Asian Development Tour (ADT) Order of Merit leader Aidric Chan will be aiming to pick up where he left off at this week’s Ciputra Golfpreneur Tournament, which marks its landmark 10th anniversary with a bumper prize fund of USD150,000.

Having won his second title of the 2025 ADT season in Morocco in June, the fast-rising Filipino is in confident mood as he prepares for his second professional appearance in Indonesia at Damai Indah’s Jack Nicklaus-designed Bumi Serpong Damai (BSD) Course. A third victory will earn him an automatic and immediate ‘battlefield’ promotion to the Asian Tour.

“I’m definitely aiming for the top spot! I have more confidence in my game now and I want to be a bit more aggressive, so I can get the three-win ADT exemption onto the Asian Tour this year and join the elite list of players who have achieved the feat,” said Chan.

“I’ve played in Indonesia countless times as an amateur, but as a pro this will only be my second time after last year’s Indonesia Pro-Am. I can’t wait to see some familiar faces that I grew up playing with, like Jonathan Wijono,” he added.

Chan joined the paid ranks in early 2024 following four seasons on the U.S. collegiate circuit, playing for the University of Arizona ‘Wildcats’. He had a solid but rather quiet start to his professional career, finishing 14th on the Philippines Golf Tour money list and playing in five ADT events, highlighted by a T2 finish at the BRG Open in Vietnam.

2025 has been anything but quiet for the genial young golfer from Quezon City. In March, Chan showed his affinity for Vietnamese golf by breaking through for his maiden international professional title at the ADT’s Lexus Challenge at The Bluffs Grand Ho Tram. Just a few months later, he soared to the top of the ADT Order of Merit by winning the Morrocco Rising Stars Marrakech at Samanah Golf Club.

Chan credits a more focused mental approach as well as an improved overall game for his speedy climb up the golf hierarchy.

“I’m really fortunate to be in this position so early in my career. A lot has definitely been working well for me this year. The mental aspect has been good, on and off the course. It helps not having any distractions and just really having the focus to succeed,” noted Chan.

“My driver has been really consistent this season and it’s one of the clubs in the bag that people call me out for, along with my putter that has definitely helped me close out those two wins. My approach shots have also been a lot better, thanks to my coach Tony Lascuña who is one of the best players from the Philippines,” he elaborated.

Chan names the legendary Lascuña, winner of more than 30 professional titles including the ADT’s 2014 Aboitiz Invitational, as the biggest influence on his golf career. “Tony has helped me understand my game completely and adapt to scenarios that have allowed me to play my best golf.”

All in all, Chan is enjoying the challenges that come with being a professional golfer.

“Definitely part of the dream! Being on the ADT is a huge opportunity for me and has given me so much confidence, as I get ready for a higher level of competition. There are a lot of talented players in the field and everyone is hungry to win, so staying competitive week in week out is one of the most challenging things on tour,” shared Chan.

Progressing to the Asian Tour is something that Chan says, makes his heart “pump with excitement.”

“I’ve been eying this since I turned pro last year! Thankfully, I was able to capitalize on the opportunities I had, like my first ADT start last year and my first Asian Tour event this year, where I finished second and eighth respectively,” he said.

Marking the tour’s eighth stop and maiden visit to Indonesia this season, the 2025 Ciputra Golfpreneur Tournament will feature a field of 150 players made up of 82 from the ADT, 40 from the PGA Tour of Indonesia, and 28 invitations.

Apart from Chan, players to look out for include Thailand’s Itthipat Buranatanyarat, the 2024 ADT Order of Merit winner, along with this year’s ADT winners Tawit Polthai and Suradit Yongcharoenchai of Thailand, Ahmad Baig of Pakistan, Gabriele De Barba of Italy and another young Filipino, Carl Jano Corpus.

2019 Asian Tour Order of Merit winner Jazz Janewattananond of Thailand and reigning Mandiri Indonesia Open champion Steve Lewton of England are also in the mix. Lewton won the national Open last year at Damai Indah’s Pantai Indah Kapuk (PIK) course.

The Ciputra Golfpreneur Tournament is the ADT’s longest-running event and has been played at Damai Indah’s BSD Course since the inaugural 2014 edition, when Scotland’s James Byrne won by three shots.

Almost exactly a year ago, Chinese Taipei’s Liu Yung-hua triumphed by two shots with a 22-under-par total, and is back to defend his title. Prominent past champions include Korean star and three-time PGA Tour winner Tom Kim, who won in 2019 following a playoff with Singapore veteran Mardan Mamat.