Australia’s Ashleigh Barty wins 2018 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai in Hengqin
Australia’s Ashleigh Barty achieved the biggest win of the year after taking out the 2018 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai at Hengqin International Tennis Center on Sunday.
The fourth season of the PGA TOUR Series-China will conclude in October with its final three tournaments of 2018 to take place in Macau, Hengqin and Hong Kong.
The series concluding events will help determine the top five finishers on the Order of Merit, who will earn a start in the 2019 Web.com Tour – the next step to the PGA Tour.
The Macau Championship was held from 27 to 30 September at Caesars Golf Macau, situated alongside the well-known Cotai Strip. The Orient Golf Club in Hengqin will stage the Zhuhai Championship from 4 to 7 October.
In 2016, the Orient Golf Club hosted the Tour’s Zhuhai Hengqin Phoenix Tree Open, won by current Order of Merit leader Charlie Saxon – one of his four career wins on the Tour. Like in 2016, the Orient Golf Club will be the second-to-last event of the season and will again feature a tricky links-style test as it sits on flat land exposed to windy coastal conditions.
The Clearwater Bay Golf and Country Club in Hong Kong will host the Clearwater Bay Open for a third consecutive year from 11 to 14 October in the season-ending showdown at the seaside course. The 2018 edition will be the club’s first time hosting the season-ending event and will offer a great setting to reward the top-five money winners.
The PGA Tour established the PGA Tour Series-China in 2014 as its third international men’s professional golf tour, following in the footsteps of PGA Tour Latinoamérica and the Mackenzie Tour – PGA Tour Canada. Since its inception, PGA Tour Series-China players have received Official World Golf Ranking points for top finishes at official tournaments.
Australia’s Ashleigh Barty achieved the biggest win of the year after taking out the 2018 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai at Hengqin International Tennis Center on Sunday.
The season-ending WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai, to be held in Hengqin New Area from 30 October to 4 November 2018, has announced its full lineup.
Residents of Macau, Hong Kong and Taiwan alongside foreigners who need to enter Hengqin for business, visits, trade or tourism can apply for port visas from the administration.
The Zhuhai Championship, part of the 2018 PGA Tour Series-China, was completed at Hengqin’s Orient Golf Club on Sunday with American Kevin Techakanokboon winning his first professional title.
Two additional roller coasters and a tower-based amusement ride have begun soft operations at the theme entertainment zone of Hero Island at Chimelong International Ocean Tourist Resort in Hengqin.
With the theme of “Amour”, the Beishan Jazz Festival 2018 will conduct its first performances at Central Plaza of Inno Valley HQ on 12 and 13 October before returning to Beishan Village on 14 October.
Australia’s Ashleigh Barty achieved the biggest win of the year after taking out the 2018 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai at Hengqin International Tennis Center on Sunday.
The 12th China-LAC Business Summit was held at the Zhuhai International Convention & Exhibition Center in Shizimen Central Business District from 1 to 3 November.
Guangdong-Macau Cooperative Development Fund Management Co. will invest RMB2 billion to ensure completion of Hengqin Science City Phase I by 2021 and the inception of Phase II.
Trial operations of the submerged Hengqin Tunnel – Zhuhai’s first underwater passageway and the first sea-area composite large-diameter shield tunnel in China – commenced on 1 November.
The 2018 Hengqin-Macau Youth Entrepreneurship Training Camp held its opening ceremony on 26 October in Inno Valley HQ in Hengqin.
On 23 October, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced the opening of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge at an opening ceremony in Zhuhai.