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Asian Tour releases bolstered 2024 season schedule

The Asian Tour’s remarkable period of accelerated growth will continue unabated in 2024 after it released another impressive and substantial schedule for the new season today.

Hot on the heels of the completion of its 2023 season last weekend, the Tour has unveiled an initial schedule of 20 strong events across 12 countries– with a significant number of important tournaments to be added.

Once finalised it is expected that the schedule will surpass this year– which saw 23 events staged with total prize money of US$35 million.

The Malaysian Open will celebrate its return to the schedule after a four-year hiatus by becoming the season-opening event and will be played from February 15-18.

It will be followed the week after by the International Series Oman – the first of 10 International Series events in 2024, which provide a pathway to the multi-million-dollar LIV Golf League.

International Series events will be played in Macau (International Series Macau presented by Wynn, March 14-17), Morocco (July 4-7), Indonesia (October 31–November 3), and Qatar (November 28 – December 1). 

The Hong Kong Open will once again be part of The International Series while making its debut on the series will be the PIF Saudi International powered by Softbank Investment Advisers, which was the Tour’s opening event in 2022 and 2023. Both events will be in Q4. The dates will be announced later along with the details of three more International Series tournaments.

The Tour will also once again return to two of its traditional tournament strongholds, Korea and Chinese-Taipei. 

Three events will be played in each market, with the GS Caltex Maekyung Open (May 2-5), Kolon Korea Open (June 20-23) and Shinhan Donghae Open (September 5-8) staged in Korea; while the Yeangder TPC (September 26-29), Mercuries Taiwan Masters (October 3-6) and Taiwan Glass Taifong Open (November 14-17) will be hosted in Chinese-Taipei.

The New Zealand Open presented by Sky Sport (February 29–March 3), the Saudi Open presented by Public Investment Fund (April 17-20) and the SJM Macao Open (October 10-13) are also back on the schedule.

Said Cho Minn Thant, Commissioner & CEO, Asian Tour: “The strength and depth of the Asian Tour’s 2024 schedule is reflective of the phenomenal growth we have been enjoying and we are already excited about what the new year will bring.

“Importantly, we are delighted to confirm the schedule so soon after the completion of our 2023 season, which will allow our members to plan accordingly and act as enormous incentive to those heading to Qualifying School.

“The International Series events combined with our central column of established tournaments form the backbone of the Tour while we look forward to being able to announce other premier events in due course.”

The Final Stage of the Asian Tour’s Qualifying School (January 16-20) commences proceedings next year, providing a gateway into what will be another season of great advancement for the Asian Tour.

The Asian Development Tour schedule will be released early in 2024 and will feature an expanded line-up of tournaments, for what is the Asian Tour’s constantly evolving feeder circuit.

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35 players claim 2023 Asian Tour cards at Q-School

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Germany's Dominic Foos who plays out of The Els Club Dubai amongst the lucky few

Australian Jack Thompson graduated with first class honours today at the Asian Tour Qualifying School after winning the Final Stage by two shots from countryman John Lyras and China’s Bai Zhengkai, as he closed out with a five-under-par 66 for a five-round total of 22 under.

Bai returned a 65 while Lyras, who started the day sharing the lead with Thompson, shot a 68 at Lake View Resort and Golf Club in Hua Hin, Thailand.

American Michael Maguire (65) and Ye Wocheng (69) from China shared fourth, four back from the winner.

A total of 35 players out of 77 starters secured right of passage onto the Asian Tour this year.

Nine players, tied on eight under, competed in a sudden-death play-off for the last two cards which eventually went to Thomas Power Horan from Australia and England’s Ben Jones, after they both birdied the first.

Remarkably, 24-year-old Thompson made it into this week’s event by claiming the final qualifying berth at the First Stage Qualifying Section C tournament at Blue Canyon Country Club in Phuket, Thailand, at the start of the month.

Said Thompson: “This is great, I guess it hasn’t really sunk in yet. It has been a long week, I have been here for a fair few days now, it’s a relief and it’s just nice to win. There is always concern coming into an event if you can do it or not.”

Bai Zhengkai said: “This is great. I played Korn Ferry Tour 2020 to 2021, DP World Tour and Challenge Tour last year, and this year I’ll be trying the Asian Tour.

“Feels nice. I played well the last few days, feeling good and getting more familiar with the course and attacking more pins, and I think I had a pretty good week.”

