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Matsuyama takes slow route to success
Japan's Hideki Matsuyama has bided his time since becoming an amateur sensation, but the newly professional 21-year-old says he is now ready to take on the US PGA Tour and work towards a major title. Read full article

Griffin wins fog-bound SK Telecom Open
Matthew Griffin won his second OneAsia title in less than a year on Sunday when the final round of the SK Telecom Open was called off without a shot being played because of thick fog. Read full article

Griffin on course for SK Telecom Open win
Australian Matt Griffin was on course for his second OneAsia title in the space of a year after hitting a par 72 to gain a one-shot lead in the penultimate round of the SK Telecom Open. Read full article

OneAsia announces Tour Championship event
The OneAsia golf circuit will stage a $2 million Tour Championship at the end of the year in China, the professional golf tour of the Asia-Pacific region said on Tuesday. Read full article

South Korean Ryu lifts Maekyung Open title
South Korea's Ryu Hyun-woo recorded the second professional victory of his career with a one-shot win at OneAsia Tour's Maekyung Open on the outskirts of Seoul on Sunday. Read full article

Ryu Hyun-woo grabs the lead in Seoul
Korean Ryu Hyun-woo scrambled to a five-under-par 67 on Saturday to take a one stroke lead going into the final round of OneAsia's GS Caltex Maekyung Open. Read full article

Kim Hyung-Sung takes lead in Korea
Korea's Kim Hyung-Sung fired a five-under-par 67 to take a one shot lead after the second round at the OneAsia GS Caltex Maekyung Open near Seoul on Friday. Read full article

Cho, Pilkadaris share lead in Korea
Cho Min-gyu and Terry Pilkadaris wielded hot putters to race three strokes clear of the field after carding opening round eight-under-par 64s at the Maekyung Open in Korea on Thursday. Read full article

Wiesberger pips Els in Jakarta
Austria's Bernd Wiesberger snatched a dramatic win at the CIMB Niaga Indonesian Masters with a five-under-par 67, defeating Ernie Els of South Africa by one shot on Sunday. Read full article

Els one behind in Jakarta
Unheralded Daisuke Kataoka of Japan signed for a six-under-par 66 on Saturday to take a one shot lead over Ernie Els and Bernd Wiesberger into the final round of the CIMB Niaga Indonesian Masters. Read full article

Jaidee takes lead, Els lurks
Thai star Thongchai Jaidee shot a flawless seven-under-par 65 to take the second round lead at the CIMB Niaga Indonesian Masters in Jakarta on Friday. Read full article

Els makes strong start, Hend leads
British Open champion Ernie Els returned to Asia to shoot a strong opening round of four-under-par 68 and lie two shots off the lead at the Indonesian Masters in Jakarta on Thursday. Read full article

Clarke serves up return after tennis injury
Northern Ireland's Darren Clarke on Tuesday said he hoped to make a strong return to action in Indonesia this week after missing the US Masters with a hamstring injury he picked up playing tennis. Read full article

Jumbo on cloud nine after beating his age
Jumbo' Ozaki achieved a rare feat on Thursday when the 66-year-old beat his age by shooting a pacesetting nine-under 62 in the first round of the Tsuruya Open at the Yamanohara Golf Club near Osaka. Read full article

Lin lifts sixth Asian tour title
Lin Wen-tang scrambled from the trees on his last two holes to set up an unlikely win at the Solaire Open and claim his sixth Asian Tour title on Sunday. Read full article

Lin hangs on to Manila lead despite late wobble
Taiwan's Lin Wen-tang held on to his lead in the third round of the Solaire Open in Manila Saturday despite dropping two shots in the last three holes. Read full article

Four lead at windy Wack Wack
Overnight leader Dodge Kemmel tumbled down the leaderboard at the Solaire Open on Friday, leaving four players tied at the top after a windy second day at the tricky Wack Wack Golf Club. Read full article

Dodge ducks trouble to lead at Wack Wack
American Dodge Kemmer lived up to his name by avoiding trouble at the tricky Wack Wack Golf Course to shoot a bogey-free six-under-par 66 to take the first round lead at the Solaire Open in Manila on Thursday. Read full article

Ormsby holds nerve for maiden victory in Delhi
Australian Wade Ormsby held his nerve to overcome a triple bogey and complete a wire-to-wire victory by one stroke for his maiden professional title at the Panasonic Open India on Sunday. Read full article

Ormsby leads by a stroke in Delhi
Australian Wade Ormsby capitalised on Lam Chih Bing's spectacular meltdown during the closing holes to take a one-stroke lead into Sunday's final round of the Panasonic Open India. Read full article