HONG KONG - While the world's top golfers play for an almost obscene US$45 million prize fund at the PGA Tour Championship in Atlanta on Friday , many of their fellow pros in Asia will not have swung a club, or earned a cent, for six months.
Last season, it had 24 events in 13 countries offering prize money of US$25 million while its second-tier Asian Development Tour ended with 19 tournaments across six countries. Next month's flagship WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai was cancelled this week as Asia lost its last remaining men's international tournament scheduled this year, after US PGA Tour events in South Korea and Japan were shifted to America.
"I was about to travel to the UK for a few European Tour events a month back when I tested positive for Covid," said the 42-year-old."Though asymptomatic, my plans went haywire.For Singapore's touring professionals, the lack of tournaments has taken a toll on their bank accounts. Australia's Terry Pilkadaris is under lockdown at his home in Melbourne, epicentre of Australia's latest severe outbreak. The 46-year-old, 24th on the Asian Tour order of merit, has not picked up a club for six months.
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