A special mention to Dominic Foos. The German who bases himself in Dubai and plays out of The Els Club, Dubai had a glittering amateur career. After winning several junior amateur tournaments in Germany and internationally, Foos turned professional in 2014.

Foos played on the Challenge Tour in 2015 and won the Gant Open in August at the age of 17 years, 347 days – making him the youngest winner in Challenge Tour history.

Not long to wait for all the graduates as the first tournament on the 2023 Asian Tour schedule is the PIF Saudi International powered by SoftBank Investment Advisers at Royal Greens Golf and Country Club, February 3-6.

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Five Aussies secure playing rights at Asian Tour Q School

Australian jack thompson graduated with first class honours today at the asian tour qualifying school after winning the final stage by two shots from countryman john lyras and china’s bai zhengkai..

Thompson, a professional for just two years, marked himself down as one to keep an eye out for as he closed with a five-under-par 66 for a five-round total of 22-under.

Bai returned a 65 while Lyras, who started the day sharing the lead with Thompson, shot a 68 on a tension-filled day at Lake View Resort and Golf Club in Hua Hin, Thailand. Tom Power Horan, Jack Murdoch and Doug Klein making it five Aussies to gain playing rights.

American Michael Maguire (65) and Ye Wocheng (69) from China shared fourth, four back from the winner.

A total of 35 players out of 77 starters today secured right of passage onto the Asian Tour this year – which promises to be the most lucrative in its history.

Klein finished at 12-under, with Murdoch at nine-under, meanwhile nine players tied on eight under and competed in a sudden-death play-off for the last two cards which eventually went to Power Horan and England’s Ben Jones, after they both birdied the first.

Remarkably, 24-year-old Thompson made it into this week’s event by claiming the final qualifying berth at the First Stage Qualifying Section C tournament at Blue Canyon Country Club in Phuket, Thailand, at the start of the month.

And prior to that he had not been able to practice for three weeks because of a wrist injury.

Said Thompson: “This is great, I guess it hasn’t really sunk in yet. It has been a long week, I have been here for a fair few days now, it’s a relief and it’s just nice to win. There is always concern coming into an event if you can do it or not.

“I hadn’t really had the best prep coming in. I had hurt my wrist playing a shot in the Vic PGA last year so I could only hit a bucket of balls in three weeks. It slowly got better and better. Swinging the first qualifier I had no idea, then the next round I worked it out and it carried on from there. I am just super stoked.”

Thompson’s promise first revealed itself when he won the Gippsland Super 6 Match Play in just his fifth start on the PGA Tour of Australasia in 2021 and today’s success suggests more great things are to come from the young Australian.

“I have tried a few Q Schools before and missed out so it’s really nice to have somewhere to play overseas now. I had a great group of Aussie guys here this week and that really helped,” added the Australian, who reached No.31 in the world on the amateur rankings.

It was a two-horse race between Thompson and Lyras on the last day and they were tied on 22-under with three to play. Thompson then moved one ahead with a birdie on 17 before the pressure of a marathon week finally seemed to hit them when Thompson made a bogey on the last and Lyras a double.

“It’s been a goal of mine to get a card overseas for a few years now, and to finally get that done there’s a bit of relief there for sure. It’s very exciting,” said Lyras.

“I probably looked better than I felt, you know, I was trying to win the golf tournament. I did everything I could, and the putts just didn’t go in and it was one of those days, but I feel like those days are character building. We learn so much from them, where you pressed a few decisions here and there. A few little processes that could have maybe changed here or there.

“But ultimately for someone like myself, who hasn’t really been in contention that much at any golf tournament, days like these are the ones that will hopefully spur me on to keep gaining more experience and get more comfortable in that environment.”

The 26-year-old from Sydney is something of a late starter. A self-taught golfer, he said he mainly played cricket throughout his teenage years and did not play any real competitive golf until he left school.

Said Bai: “This is great. I played Korn Ferry Tour 2020 to 2021, DP World Tour and Challenge Tour last year, and this year I’ll be trying the Asian Tour.

“Feels nice. I played well the last few days, feeling good and getting more familiar with the course and attacking more pins, and I think I had a pretty good week.”

In the U.S. he bases himself in Orlando and said he went back to China once in 2021, had to do 28 days quarantine in a hotel, and so last year stayed on the road most of the time.

