The Country Club hosts Solaire Open

MANILA, Philippines - The Solaire Open will move to a new venue in the Philippines when the US$300,000 event returns to the Asian Tour calendar for the second consecutive season.

The Solaire Open, won by Lin Wen-tang of Chinese Taipei last year, will be staged at exclusive The Country Club in Laguna from March 13-16.

This will be the second time TCC will host an international golf tournament at its prestigious championship course which was designed by golf legend and master golf course architect Tom Weiskopf. In 2005, the TCC hosted the Southeast Asian Games golf event.

The Solaire Open is poised to attract the leading Filipino stars, including Angelo Que, who is a three-time Asian Tour winner, Antonio Lascuna, Mars Pucay, young gun Miguel Tabuena and Elmer Salvador.

Lin, who dramatically won the event in 2013 to end a four-year title drought, is expected to defend his title against a slew of Asian Tour stars, including Anirban Lahiri of India, Nicholas Fung of Malaysia and Siddikur Rahman of Bangladesh, who are all part of Team Asia, which will face Team Europe in the inaugural EurAsia Cup presented by DRB-HICOM in Malaysia from March 27-29.

Thomas Arasi, president and chief operating officer of Solaire Resort and Casino, expressed his delight with the extended partnership with the Asian Tour, the region’s official sanctioning body for professional golf.

“Solaire is excited to work with the Asian Tour to ensure the continued success of the Solaire Open. We look forward to hosting the best players in the region and believe golf fans will enjoy world-class golf at The Country Club next month,” Arasi said.

Asian Tour chairman Kyi Hla Han lauded the strong commitment from Solaire to grow the game of golf in the Philippines and across the region.

“Over the years, we have witnessed tremendous success from our players on many levels and we are confident they will continue to showcase the very best of Asian golf at the Solaire Open,” said Han.

“On behalf of the Asian Tour, I would like to thank the Solaire Group for their unwavering dedication to bring an international golf tournament to the Philippines. Players like Angelo Que, Antonio Lascuna and Elmer Salvador have enjoyed huge success on the Asian Tour and by hosting the Solaire Open, we hope to unearth future champions in the game,” Han added.