Garcia Confident Of Ending 18-Month Victory Drought


Madrid, Spain (May 26): Sergio Garcia goes into this week's Madrid Masters at Real Sociedad Hipica Espanola Club de Campo determined to clinch his first win for 18 months. The Spanish Ryder Cup star is without a top-three finish on the European Tour since winning last season's inaugural Race to Dubai event at the HSBC Champions in Shanghai. That victory had taken him to number two in the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR), but he has since fallen to 32, and currently would not automatically qualify for Colin Montgomerie's Ryder Cup team at The Celtic Manor Resort in October.

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SK Telecom Open: Bae Capitalises As Kim Succumbs To Nerves


Seoul, South Korea (May 23): A fired-up Bae Sang-moon claimed his second OneAsia title after the confident 23-year-old shot a closing five-under-par 67 to win the SK Telecom Open by three strokes from good friend Kim Dae-hyun. Bae, who finished with a 22-under total of 266, proudly donned Korean golf’s Red Jacket after a nervous Kim struggled to an error-strewn 73 in fierce winds at Sky 72 Golf Club. Korean legend KJ Choi, who turned 40 on Wednesday, finished one behind Kim after matching Bae’s best-of-the-day 67 over the 7,241-yard Ocean Course.

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Model Pro Donald ‘Ideal’ To Win Europe’s Flagship Event


London, England (May 22): Maybe there’s a reason why Luke Donald is sitting atop the leaderboard after two rounds of the 4.5 million euro BMW PGA Championship. He isn’t full of the same sense of bloated entitlement as some European Tour professionals. While many in the field have wasted more effort complaining about the changes to the West Course, Donald has gone quietly about his business. Rounds of 68-68 for a six-under 136, good for a one-shot lead over a trio of players, prove that the newly revamped West Course is eminently playable.

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Thai Boonchu Confirmed For Major Colorado Challenge


London, England (May 19): Boonchu Ruangkit and Bill Longmuir have sealed the final two spots available to European Senior Tour members in next week’s US Senior PGA Championship in Colorado. The pair secured their places in the field at Colorado Golf Club, in Denver, courtesy of their positions in the Senior Tour Order of Merit as the highest ranked players not otherwise exempt. They are part of a strong looking contingent of 26 European Senior Tour members overall that will cross the Atlantic to take part in the season’s first Major championship.

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Asia Pacific Golf Summit Rolls Out New Programmes


Singapore (May 15): The 2010 Asia Pacific Golf Summit (APGS) will witness the launch of the long-awaited Asia Pacific Golf Hall of Fame. The Asia Pacific Golf Hall of Fame will serve as an institution specially designed to honour the greats of the game. In announcing this milestone development, Mike Sebastian, managing director of Asia Pacific Golf Development Conferences (APGDC), the owner and producer of the highly acclaimed APGS said: "Asia now has its own heroes of golf and the time has come to honour these men and women for their outstanding contributions to golf and to the growth of the game in the region."

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UBS Renews As Hong Kong Open Title Sponsor


Hong Kong (May 11): In a significant boost for one of the region's prime golfing events, UBS has confirmed it will continue as title sponsor of the Hong Kong Open. UBS, the diversified global financial services company, has been title sponsor of the event since 2006 during which time it has overseen a substantial rise in the tournament’s prize money. Indeed, the total prize fund increased every year from US$1.2 million in the 2006 season to the US$2.5 million figure which will be on offer at the Hong Kong Golf Club's Fanling venue from November 18-21.

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