{"id":18272,"date":"2013-10-30T11:48:13","date_gmt":"2013-10-30T11:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=18272"},"modified":"2013-10-30T11:48:13","modified_gmt":"2013-10-30T11:48:13","slug":"watch-out-for-asia-says-thongchai-at-wgs-hsbc-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=18272","title":{"rendered":"Watch out for Asia, says Thongchai at WGS-HSBC Champions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shanghai<\/strong>: Three-time Asian Tour Order of Merit champion Thongchai Jaidee is confident the future of golf in Asia is good in hands as he continues his glory chase with compatriot with Kiradech Aphibarnrat at the WGC-HSBC Champions which tees off on Thursday.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Long regarded as the global flag bearer for Thailand, Thongchai, a 13-time Asian Tour winner, is delighted to witness the rise of the next generation of golfers as they continue to stamp their mark on the world stage.<\/p>\n

None would deserve special mention other than Kiradech who captured the imagination of golf fans all over Asia following his exploits in Malaysia last weekend where he finished tied-third.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s good that Asian players are playing well. Kiradech performed really well last week and I think what\u2019s important for him is his confidence. He has a good chance this week. He only lost out by one shot last week,\u201d said Thongchai, who is ranked 49th in the world.
As the only two Thai golfers at the year\u2019s final World Golf Championship, Thongchai and Kiradech are tasked with keeping golf fans from Thailand and Asia at their edge of their seat again.<\/p>\n

Thongchai believes Asians are not at the Sheshan International Golf Club to make up the numbers this week.<\/p>\n

Instead, together with other players from the region\u2019s premier Tour that include India\u2019s Gaganjeet Bhullar, Australia\u2019s Scott Hend, China\u2019s Liang Wen-chong and Korea\u2019s Baek Seuk-hyun, they will issue a strong statement of intent to win the WGC-HSBC Champions.
\u201cGolf in Asia has improved a lot and I hope to see more players from the region play on the Asian Tour and European Tour in future. I\u2019m excited about the future prospects for golf in Asia especially for my country too,\u201d said Thongchai.<\/p>\n

Like Kiradech, Thongchai has also enjoyed a superb season so far where he has notched up six top-10s, including two runner-up finishes at the Volvo World Match Play Championship in May and BMW Masters also in Shanghai last weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m performing well. I\u2019ve no complaints about my performance. I\u2019m inside the top-50 on the rankings and I\u2019ll strive to move up. I\u2019m fine if I remain inside the top-50 as that has always been my target this year,\u201d said Thongchai.<\/p>\n

The battle of champions will see Asia\u2019s best players challenge the likes of American stars Keegan Bradley, Jason Dufner, Bubba Watson and Boo Weekley as well as defending champion Ian Poulter and 2012 Open Champion Ernie Els, who is a honorary member and international ambassador of the Asian Tour.<\/p>\n

For the first time, the HSBC Champions will become part of the PGA TOUR\u2019s FedExCup schedule, with money earned counting as official money on the PGA TOUR, and the winner earning a three-year exemption on the PGA TOUR.<\/p>\n

The HSBC Champions will also award full FedExCup points, plus the 10 percent premium awarded by all World Golf Championships compared to a regular PGA TOUR event. With these changes the HSBC Champions is now in line with the other three World Golf Championships played in the United States and is also a key part of the 2013 European Tour\u2019s Final Series.<\/p>\n

The WGC-HSBC Champions prize fund has increased to $8,500,000 from $7,000,000 and is one of four World Golf Championships sanctioned and organised by the operational committee of the International Federation of PGA Tours, which includes the Asian Tour, European Tour, Japan Golf Tour, PGA TOUR, PGA Tour of Australasia and Sunshine Tour.<\/p>\n

The other World Golf Championships include the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, WGC-Cadillac Championship and the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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<\/span>Long regarded as the global flag bearer for Thailand, Thongchai, a 13-time Asian Tour winner, is delighted to witness the rise of the next generation of golfers as they continue to stamp their mark on the world stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[517,1212,6933,946],"class_list":["post-18272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-world-golf-news","tag-gaganjeet-bhullar","tag-kiradech-aphibarnrat","tag-scott-hend","tag-thongchai-jaidee"],"yoast_head":"\nWatch out for Asia, says Thongchai at WGS-HSBC Champions - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=18272\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Watch out for Asia, says Thongchai at WGS-HSBC Champions - 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