Oct 18th, 2017 Article
Chinese government cracks down on Golf
The Chinese government has closed two of the countries top golf courses owned by real estate mogul Wang Jianlin, according to reports from CNN.
The Chinese government has closed two of the countries top golf courses owned by real estate mogul Wang Jianlin, according to reports from CNN.
Soomin Lee, Alexander Levy and Lee Slattery share the lead as the Shenzhen International goes into a fifth day at Genzon Golf Club.
Here’s a cheeky little video of a role reversal with Bubba Watson and his caddie Ted Scott, who gets his turn to throw the on-course tantrum.
Korea's Soo-min Lee may remain the man to catch in the rain interrupted Shenzhen International, but it was some spectacular scoring from England's Callum Shinkwin that captured the imagination.
Fund managers have been warned to stay off the golf course by the UK regulator as they are spending too much money wooing clients.
President Xi Jinping has been conducting an anti–corruption campaign since taking office in 2013, and his focus has been on banquets, gift–giving and golf. Now three more Shanghai courses have been bulldozed.
Fourteen-year-old Kuang Yang clinched his place in the 2019 Volvo China Open by winning the Volvo China Junior Match Play Championship at Southern Wood Golf & Country Club in Fujian on Wednesday.
Chinese golfer 20-year old Li Haotong is just one shot behind the leader Kevin Kisner in the WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai. He shot a third round six under 66, and is two shots ahead of Jordan Speith. If he were to win this would be an amazing boost for golf in China, and will catapult him to fame in his home country.
Fancy a Danish? Well, a bet on them anyway. Soren Kjeldsen and Thorbjorn Olesen went out in 29 shots yesterday at the ISPS Handa World Cup Of Golf in Melbourne, and came back in 31 to soar to the top of the leaderboard.
Alexander Bjork has claimed his maiden European Tour victory at the Volvo China Open in his 44th appearance.
China's Lin Xiyu hit a hole-in-one on the par-three eighth during the third round of the women's golf competition at the Rio Olympics. Here's a video of Lin's historic ace - the first ever in women's Olympic golf.
Li Haotong returned to the winner's circle after a four-year absence as he defeated Thomas Pieters in a play-off to win his third DP World Tour title at the BMW International Open.