THE stars truly aligned for Asian golf during one glorious Sunday in October as three young talents, Kevin Yu of Taiwan, China’s Wenyi Ding and Kaito Onishi of Japan, put an exclamation point on the importance of the various global pathways that lead to the sport’s ultimate destination, the PGA Tour.

TWENTY six years have passed since Shigeki Maruyama produced a performance for the ages by going a perfect 5-0-0 in his Presidents Cup debut at Royal Melbourne in Australia which sparked what has since become the lone International Team victory to date against the United States Team in the biennial competition.

AMERICAN Brad Faxon, an eight-time PGA Tour winner and now a putting guru, tells a funny tale which reinforces the notion that Hideki Matsuyama will leave no stones unturned in his pursuit for perfection.

SOUTH Korean golf legend Choi Kyung-ju once coined a phrase that would become his life’s mantra and drive other dreamers from his native country and across Asia to follow his trail in search of sporting greatness.

THE reigning Open champion Brian Harman tells a funny tale of how he and fellow PGA Tour winner, Matt Every made a poor error in judgement on a young Asian golfer more than a decade ago.

THE establishment of strategic alliances between many of the regional golf circuits and the DP World Tour has provided new impetus for Asia’s rising stars to shoot for coveted places in golf’s promised land, known otherwise as the PGA Tour.

AUGUSTA: Japanese star Hideki Matsuyama enters this week’s Masters in upbeat mood as he looks to repeat his historic triumph at Augusta National.

IF Hideki Matsuyama beats the strongest field in golf and becomes the first Japanese winner at The Players Championship this week, those who blazed the trail for Asian golf before him will be the least surprised.

TWO feats, which took place five days and some 15,000km apart, delivered timely reminders as to why golf continues to appeal to the masses.

EACH year, Pan Cheng-tsung conducts a junior training camp in Taipei during the off-season where he shares his experience and golf insights on the PGA Tour with aspiring juniors.

WHEN young Korean star Tom Kim qualified for his maiden Tour Championship appearance in August by being amongst the elite 30 golfers on the PGA Tour, he was asked how he would grade his 2022-23 season.He gave himself a C-minus.

THE who’s who in golf including Scottie Scheffler, Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy, Viktor Hovland and Tom Kim feature prominently on the PGA Tour’s roll of honour in the recently concluded 2023 season.