Golf Asia — January 2018

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ADT tournaments are also in various
stages of planning and development
in Brunei, Bangladesh, Pakistan,
Vietnam and other markets. So, let’s
prepare for and embrace this period
of exciting growth!
We recently announced the teams
for the EurAsia Cup presented
by DRB-HICOM, one of the main
highlights of our early 2018 schedule.
Our team will be Captained by
Indian golf star Arjun Atwal and Vice

Captained by Chinese golf legend

Zhang Lianwei. I’m optimistic that

Team Asia, which consists Gavin

Green, Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Phachara

Khongwatmai, Poom Saksansin,

S.S.P. Chawrasia, Yuta Ikeda, Hideto

Tanihara, Li Haotong, Sunghoon Kang,

Byeonghun, Nicholas Fung and Anirban

Lahiri will give the Thomas Bjorn-led

Team Europe a strong fight.

Finally, I’d like to congratulate our

talented production team colleagues

from Asian Tour Media. They won

“Best Live Sports Coverage” at the

22nd Asian Television Awards for their

work at the SMBC Singapore Open.

Like in 2017, the SMBC Singapore

Open is our season-opener and the

2018 tournament will kick-start our

busiest season in the proud 24-year

history of the Asian Tour dating back

to our days as the Asian PGA. I can

hardly wait for January! Once again,

thank you for your continuing support.

Team Asia Captain, Arjun Atwal