DP World Tour : Porsche Singapore Classic : Tee Times
The Asian Swing on the DP World Tour begins this week at the Porsche Singapore Classic with a full field including Canada's Aaron Cockerill now ranked 15 in the Race to Dubai and #204 in the world. He is in group 28 with veteran Chinese Ashun Wu and Japanese Masahiro Kawamura 1st tee 1300hrs (local)
With the Opening Swing and International Swing Champions both crowned, attention turns to the third Swing of five in Phase One of the 2024 Race to Dubai.
The Asian Swing sees the DP World Tour make visits to Singapore, India, South Korea, Japan and China, with the first two Major Championships of the year (The Masters and U.S. PGA Championship) also on the next phase of the schedule.
Each Swing will have its own identity and its own Champion who will each earn $200,000 from an overall $1million Bonus Pool.
The Schedule
The Asian Swing kicks off in the city-state of Singapore, where DP World Tour newcomers and favourites will contest the Porsche Singapore Classic against the backdrop of the city’s iconic skyline.
The top ranked player, world #27 Matthieu Pavon has flown to Singapore from the Players Championship for his highly anticipated return to the DP World Tour since his amazing debut in America.
From the second-smallest to the third-largest country in Asia, the Asian Swing lands in India for the Hero Indian Open in New Delhi – the seventh time the Tour has visited DLF Golf & Country Club.
A one-week break then follows, before the world's best golfers descend on Augusta National Golf Club for the first Major of the season: The Masters.
The Tour then makes back-to-back visits to South Korea and Japan, for the second editions of the Korea Championship and ISPS HANDA - CHAMPIONSHIP respectively.
The Swing also features the Volvo China Open which is returning to the schedule for the first time since 2019.
The Asian Swing features visits to some of the toughest examinations in the continent.
The lowest winning total between the visits to India, Korea and Japan last season was 15 under par, statistically at the higher end for events across the campaign.
Specifically, the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club in South Korea was one of the Tour's biggest challenges, with a winning score of 12 under.
In addition, New Delhi's DLF Golf & Country Club - long known as a demanding layout for the world's best - is expected to once again catch many out.
Across the four rounds of competition, only seven players managed to record bogey-free rounds last year, with 11 of the holes playing over par as Marcel Siem made a long-awaited return to the winner's circle.
Shenzhen’s Hidden Grace Golf Club will be hosting the Volvo China Open for the sixth time this year, with 20 under par proving the winning score on its most recent visit in 2019.
In addition to the above, a key feature of the Swing-opening Laguna National in Singapore - where Ockie Strydom won with a total of 19-under-par in 2023 - is its man-made slopes which provide for an added complexity to finding the fairway off the tee and putting on the greens.
Whoever takes away the Swing crown will have to work hard for their ranking points across just five high-pressure tournaments.
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Bryan Angus (edit)
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