A Name to be Remembered - John Catlin

Like Patrick Reed and Sergio Garcia, John Catlin can also be your man to watch at the Hong Kong Golf Club later this month

John Catlin is the first player to have won three times on the Asian Tour in 2018

For all the sacrifices that Catlin makes, validation of his hard work comes from being in the winner’s circle thrice after stepping up the ranks from the Asian Development Tour (ADT). Catlin always wishes to be seen in his Sunday best.

He says that ‘anytime you got a chance to win a golf tournament going into Sunday, you got to be happy.’ He already got that wish fulfilled on three occasions this season.

After the euphoria of winning, it’s back to the monotonous routine where he’s again at the range hitting balls ‘working on my game and trying to get better every day.’ Night falls means doing some reading, research and analysing his game before calling it a day.

Then ‘it’s back to starting all over again.’ Not really a bad idea as his wins can keep repeating too.

Calvin Koh heads the press operations and media partnerships for the Asian Tour.

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Written by Calvin Koh

Photography by AFP

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