The players who unfortunately missed out in the play-off where Chinese-Taipei’s Ho Yu-cheng, American Matthew Negri, Jakraphan Premsirigorn from Thailand, England’s Jack Harrison, Korean Jonghark Kim, Japan’s Ren Yonezawa, and Justin De Los Santos from the Philippines, who birdied his last hole to get into the play-off.

In a first at the Final Stage of the Asian Tour Qualifying School, two Hong Kong players, Matthew Cheung and Taichi Kho made it through.

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2023 Golf-Asian Tour Qualifying School: Final Day & Round | Australian Jack Thompson Winner

The 2023 Asian Tour Qualifying School – Final stage concluded with Australian Jack Thompson winning by two shots from country fellow John Lyras and Bai Zhengkai from China.

Played at Lake View Resort and Golf Club in Hua Hin, Thailand – Thompson, who is a two year old professional golfer, closed with a five-under-par 66 for a five-round total of 22 under.

Bai returned a 65 whereas Lyras, who commenced the day with having at par lead with Thompson, shot a 68 on a rather nerve tense day. American Michael Maguire at 65 and Ye Wocheng with 69 from China shared fourth, four back from the winner.

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Day & Round 4 | Jack Thompson In Lead

The Round 4 of the 2023 Asian Tour Qualifying School – Final stage concluded with Jack Thompson taking the top leaders position.

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Day & Round 3 | South Korean Mingyu Cho Tops

The 2023 Asian Tour Qualifying School – Final stage continued with Round 3 being completed. The fortunes each day have been fluctuating with leaderboard facing a see-saw situation with each round having a new name topping the top and the previous round dropping many ladders.

This is evident from Round 3 leader being Mingyu Cho from South Korea. The Round 2 and 1 were led by German professional golfer – Dominic Foos and Chinese-Taipei’s Wang Wei-hsuan respectively.

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Day & Round 2 | German Pro Dominic Foos Takes Over As Leader

On Day 2 of the 2023 Asian Tour Qualifying School – Final stage event’s Round 2, was played. The leaderboard top standing of Round 2 was taken over by German professional golfer – Dominic Foos from Chinese-Taipei’s Wang Wei-hsuan.

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Round 1 | Chinese Taipei’s Wang In Lead

The 2023 Asian Tour Qualifying School – Final stage event commenced with the scheduled conclusion on 22nd December.

On Day and Round 1, the Chinese-Taipei’s Wang Wei-hsuan was in lead by showing his class by shooting a classic eight-under-par 63. F

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Eric McIntosh secures spot in Asian Tour Qualifying School final stage

Former Scottish Boys’ champion produces impressive performance to clear first hurdle in his card bid

Former Scottish Boys’ champion Eric McIntosh has set up a chance to join David Drysdale in flying the Saltire on the 2024 Asian Tour.

McIntosh, who played his amateur golf at Bruntsfield Links and is still a member of the Edinburgh club, produced an impressive performance in the first stage of the circuit’s Qualifying School in Thailand.

Competing in the last of six events in the initial phase of the card battle at Phoenix Gold Golf in Bangkok, he opened with rounds of 68 and 71 before jumping up the leaderboard following a timely 65 in the penultimate circuit.

McIntosh set out in the last round sitting joint-seventh and it was mission accomplished as he signed off with a 68 to finish joint-fourth on eight-under-par.

The Scot joined two-time DP World Tour winner Kristoffer Broberg in passing the test, as well as Englishman Angus Flanagan, who played in the 2021 Walker Cup at Seminole.

The final stage, which is a five-round battle for 35 cards, takes place next week at Springfield Royal Country Club and Lake View Resort and Golf Club in Thailand.

Drysdale, who came through last year’s Asian Tour Q-School after losing his long-held status on the DP World Tour, retained his card for the 2024 campaign by finishing in the top 50 in the Order of Merit.

McIntosh won the Scottish Boys’ Championship in 2016 at Murcar Links, where he beat Kirkhill’s Lewis Irvine by 2&1 in the final. He turned professional after a spell at Northwestern in Illinois, having been recruited by head coach David Inglis, the former British Boys’ champion from Glencorse.

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Thompson triumphant at Asian Tour Q School

South Australian Jack Thompson has graduated to a world tour for the first time in his career after coming out on top at the Final Stage of Asian Tour Qualifying School in Thailand.

Tied with countryman John Lyras at the start of the fifth and final round, Thompson closed with a round of five-under 66 and a 22-under total for the 90-hole marathon.

