Eugenio Chacarra is hungry to secure more silverware as he prepares to tee it up in the inaugural Hainan Classic at Mission Hills Haikou this week.
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The Spaniard won his maiden DP World Tour title at the Hero Indian Open earlier this month and was in contention once again at last week’s Volvo China Open before eventually coming up just short in the first of back-to-back events in China to end the Asian Swing.
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The 25-year-old finished in a tie for fourth in Shanghai after going 69-72 over the weekend while battling a thumb injury which he picked up during Friday’s second round, but he rallied to secure vital Ranking points on both the Race to Dubai and the Asian Swing, with the top three on the latter at the end of this week earning exemptions into the PGA Championship.
Chacarra is joined on the tropical island of Hainan by a strong contingent of Chinese players, including 2024 China Tour Order of Merit winner Zihao Jin and five-time DP World Tour winner Ashun Wu, who picked up his second Volvo China Open title last week in Shanghai.
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The 39-year-old’s triumph came almost ten years to the day since his maiden DP World Tour title, which also came at the Volvo China Open, as he made it a week to remember for the home fans in China’s most populous city.
This week’s event in Hainan marks a milestone moment for the DP World Tour, as the Hainan Classic becomes the 50th DP World Tour event to be held in China. Over the past three decades, Golf’s Global Tour has been a regular visitor to the country, starting with the BMW Asian Open in 2004.
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The Hainan Classic is the first official DP World Tour event to be held on Hainan Island, but Mission Hills Haikou has previously hosted the 2011 World Cup of Golf, which was won by American duo Matt Kuchar and Gary Woodland, as well as the World Ladies Championship and the biennial World Celebrity Pro-Am, which was won in 2016 by Haotong Li.
