China Open
Asia
Volvo
Played as the Volvo China Open (Nov 25-28; Asian/European Tours event; Eurpn Tr 2005 season-opener). Second-placed Thomas Bjørn (Den) finished 3 shots behind 38-year-old Stephen Dodd (Wales), who recorded his first European Tour win. [Shanghai Silport GC, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China].
Asia
Volvo
Played as the Volvo China Open (Nov 24-27; Asian/European Tours event; Eurpn Tr 2006 season). Paul Casey (Eng) beat fellow countryman Oliver Wilson (Eng) with a birdie at the first playoff hole. Casey shoot a course record 65 (-7) in his final round. [Shenzhen GC, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China].
Asia
Volvo
Played as the Volvo China Open (Nov 2-5; Asian Tour event). Second-placed Taichi Kho (HK) and Chen Guxin (China) finished 6 shots behind Sarit Suwannarut (Thai), who recorded his second Asian Tour win. [Hidden Grace GC, Langgang, nr Shenzhen, China; formerly called Genzon GC].
Note: the eighth of ten Asian Tour "International Series" events in 2023, funded by Greg Norman's Saudi-backed LIV Golf company.
Asia
Volvo
Played as the Volvo China Open (April 13-16; Asian/European Tours event). Second-placed Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (Esp) finished 1 shot behind 34-year-old Jeev Milkha Singh (India), who recorded his first European Tour win. [Honghua Intl GC, Beijing, China].
Asia
Volvo
Played as the Volvo China Open (April 12-15; Asian/European Tours event). Second-placed Graeme McDowell (N.Ire), Scott Hend (Aus) and Andrew McLardy (RSA) finished 5 shots behind Marcus Brier (Aut), who recorded the second of his two European Tour wins. [Shanghai Silport GC, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China].
Asia
Volvo
Played as the Volvo China Open (April 16-19; OneAsia/European Tours event; inaugural event for the newly launched OneAsia Tour). Second-placed Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (Esp) finished 1 shot behind Scott Strange (Aus), who recorded his second European Tour win. [Beijing CBD Intl GC, Beijing, China].
Asia
Volvo
Played as the Volvo China Open (April 17-20; Asian/European Tours event). Second-placed Simon Griffiths (Eng), Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) and Oliver Wilson (Eng) finished 9 shots behind 37-year-old Damien McGrane (Ire), who recorded his first (and only) win on the European and Asian Tours. [Beijing CBD Intl GC, Beijing, China].
Asia
Volvo
Played as the Volvo China Open (May 2-5; European-DP World Tour event). Second-placed Guido Migliozzi (Italy) finished 1 shot behind Adrian Otaegui (Esp), who recorded his fifth European-DP World Tour win. Event reduced to 54 holes following cancellation of third round due to rain. [Hidden Grace GC, Langgang, nr Shenzhen, China; formerly called Genzon GC].
Asia
Volvo
Played as the Volvo China Open (April 15-18; OneAsia/European Tours event). Second-placed Rhys Davies (Wales) and Stephen Dodd (Wales) finished 2 shots behind Yong-eun "Y.E." Yang (S Kor), who recorded the last of his three European Tour wins. [Jinji Lake GC, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China].
Asia
Volvo
Played as the Volvo China Open (Apr 27-30; OneAsia/European Tours event). Alexander Lévy (Fra) beat Dylan Frattelli (RSA) with a birdie at the first playoff hole (par-5 18th), to become the first player to win this event for the second time. [Topwin G&CC, nr Beijing, China].
Asia
Volvo
Played as the Volvo China Open (Apr 26-29; Asian/European Tours event). Second-placed Adrian Otaegui (Esp) finished 1 shot behind 27-year-old Alexander Björk (Swe), who recorded his first European Tour win in his 44th start on the Tour. [Topwin G&CC, nr Beijing, China].
Asia
Volvo
Played as the Volvo China Open (May 2-5; Asian/European Tours event). Mikko Korhonen (Fin) beat Benjamin Hébert (Fra) with a birdie at the first playoff hole (par-4 18th), to record his second European Tour win. [Hidden Grace GC, Langgang, nr Shenzhen, China; at the time called Genzon GC].
Asia
Volvo
Played as the Volvo China Open (April 21-24; OneAsia/European Tours event). Second-placed Søren Kjeldsen (Den), Peter Lawrie (Ire), Danny Lee (NZ) and Pablo Martín (Esp) finished 4 shots behind 28-year-old Nicholas Colsaerts (Belg), who recorded his first European Tour win. Colsaerts became the second Belgian (after Philippe Toussaint in 1974) to win on the European Tour. [Luxehills Intl CC, Chengdu, Sichuan, China].
Asia
Volvo
Played as the Volvo China Open (Apr 28-May 1; OneAsia/European Tours event). Second-placed Felipe Aguilar (Chile) finished 3 shots behind 20-year-old Haotong Li (China), who recorded his first European Tour win. [Topwin G&CC, nr Beijing, China].
Asia
Volvo
Played as the Volvo China Open (April 19-22; OneAsia/European Tours event). Second-placed and defending champion Nicolas Colsaerts (Belg) finished 3 shots behind Branden Grace (RSA), who recorded his third European Tour win of 2012. [North course, Binhai Lake GC, Tianjin, China].
