This week, the DP World Tour returns to Singapore for the Singapore Classic after a nine-year absence. New Zealander Ryan Fox leads the field as the highest ranked player, tasting victory on the tour twice in 2022 at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in October and the Ras Al Khaimah Classic in February. Japan’s Taiga Semikawa made history last year by becoming the first amateur to win the Japan Open and will be hoping to make history once more on what will be his debut on the DP World Tour. Former Ryder Cup captain Thomas Bjørn returns to Singapore for the first time since 2012. The Dane won recently on the Legends Tour at the 2022 MCB Tour Championship in December. Bjørn finished fifth on his last appearance at Laguna National – host of this week’s event – at the Caltex Masters presented by Carlsberg.
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