The SMBC Singapore Open received one of the highest accolades in the game yesterday at the Asian Tour Awards night in Hong Kong when the Tour’s membership voted last year’s edition the Best Event on Tour. At a glitzy and glamorous evening, the SMBC Singapore Open beat off competition from the region’s leading tournaments to receive the award for the …
Ryo Ishikawa, the hugely popular Japanese star who rekindled memories of his wunderkind days with three wins in 2019, has fired a warning to his rivals at next week’s SMBC Singapore Open. Ishikawa, the so-called ‘Bashful Prince’, said that he is swinging freer than during his previous visits to Sentosa Golf Club and predicted even better results in 2020. “I …
SMBC Singapore Open 2020 will once again ensure “mother earth” is treated with the utmost respect. Since 2018, tournament organiser Lagardère Sports, along with Sentosa Golf Club (SGC), have put into effect a “Green Agenda” that has set a benchmark for other events and their respective venues in the region to try and attain. And this year sustainability initiatives have …
SMBC Singapore Open titleholder Jazz Janewattananond of Thailand signed off his 2019 season in exactly the same way he started it, with a convincing victory. Twelve months on from his success at Sentosa Golf Club in the first Asian Tour event of the year, Jazz won the Thailand Masters, the final tournament on the 2019 schedule. It was the 24-year-old’s …
Golf Thailand’s Jazz Janewattananond, cock-a-hoop at establishing himself in the world’s top 50, has confirmed he will defend the SMBC Singapore Open title he won in stylish fashion in January. The 24-year-old Jazz jumped 12 places to 45th in the Official World Golf Ranking – sealing a coveted spot at The Masters – after his runaway win in the Indonesian …
SMBC Singapore Open reigning champion Jazz Janewattananond catapulted into the world’s top-50 with a stunning victory in the Indonesian Masters on Sunday and booked a spot in the 2020 Masters. The fast-rising Thai shot an eye-watering 17-under-par (62-65) over the weekend at Royale Jakarta Golf Club to power past his rivals and win by five shots over countryman Gunn Charoenkul. …
American Matt Kuchar, who will be one of the star attractions at the SMBC Singapore Open in January, rounded off the 2019 season with a flourish by sinking the putt that assured victory for the United States over the International team in the Presidents Cup. A five-footer for birdie at Royal Melbourne’s 17th hole guaranteed him a halve against Louis …
Sweden’s Henrik Stenson, one of the star players confirmed for the SMBC Singapore Open in January, eclipsed some of the world’s best professionals – including tournament host Tiger Woods – to win the Hero World Challenge at the weekend. Stenson shot a final round 66 at Albany Golf Club in the Bahamas to secure his first victory since the Wyndham …
Golf fans can now purchase tickets for the 2020 SMBC Singapore Open with ease and at discounted rates as tickets are now on sale and the official app launched today, organizers announced. England’s Justin Rose, Henrik Stenson from Sweden and American Matt Kuchar – the gold, silver and bronze medallists respectively at the Rio 2016 Olympics – are the star …
The hugely acclaimed Sentosa Golf Club, venue for the prestigious SMBC Singapore Open, has been named the World’s Best Golf Club at the World Golf Awards. And the highly rated Serapong Course, which has tested the elite of world golf during the annual SMBC Singapore Open, picked up the title of Singapore’s best golf course at the same awards (worldgolfawards.com) …
