Hong Kong number one Jason Hak seeks home comforts at PGA Tour China Series Clearwater Bay Open
The 22-year-old is one of the contenders for this week’s inaugural event at Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club after posting top 10 finishes in his last three events
Jason Hak Shun-yat’s favoured milk tea won’t need any sugar on Sunday night should victory in this week’s historic Clearwater Bay Open mark a sweet first professional win for Hong Kong’s number one.
Having departed the city for first Beijing and now Florida - specifically Orlando which is now his base - aged seven Hak only returns home once or twice a year with one of those stops usually for the Hong Kong Open where he made his name as a baby faced amateur in 2008.
He still retains some of those youthful attributes, but now as a 22-year-old professional it is wins rather than simply just playing all four rounds at an event that are the focus.
And with this week’s PGA Tour China Series Clearwater Bay Open giving Hak an extra excuse to return and sample some of his culinary favourites, that first success in the paid ranks is a really possibility for a player who has top 10 finishes in each of his last three events.
“I am really, really excited to be in the tournament and I am really excited to play some golf in Hong Kong,” said Hak, who arrived in the city on Saturday from the US via a short stop in Beijing.
