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, …
Fresh-faced Song Younghan sizzled to an eight-under-par 63 that saw him snatch the clubhouse lead before bad weather caused the second round of the US$1 million SMBC Singapore Open to be called off on Friday. The second round will resume at 7.30am on Saturday with 78 players, including world number one and tournament favourite Jordan Spieth, still to finish their …
Crowd-puller Jordan Spieth attracted huge galleries to the SMBC Singapore Open for the second straight day on Friday. Spectators were four deep around the first tee and lined the length of the opening fairway at Sentosa Golf Club as the world number one started his second round. The Masters and US Open champion shot 67 in the first round to …
Japan’s Shingo Katayama is living up to his reputation as one of the most colourful and coolest players in world golf at the SMBC Singapore Open. With his signature cowboy hat, logo-emblazoned shirt and the loudest of golf pants, Katayama is dressing to impress at Sentosa Golf Club. Katayama, known as the “Cat in the Hat” because of his flamboyant …
American Berry Henson and Shintaro Kobayashi of Japan joined Keith Horne atop the leaderboard when the first round of the SMBC Singapore Open was completed on Friday morning. Henson carded a routine par at his final hole, the ninth on the Serapong Course at Sentosa Golf Club, for a 66 while Kobayashi matched that number with three birdies and two …
World number one Jordan Spieth drew enthusiastic galleries to the opening round of the SMBC Singapore Open on Thursday and showed his class with a bogey-free 67 to sit on the shoulder of surprise clubhouse leader Keith Horne of South Africa. The American superstar is a shot adrift of Horne who carried his form from the recent South African Open …
Local favourite Quincy Quek kept the home flag flying high with an impressive bogey-free 68 in the opening round of the SMBC Singapore Open on Thursday. Quek used his extensive knowledge of the Serapong Course at Sentosa Golf Club to eke out three birdies and he trails clubhouse leader Keith Horne of South Africa by just two shots. “Tee to …
