Asian Tour comes to St. Andrews!
Here at quaichshop.com, we are used to providing a range of quaichs for presentation as sports trophies. From golf to rugby, horse racing to curling, winners have proudly held aloft these historic trophies whilst celebrating their sporting successes! We were recently delighted to supply such a trophy for the winner of the inaugural St. Andrews Bay Championship, played from 24th to 27th August at the Fairmont St. Andrews (Torrance Course), the first time an Asian Tour event has been staged in Scotland. The Championship was the sixth International Series event of this season’s Asian Tour. The event was a remarkable one for the Tour, as it culminated in the longest sudden-death play-off in Tour history. Both players had birdied the final hole in normal playing time to finish tied on 19-under par.
Young Spanish professional Eugenio Chacarra finally defeated the much more experienced Australian golfer Matt Jones, after 10 extra holes at St. Andrews. This provided one of the most exciting finishes to any of the Tour’s events.
“It was a long day!” said Chacarra. “It was amazing, I think the Asian Tour is doing amazing things. I mean, they’re growing the Game of golf and I had a lot of fun. We normally don’t get these good days in Scotland, so it was awesome. Obviously I got the win so it would make it a little more fun, but it was awesome. Yeah, thanks to the Asian Tour International Series for what they’re doing and hopefully we can come back a lot more years.”
The Asian PGA was formed in July 1994 at a meeting in Hong Kong attended by PGA representatives from eight countries. In 1998 the Asian Tour became the sixth member of the International Federation of PGA Tours. The Tour adopted its current name in 2004. The Asian Tour is the principal men’s professional golf tour in Asia, other than Japan which has its own Japan Golf Tour. Official money events on the Tour count for World Golf Ranking points.
It’s great to see Eugenio Chacarro holding the Championship Quaich high against the setting sun in the East Neuk of Fife – hopefully a sight to be repeated many times in the future as successive winners celebrate their victories!