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 shooting a closing 2-over par 73 to hold off Japan’s Yuwa Kosaihira and win his first professional title.
The Zhuhai Championship was the Tour’s 50th event since its inauguration in 2014 and saw Techakanokboon claim an RMB270,000 winner’s check. A total of 120 players from 19 countries, including Australia, the United States, England, South Korea, Japan, New Zealand, Canada and China competed for a prize pool of RMB1.5 million.
The Zhuhai Championship was the second-to-last stop of this year’s Tour and a very important one for players to move towards the top of the Order of Merit.
The final event, the Clearwater Bay Open, will be held in Hong Kong next weekend after which the top five Order of Merit finishers will earn a start on the 2019 Web.com Tour – the final step before the PGA Tour.
The PGA Tour established the PGA Tour Series-China in 2014 as its third international development tour, following in the footsteps of PGA Tour Latinoamerica 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.
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.
The fourth season of PGA TOUR Series-China will conclude in October with its final three tournaments of 2018 to take place in Macau, Hengqin and Hong Kong.
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.