Lyras also earned promotion to the global stage by finishing two shots back in a tie for second with China’s Bai Zhengkai, posting three-under 68 in the final round.

A member of the Golf Australia Rookie Squad and already a winner on the ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia, Thompson secured the final spot on offer at Section C of First Stage to advance to Final Stage.

He was tracking for one of the 35 2023 Tour cards on offer when he opened with rounds of 68-70 to begin his week at Lake View Resort and Golf Club in Hua Hin and then surged up the leaderboard with rounds of 65-64-66.

Given a wrist injury incurred at the Victorian PGA Championship in November, Thompson was understandably thrilled to come out on top after 13 rounds of pressure-packed golf.

“This is great, I guess it hasn’t really sunk in yet,” said Thompson, the 2021 Gippsland Super 6 champion.

“It has been a long week. I have been here for a fair few days now. It’s a relief and it’s just nice to win.

“There is always concern coming into an event if you can do it or not. I hadn’t really had the best prep coming in. I had hurt my wrist playing a shot in the Vic PGA last year so I could only hit a bucket of balls in three weeks.

“It slowly got better and better. Swinging the first qualifier I had no idea, then the next round I worked it out and it carried on from there. I am just super stoked.”

A total of 35 players out of 77 starters today secured right of passage onto the Asian Tour this year with the final two cards decided by a nine-man playoff.

It took just one hole to finalise with two-time Gippsland Super 6 champion Tom Power Horan and England’s Ben Jones both making birdie at the first playoff hole.

A total of five Australians secured Asian Tour cards and Thompson said the strong Aussie presence contributed to his level of comfort.

“I have tried a few Q Schools before and missed out so it’s really nice to have somewhere to play overseas now,” said Thompson.

“I had a great group of Aussie guys here this week and that really helped.”

The other Aussies to earn Asian Tour cards were Doug Klein (69) and Jack Murdoch (67) along with Kiwi Nick Voke (64).

Lyras has recorded three top-six finishes on the PGA Tour of Australasia in the past 12 months and was hit with a sense of relief upon playing his way onto an international tour.

“It’s been a goal of mine to get a card overseas for a few years now, and to finally get that done there’s a bit of relief there for sure. It’s very exciting,” said Lyras.

“I probably looked better than I felt, you know. I was trying to win the golf tournament. I did everything I could, and the putts just didn’t go in and it was one of those days.

“I feel like those days are character building. We learn so much from them, where you pressed a few decisions here and there. A few little processes that could have maybe changed here or there.

“But ultimately for someone like myself, who hasn’t really been in contention that much at any golf tournament, days like these are the ones that will hopefully spur me on to keep gaining more experience and get more comfortable in that environment.”

The hard luck stories of the Aussies were Aaron Wilkin (69) and Dimitrios Papadatos (70) who both missed the playoff for the final two cards by just one stroke.

Asian Tour Final Stage Qualifying School Lake View Resort and Golf Club, Hua Hin, Thailand 1            Jack Thompson 68-70-65-64-66—333 T2          John Lyras          65-69-67-66-68—335 T13        Nick Voke (NZ)  66-73-67-73-64—343 T13        Doug Klein          72-65-68-69-69—343 T26        Jack Murdoch    71-70-69-69-67—346 T34        Tom Power Horan          70-73-70-67-67—347 T43        Aaron Wilkin      69-65-75-70-69—348 T43        Dimitrios Papadatos       74-68-67-69-70—348 T43        Denzel Ieremia (NZ)        69-66-70-75-68—348 T53        Hayden Hopewell           68-71-70-69-71—349 T58        Dylan Perry        71-69-71-70-69—350 T70        Louis Dobbelaar              69-69-70-71-75—354 T74        Kevin Chun (NZ) 71-73-70-67-74—355 T88        Deyen Lawson   68-72-73-70—283 T88        Kade McBride    72-71-69-71—283 T95        Connor McKinney           68-74-70-72—284 T95        Peter Wilson      69-68-72-75—284 T95        Charlie Dann     71-73-74-66—284 MC        Brett Rumford   71-74—145 MC        Aaron Pike          72-73—145 MC        Doeun An           71-75—146 MC        James Hydes (NZ, a)       76-71—147 MC        Austin Bautista  74-74—148 MC        David Gleeson   84-83—167 DQ         Sam Brazel         75

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