As a world-class Dunhill professional tournament took place on the Old Course for the 33rd consecutive year, Charles McLaughlin was there to witness a nail-biting finish and an Asian team win. He also took time out from the action on the links to look into the history of this great event, why it’s so popular and the impact of the charitable donations directed by the Alfred Dunhill Links foundation
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Written by Charles McLaughlin
Photography by Courtesy of Dunhill
White Dogwood
No. 11
505 yards
Par-4
I have a lot of affection for the 11th because it is where I won my first two Masters titles [in play-offs against Scott Hoch and Raymond Floyd, in 1989 and...
Masamichi Ito of Japan claimed the third Faldo Series title of his career with victory in the sixth Asia Grand Final at Mission Hills Golf Club in mid-March, an event that saw Hong Kong players...
The United States ended their 11-year wait for a 24th Omega Mission Hills World Cup victory as Matt Kuchar and Gary Woodland landed the title at the dramatic Blackstone Course in Hainan.
The most...
If Rory McIlroy goes on to fulfil his potential as one of the greatest stars the game has ever known, we will look back at the day he emerged victorious at the UBS Hong Kong Open as a pivotal one in...
Martin Kaymer ended the run of first-time winners taking home the sport’s top trophies and lifted himself above the crowd when he won the WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai early November....
Golden memories will be rolling through the mind of Jose Maria Olazábal when he returns to town for the 2011 UBS Hong Kong Open.
The now 45-year-old Spaniard was a winner here back in 2001...
2005: Monty Gifted Title
The first Hong Kong Open in the UBS sponsorship era started as it had finished with Omega the year before – with a another final-hole collapse by James Kingston....
World number two Lee Westwood continued his love affair with Asia in mid-October by holing a 12-foot birdie putt to beat Liang Wen-chong on the first hole of a play-off for the radical made-for-TV...
Hong Kong showed they have the talent to become a force in Asian golf, despite a heartbreaking loss to Singapore in the HK Golfer-sponsored Southeast Asia Team Championship at Clearwater Bay Golf...