Asian Tour chairman Jimmy Masrin had a special reason to be cheerful at the SMBC Singapore Open on Saturday when his son Danny shot a bogey-free 66 to soar up the leaderboard to joint 10th. Danny Masrin belied his world ranking of 678th as he carded five birdies, including three in four holes from the 15th (his sixth hole of …
Salonpas water fountains were part of a first-of-its-kind sustainability initiative as this week’s SMBC Singapore Open helping to ensure the event treats “mother earth” with the utmost respect. A Sustainable Water Initiative presented by Salonpas has been set up aimed at encouraging spectators and participants to reduce single use plastic at the tournament. For the first time ever at a …
An exciting day’s play is in prospect at the SMBC Singapore Open with a posse of young Asian guns pitting themselves against world stars Justin Rose of England and American Matt Kuchar in the third round. Defending champion Jazz Janewattananond of Thailand takes a one shot advantage over teen standout Joohyung Kim of Korea and Filipino Miguel Tabuena into Saturday’s …
Defending champion Jazz Janewattananond of Thailand birdied the 18th hole for a sparkling six-under-par 65 to grab the lead at the halfway mark of the SMBC Singapore Open on Friday. On-song Jazz has a two-round total of 10 under 132 and is a stroke ahead of teen sensation Joohyung Kim of Korea, in with a 66, and Filipino Miguel Tabuena, …
Classy Matt Kuchar of the United States showed style and resilience in equal measure during a second round 68 to lead the SMBC Singapore Open after the morning session at Sentosa Golf Club on Friday. Kuchar overcame a double bogey at the fifth hole (his 14th of the day after starting at the 10th) to open up a two-stroke advantage …
Gunn Charoenkul shot a dreamy 66 in the first round of the SMBC Singapore Open, only for Kosuke Hamamoto of Thailand to lead the way in the SMBC Singapore Open after 45 players finished off their first rounds on Friday morning. The 20 year old Thai-Japanese shot a blemish-free six under 65 on Thursday for a one-shot advantage over world …
Joohyung Kim is a name golf fans will be hearing a lot of in coming years as the promising teenager, who shot an opening 67 at the SMBC Singapore Open, makes his way in the professional game. But the name on the scoreboards is not the one the 17-year-old Korean answers to as he has adopted the first name, Tom. …
Titleholder Jazz Janewattananond of Thailand made a fast start to the defence of his SMBC Singapore Open crown with a four-under-par 67 to sit two strokes adrift of surprise clubhouse leader Kosuke Hamamoto on Thursday. Thai-Japanese Hamamoto, playing the SMBC Singapore Open for the first time, charged to a blemish-free six under 65 to lead by one from world number …
Japan’s Ryo Ishikawa enjoys stardom in his home country and Major winner Justin Rose of England, who played alongside him in the first round of the SMBC Singapore Open on Thursday, knows exactly why. After carding a first round 68, Rose gushed about Ishikawa’s game, style and demeanour. “Ryo Ishikawa played really good today. Obviously he shot two under which …
Asian Tour players joined Sentosa Golf Club this week for a spot of beekeeping, helping the club unveil its intentions for a new campaign called GAME ON, designed to make the golfing community aware of the global threat of climate change. Local Singaporean players James Leow, Quincy Quek, Koh Deng Shan and Japanese player, Naoki Sekito, took a break from …
