Major course changes for Phuket Open
The Singha Laguna Phuket Open will welcome Laguna Golf Phuket as a new joint title sponsor when the popular event returns for its second straight appearance on the Asian Development Tour (ADT) from May 10 to 13.
Sanctioned by the ADT and All Thailand Golf Tour, the Singha Laguna Phuket Open will offer a prize purse of Bt2 million ($63,860) and will be staged at the award-winning course.
The Singha Laguna Phuket Open celebrated a worthy champion in Thailand’s Chanachok Dejpiratanamongkol last year and witnessed a spectacular final-round 59 recorded by Thailand’s Sutijet Kooratanapisan, the first ever on the ADT and Asian Tour.
Paul Wilson, Assistant Vice President and Group Golf Director of Laguna Golf Phuket, hailed the return of the tournament and spoke about the course enhancements.
The changes that will greet the players when they return to the holiday isle for this year’s tournament include the removal of some bunkers, the addition of new tee areas, the narrowing of some fairways and the widening of some of the roughs.
“There was an immediate increase in domestic and regional visitors to the course and resort following the 2017 tournament, aided by live television coverage in Thailand and highlights packages aired in 19 other countries,” said Wilson.
Cho Minn Thant, Asian Tour Chief Operating Officer, lauded the addition of the popular Singha Laguna Phuket Open on the ADT schedule.
“Phuket is an awesome destination and our players love going there. We also have good memories from the Singha Thailand Open held at the same course in 2009, before it was remodelled. We are again looking forward to some low scoring this year,” said Cho.
An international field from the region’s secondary circuit are set to tee up against a strong local line-up in the event, which will be the eighth leg of the ADT schedule and the Tour’s first stop in Thailand this season.
