Naraajie Ramadhanputra of Indonesia, Malaysia’s Shahriffuddin Ariffin and Australian Harrison Gilbert will be renewing their rivalry and chase for honours when the 2023 Asian Development Tour (ADT) season begins in Phuket on Thursday – with the trio looking to add to their wins from last year.

The three, who finished third, fourth and ninth in the 2022 Order of Merit (OOM) will face strong opposition in the form of former tournament winners Varanyu Rattanaphiboonkij, Sarun Sirithon and Donlaphatchai Niyomchon of Thailand, together with Sweden’s Oscar Zetterwall and Nirun Sae-Ueng and Pannakorn Uthaipas of Thailand who have all lifted the silverware in recent years.

The Thai duo of Chanat Sakulpolphaisan and Denwit Boriboonsub, who featured strongly in last year’s OOM without managing to secure victory, will be looking to improve this year, as will Ervin Chang of Malaysia, England’s Joe Heraty, Australia’s Jack Murdoch and Thailand’s Suttijet Kooratanapisan.

Invitations to the ADT’s opening event for 2023 have been extended to Italy’s Michele Ortolani, Saud Al Sharif of Saudi Arabia, Lachland Barker of Australia and Singapore’s Koh Deng Shan.

The Singha Laguna Phuket Open is once again jointly sanctioned with the All Thailand Golf Tour (ATGT) – a long-standing partner of the ADT – and offers prize money of THB4 million (approximately US$117,000).

The Singha Laguna Phuket Open, the Singha Pattaya Open and the inaugural ADT – All Thailand Partnership Trophy will feature on both ADT and ATGT schedules this year, helping to ensure another strong season for the thriving circuits.