending off the spirited challenge of world number one Jordan Spieth to win the US$1 million SMBC Singapore Open by one-shot on Monday. Inclement weather had caused multiple delays during the week, forcing the Singapore showpiece into a Monday finish at the Sentosa Golf Club. Song was left to ponder about …
The SMBC Singapore Open is set for a gripping finale on Monday morning with world number one Jordan Spieth breathing down the neck of leader Song Younghan. The 50th staging of the iconic tournament was heading towards a compelling climax before massive galleries on Sunday afternoon when Mother Nature took a hand as both players approached crucial putts on the …
Korean Song Younghan continued to hit all the right notes on Sunday morning as he opened up a two-shot gap on the field going into the final round of the US$1 million SMBC Singapore Open. The perennial runner-up zeroed in on his first title with three birdies and a sole bogey in the remaining five holes of his third round …
World number one Jordan Spieth has promised an aggressive putting approach in the final round of the SMBC Singapore Open as he tries to rein in leader Song Younghun. The American superstar completed the last two holes of his third round early Sunday morning in even par for a 70 and lies five strokes behind Korean Song who signed for …
China’s Liang Wenchong emerged from a marathon day as clubhouse leader of the SMBC Singapore Open on Saturday. He broke through the fatigue barrier by carding a four-under-par 67 for a total of eight under 205 before the third round of the SMBC Singapore Open was suspended due to darkness. Liang played 31 holes at the Serapong Course at Sentosa …
Young prospect Miguel Tabuena of the Philippines is keeping his feet firmly on the ground after drawing to within three strokes of halfway leader Song Younghan in the SMBC Singapore Open. Tabuena won the Philippine Open last December and the 21 year old is building on his breakthrough victory at Sentosa Golf Club. He shot 67 on Saturday morning for …
Thailand’s Prayad Marksaeng received an unexpected birthday present on Saturday when he was paired with world number one Jordan Spieth for the third round of the SMBC Singapore Open. Prayad, who turned 50 today, shot a second round 68 to tie Spieth on five under 137 after two rounds and be rewarded with 18 holes in the spotlight with the …
The chasing pack closed in on overnight leader Song Younghan of Korea when the weather-disrupted second round of the SMBC Singapore Open was completed on Saturday morning while tournament favourite Jordan Spieth endured another day with a cold putter to sit four shots off the pace. First round leader Keith Horne of South Africa birdied the par-five 18th hole for …
The sparkling eight-under-par 63 by Song Younghan in the second round of the SMBC Singapore Open matched the best ever score shot in the tournament over the par-71 Serapong Course at Sentosa Golf Club. The iconic Singapore Open was staged at Sentosa Golf Club from 2005 to 2012 and in that time only Angel Cabrera of Argentina, the 2007 champion, …
