This week’s UBS Hong Kong Open boasts one of the strongest lineups in the event’s long and illustrious history.
The defending champion will be there, as will his predecessor. The European Tour Order of Merit winner is in the field, together with the world’s top-ranked Asian player, not to mention the current leader of the Asian…
Ryder Cup stars Thomas Bjorn （right) and Paul Casey both have their eyes on the UBS Hong Kong Open trophy after confirming they will take part in the US$1.2 million tournament next month.
Danish ace Bjorn has an excellent record in the Hong Kong showpiece, having finished joint fourth in last year’s tournament and tied for…
When the UBS Hong Kong Open tees off at Fanling next month, Asian golfers will be aiming to end a seven-year itch. South Korea’s Kang Wook Soon was the last Asian player to win the Open when he triumphed in 1998, since when the famous old trophy has been monopolised by Europeans.
It is a run…
瑞銀香港高爾夫球公開賽對今年亞洲獎金榜的爭逐形勢，將產生關鍵的回響。
下月舉行、賽事獎金達120萬美元的瑞銀香港高爾夫球賽，是今年亞洲巡迴賽最後四站之一，列於最後第二站，泰國球星韋拉卓(Thaworn Wiratchant)及贊弟(Thongchai Jaidee)（右）將拼個你死我活。
韋拉卓目前以$451,920美元的累積獎金，於亞洲獎金榜上獨佔鰲頭，但衛冕的贊弟在剛周末泰國羅永的Double A International Open中獲得季軍，縮窄了雙方差距。
贊弟今季的累積獎金增至$386,120美元，向韋拉卓步步進逼，後者在羅永賽事只取得第18名。由於亞洲獎金榜上暫列第三的印度球手藍大瓦，目前只得$223,660美元之累積獎金，冠軍一席將不出韋拉卓及贊弟之爭。
賽事推廣公司Parallel Media Group市場及營業副總裁Martin Capstick表示：「瑞銀香港高爾夫球賽 一向都是球季的重點賽事，亞洲獎金榜的緊湊形勢，更令比賽加添刺激，精彩無比。」
贊弟在Double A International Open本可進一步向韋拉卓施壓，可惜在最後一洞未能捕取「小鳥」，失去與同胞柏登斯(Chinarat Phadungsil)及印度卡佩(Shiv Kapur)進行附加賽的機會。
贊弟心有不甘地說：「我推桿很好，但球由右轉左，剛好與想像的由左轉右想反。」
本身為世界青年組冠軍的業餘球手柏登斯，在附加賽次洞奠勝，成為亞洲巡迴賽史上最年輕的分站冠軍。柏登斯奪標當天只有17歲零5天，比南韓金大燮在1998年贏得韓國公開賽時年輕了78天，亦為第三位勝出亞洲賽事的業餘球手。
亞洲巡迴賽下一站排名賽為越南的Carlsberg大師賽(11月17至20日)，Volvo中國公開賽則隨後舉行。
瑞銀香港高爾夫球公開賽將於12月1至4日假粉嶺香港高爾夫球會舉行，而球季最後一項賽事為在緊接一個周末在泰國上演的Volvo亞洲大師賽。
Colin Montgomerie will be coming to Hong Kong on a high after claiming a record-breaking eighth European Tour Order of Merit crown.
The Ryder Cup ace, one of the star attractions in the UBS Hong Kong Open on December 1-4, sealed top spot on the money list by finishing joint third in the Volvo Masters at…
1971: Taiwan’s "Mr Lu" – Lu Liang Huan – finishes runner-up to Lee Trevino in the British Open and a week later wins the French Open at Biarritz, becoming the first Asian to capture a European Tour title.
1980: Isao Aoki of Japan is runner-up in the US Open.
1983: Aoki becomes the first Asian to win…
Hong Kong-bound Colin Montgomerie has been named as winner of the European Tour’s Shot of the Month Award for September.
The Scot, who will headline a strong European challenge at the UBS Hong Kong Open on December 1-4, won the award for his brilliant second shot to the 17th – the famous Road Hole – on…
UBS, one of the world's leading financial firms, has signed a four-year agreement with The European Tour and Parallel Media Group (PMG) to become the title sponsor of the Hong Kong Open.
The agreement takes Asia's second longest-running tournament through to its 50th anniversary in 2008. UBS will substantially increase the prize fund from last year's…
UBS Hong Kong Open champion, Miguel Angel Jimenez, will return to defend his title in December as the SAR’s oldest professional sporting event enters an exciting new era.
Aiming to wrest away the trophy from the Spaniard will be one of the giants of the game, Colin Montgomerie, Europe’s 2004 Ryder Cup hero and winner of…