The PGA Tour and European Tour has been in Asia over the past couple of weeks hosting tournaments with very strong fields. First, it started with the Kolon Korea Open where Rory McIlroy finished T2. We really saw flashes of improvement in his game after a four week break. The following week, the European Tour’s Final Series began at the BMW Masters in Shanghai whereas the PGA Tour hosted the CIMB Classic at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club in Malaysia. Finally, the last tournament in Asia was played over this past weekend at Sheshan International Golf Club where Dustin Johnson fended off defending champion, Ian Poulter, at the WGC-HSBC Champions.
In between these official tournaments though, Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy got together on the island of Hainan to play a one on one match at the Mission Hills Haikou Resort on their Blackstone Golf Course. You can catch the full match at the link above, but in case you don’t want to spend the entire time watching the full match, we’re featuring a full video highlight from their arrival in Hainan until the end of their match!
With the sport of golf growing in Asia, a match like this will definitely draw interest for everybody within the community. They’ve even spent some time growing the sport of golf in other ways – Rory held golf clinics in both Japan and China, whereas Tiger spent a day over in Singapore! Both players now, including those in the Top 60 of the European Tour’s Race to Dubai, will be heading to Turkey to play in the Turkish Airlines Open!
Source: Mission Hills China