Asia
Volvo
Played as the Volvo China Open (May 2-5; OneAsia/European Tours event). Second-placed Mikko Ilonen (Fin) finished 4 shots behind Brett Rumford (Aus), who recorded his fifth European Tour win. After a six year winless streak, Rumford recorded two wins in as many weeks, both coming in European Tour co-sanctioned events in Asia. [North course, Binhai Lake GC, Tianjin, China].
Asia
Volvo
Played as the Volvo China Open (April 24-27; OneAsia/European Tours event). Second-placed Tommy Fleetwood (Eng) finished 4 shots behind 23-year-old Alexander Lévy (Fra), who recorded his first European Tour win. [Hidden Grace GC, Langgang, nr Shenzhen, China; at the time called Genzon GC].
Asia
Volvo
Played as the Volvo China Open (April 23-26; OneAsia/European Tours event). Second-placed David Howell (Eng) finished 1 shot behind 29-year-old Ashun Wu (China), who recorded his first European Tour win. Wu became the first home-country winner of a European Tour event staged in China. Howell missed the chance to force a playoff, making a bogey six at the final hole. [Tomson GC, Pudong, Shanghai, China].
Asia
Volvo
Played as the Volvo China Open (Dec 16-19; China Tour season-ending event; moved from Nov 4-7 due to the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic and dropped from the 2021 European Tour schedule). Second-placed Haotong Li (China) finished 1 shot behind 26-year-old Jin Zhang (China), who clinched the biggest win of his career. [Hidden Grace GC, Langgang, nr Shenzhen, China; at the time called Genzon GC].
Asia
Volvo
Played as the Volvo China Open (Dec 10-13; China Tour event; moved from April 23-26 due to global coronavirus pandemic and dropped from the 2020 European Tour schedule). Second-placed Wenyi Ding (China, amateur) finished 3 shots behind Huilin Zhang (China). [Hidden Grace GC, Langgang, nr Shenzhen, China; at the time called Genzon GC].
Asia
Volvo
Played as the inaugural Volvo China Open (April 27-30; Asia Tour event). Second-placed Ying-juh Lai (Taiw) finished 3 shots behind 29-year-old Raúl Fretes (Para), who recorded his first Asia Golf Circuit event. [Beijing Intl GC, Changping, Beijing, China].
Asia
Volvo
Played as the Volvo China Open (May 15-18; Asian Tour event). Second-placed Adrian Percy (Aus) finished 5 shots behind 28-year-old Jun Cheng (China). [Beijing Intl GC, Changping, Beijing, China].
Asia
Volvo
Played as the Volvo China Open (May 20-23; Asian Tour event). Second-placed Christian Pena (USA) finished 7 shots behind 38-year-old Kyi Hla Han (Myan), who recorded his first and only Asian Tour win. Han is one of the Asian Tour's founding members. [Shanghai Silport GC, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China].
Asia
Volvo
Played as the Volvo China Open (April 16-19; Asian Tour event). Second-placed Takeshi Ohyama (Jpn) finished 2 shots behind 28-year-old Ed Fryatt (Eng), who recorded his first and only Asian Tour win. [Shanghai Sun Island Intl GC, Shanghai, China].
Asia
Volvo
Played as the Volvo China Open (Oct 18-21; Asian Tour event). Second-placed Thongchai Jaidee (Thai) finished 1 shot behind Charlie Wi (S Kor). [Shanghai Silport GC, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China].
Asia
Volvo
Played as the Volvo China Open (May 18-21; Asian Tour event). Second-placed Jyoti Randhawa (India) finished 1 shot behind Simon Dyson (Eng), who recorded his second Asian Tour win, coming a week after his first. [Shanghai Silport GC, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China].
Asia
Volvo
Played as the Volvo China Open (May 30-Jun 2; Asian Tour event). Second-placed Yu-shu Hsieh (Taiw) finished 9 shots behind 30-year-old Prayad Marksaeng (Thai), who recorded his first Asian Tour win. [Beijing Intl GC, Changping, Beijing, China].
Asia
Volvo
Played as the Volvo China Open (Nov 13-16; Asian Tour event). Second-placed Thaworn Wiratchant (Thai) finished 2 shots behind Lianwei Zhang (China), who recorded the last of his five Asian Tour wins. [Shanghai Silport GC, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China].
Asia
Volvo
Played as the Volvo China Open (Sept 12-15; Asian Tour event). Second-placed Pablo Del Olmo (Mex) finished 1 shot behind 24-year-old David Gleeson (Aus), who recorded his first Asian Tour win. [Shanghai Silport GC, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China].
Asia
Volvo
Volvo China Open not played in 2022 (scheduled as a China/European Tours event for Apr 28-May 1, but postponed and then cancelled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in China). [Hidden Grace GC, Langgang, nr Shenzhen, China; at the time called Genzon GC].
124th US Open: the No.2 Course at Pinehurst once again plays host to this most illustrious championship (June 13-16). Wyndham Clark defends his title, having won at Los Angeles CC in 2023.
79th Women’s US Open: the second women’s major championship of the season gets underway at Lancaster CC in Pennsylvania. It’s the second time the championship has been held here.
(May 30-June 2).
Nelly Korda: won the Mizuho Americas Open (May 16-19) at Liberty National GC, continuing her extraordinary form in LPGA events. This was her sixth win in seven starts in 2024.
Xander Schauffele: recorded his first major championship win, and second record-equalling low score of 62 in a major. Only he, Branden Grace, Rickie Fowler and Shane Lowry have achieved this feat in a men’s major championship.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.
Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.
Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.
Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available
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