Asian Tour: Hong Kong’s Taichi Kho ready to embrace discomfort as year of opportunity at home and abroad approaches

Kho begins his second season as a professional golfer this week, carrying a ‘deep, inner-rooted confidence’ that he belongs at the highest level

The 23-year-old’s packed scheduled includes Asian Tour, DP World Tour and potentially LIV Golf events over the next several months

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Taichi Kho (centre), Patrick Reed and Cameron Smith walk off the 18th tee together during the first round of the 2023 Hong Kong Open. Photo: Asian Tour.

Published: 8:00am, 12 Feb 2024

Taichi Kho begins his second season as a professional golfer this week, carrying a “deep, inner-rooted confidence” in his ability to compete at the highest level.

With a schedule built around the Asian Tour and its International Series, Kho will also have several opportunities to play on the DP World Tour this year, and having experienced the Open Championship once is focused on returning to the game’s biggest stage of all.

The Hongkonger has already won on the Asian Tour, the first golfer from the city to do so, and added a historic gold at the Asian Games before capping off an impressive rookie season by finishing in the top 10 on the tour’s order of merit.

And while feeling a mix of “anticipation, nerves and excitement” for the year ahead, Kho said he was ready to embrace all the emotions that typically come before a tournament, the first of which is the Malaysian Open starting on Thursday.

Taichi Kho tees off on the sixth hole during the second round of the LIV Golf Promotions event at the Abu Dhabi Golf Club. Photo: Asian Tour.

“Last year was quite experimental and, you know, doing everything for the first time, it’s quite nerve wracking,” said the 23-year-old, who was born in November 2000, a Year of the Dragon.

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