The DP World Tour makes its way to the Far East for a new tournament, the Singapore Classic at Laguna National.
It’s the first time since 2014 that Singapore has been on the DP World Tour’s schedule. Back then, Chilean Felipe Aguilar edged out Anders Hansen and David Lipsky by one shot to win The Championship at the same course.
Despite its relatively long absence from the country, the DP World Tour (previously called the European Tour) has an association with it going back to 1993 when Nick Faldo won the first-ever Johnnie Walker Classic.
This week, World No.30 Ryan Fox is the highest-ranked player in the field. The New Zealander’s appearance means he plays his fourth consecutive DP World Tour event as he searches for his first win since October’s Alfred Dunhill Links Challenge. Meanwhile, Daniel Gavins, who won last week’s Ras al Khaimah Championship despite a final-hole disaster, misses out, but the two players he left tied for runner-up, Alexander Bjork and Zander Lombard, appear.
Other players to look out for include two-time Tour winners Ewan Ferguson and Jordan Smith and 2018 Ryder Cup captain Thomas Bjorn. World No.74 Adrian Otaegui, whose most recent win came in the Andalucia Masters at Valderrama last October, also plays, while there’s also an appearance from Robert MacIntyre, whose last won in last September’s Italian Open at Ryder Cup venue Marco Simone Golf and Country Club. A more recent winner on the DP World Tour, Thriston Lawrence, who claimed victory in December’s South African Open in his homeland, also plays.
Another potentially interesting name in the field is Thai prodigy Ratchanon Chantananuwat, who became the youngest player to win on a tour recognised by the Official World Golf Ranking, the Asian Tour’s Trust Golf Asian Mixed Cup, last April. Dan Bradbury, who won Joburg Open, Alfred Dunhill Championship winner Ockie Strydom, and AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open champion Antoine Rozner also play.
Players will be competing for a purse of $2m – an identical sum to last week’s tournament. The winner will claim $340,000, and the runner-up will win $220,000.
Singapore Classic Prize Money 2023
| Position | Prize Money |
|---|---|
| 1st | $340,000 |
| 2nd | $220,000 |
| 3rd | $125,000 |
| 4th | $100,000 |
| 5th | $84,800 |
| 6th | $70,000 |
| 7th | $60,000 |
| 8th | $50,000 |
| 9th | $44,800 |
| 10th | $40,000 |
| 11th | $36,800 |
| 12th | $34,400 |
| 13th | $32,200 |
| 14th | $30,600 |
| 15th | $29,400 |
| 16th | $28,200 |
| 17th | $27,000 |
| 18th | $25,800 |
| 19th | $24,800 |
| 20th | $24,000 |
| 21st | $23,200 |
| 22nd | $22,600 |
| 23rd | $22,000 |
| 24th | $21,400 |
| 25th | $20,800 |
| 26th | $20,200 |
| 27th | $19,600 |
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