SINGAPORE: Better times are around the corner for regional golf after a lull in fortunes left some players struggling to make a living, Asian Tour CEO Mike Kerr says.
Kerr called it a “challenging” time for Asian golf with sponsors hard to find and only seven confirmed stroke play events on this year’s Asian Tour schedule so far.
But he said the Asian Tour was about to announce another four tournaments for the coming months and hoped to have a total of 25 by the end of the year, the same as last season. Kerr’s comments, in an interview with AFP, came after golfers at last week’s Championship in Singapore voiced unhappiness at a lack of playing opportunities. “I can understand some of the frustrations that they may have at this point,” Kerr said at the Asian Tour’s headquarters.
“There have been some external factors that have meant that maybe our ability to announce events has been somewhat restricted. “But I think come the end of the year, we’re going to have a similar number of tournaments, if not more, in what is a fairly tough year.”AFP
