{"id":10240,"date":"2025-11-10T00:37:33","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T16:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=10240"},"modified":"2025-11-10T00:37:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T16:37:33","slug":"yosuke-asaji-becomes-japans-first-singapore-open-champion-in-49-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=10240","title":{"rendered":"Yosuke Asaji becomes Japan\u2019s first Singapore Open champion in 49 years"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Yosuke Asaji became the first player from Japan to win the Moutai Singapore Open in nearly 50 years as he beat South Korea\u2019s Wang Jeung-hun on the first hole of a sudden-death play-off on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Asaji made a birdie putt from six feet in the play-off, on the par-five 18th on the New Course at Singapore Island Country Club, after Wang found water with his second and ended with a six.<\/p>\n

Thailand\u2019s Rattanon Wannasrichan (66) and Korean Lee Soo-min (69) tied for third, one shot back, in the penultimate event of the season on the International Series \u2013 the set of upper-tier events on the Asian Tour that offer a pathway to the LIV Golf League.<\/p>\n

It came after a dramatic finish in regulation play when Asaji, playing in the penultimate group, brilliantly made a difficult birdie putt from 10 feet on the last to set the mark in the clubhouse on 19 under. He carded a five-under-par 67.<\/p>\n

Soon after, Wang, playing in the final group, faced an almost identical putt and remarkably also drained it for a 68, to force the play-off.<\/p>\n

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Wang Jeung-hun celebrates sinking a putt during round four in Singapore. Photo: Asian Tour<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The win means Asaji has moved to fifth on the Asian Tour Order of Merit and second on the International Series Rankings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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