A breakthrough of Asian Golf  10:02, 01/01/2016

This win does not belong to only Hideki, Japan or host country China, it is the success and pride of Asia in general. This is also a big win for the sponsors like HSBC Bank or the world famous brand Casillero Del Diablo.

Giles Morgan - HSBC Global Head of Sponsorship and Events - said: “This isn’t just a breakthrough for Hideki Matsuyama, this is a breakthrough for all of golf. Heading into this year’s WGC-Champions we felt that golf might be on the verge of a new horizon and everything that’s happened this week proves we were right track. Just look at the leaderboard and our new champion. We simple didn’t predict it would happen in such spectacular fashion!"

“This has been long predicted. We predicted this time would come in our 2020 vision report written in 2012, then again this year from our State of Play 2020 update HSBC Golf Report. So it hasn’t come overnight and is the result of supporting every level of golf for more than a decade in Asia, all starting with this flagship tournament, ‘Asia’s Major’. When we first brought HSBC Champions to China in 2005 few would have thought the scenes we witnessed today at Sheshan were possible so just think where the game can go from here if grasped."

Casillero Del Diablo

For the famous Chile wine brand Casillero Del Diablo with the production of 60 million bottles each year and hundreds of world best wine awards, which has been accompanying WGC-HSBC for the last 13 years, this event is a complete success. Vietnam Golf Magazine has had the pleasure to talk and interview Mr. Guy Nussey - the brand's Marketing Director of Asia-Pacific, and will have an article in the upcoming magazine issue.

The goal to create an "Asian's major" of the organizers and sponsors was achieved and the win of an Asian golfer among the world top golfers at the most fierce battle here has marked the moment when golf strives to become truly global.