Tournament Information

• Tournament: Black Mountain Championship
• Date: October 17-20, 2024
• Venue: Black Mountain Golf Club, Hua Hin, Thailand
• Par/Yards: Par 72 / 7,344 Yards
• Purse: US$2 million (First place US$360,000)
• Asian Tour leg: 15th event of 2024 season
• The International Series leg: Fifth
• Edition of tournament: First
• Total number of players: 150
• Format: 72-hole stroke play with a cut made after two rounds to the leading 65 pros plus ties
• Social Media Hashtags: #TimeToRise #BMChamps #InternationalSeries

John Catlin. Picture by Paul Lakatos/IMG.

Field Breakdown

• Order of Merit winners: Sihwan Kim (2022), Jazz Janewattananond (2019)
• Nationalities: 30
• Top contenders: John Catlin (USA), Ben Campbell (NZL), Peter Uihlein (USA), Paul Peterson (USA), Rattanon Wannasrichan (THA)
• Highest ranked player on OWGR: John Catlin (USA) #124
• Highest ranked player on 2024 Asian Tour Order of Merit: John Catlin #1
• Highest ranked player on 2024 International Series Rankings: John Catlin #1
• of amateurs: 3
• of Thai players in the field: 39

Peter Uihlein. Picture By Ian Walton/Asian Tour.

Tournament Notes

• Hua Hin-based American John Catlin is having a fantastic season and leads both the Asian Tour Order of Merit and The International Series Rankings. The 33-year-old has posted two victories so far this season, the International Series Macau presented by Wynn and the Saudi Open presented by PIF, as well as two runners-up in the International Series Morocco and the Yeangder TPC. A tied third finish in the season-opening IRS Prima Malaysian Open secured him a spot in the 152nd Open Championship where he finished tied 16th for his best result in a major. In last week’s SJM Macau Open Catlin was again in great form, finishing T4 and extending his Order of Merit lead. He has also subbed in for injured players on three different teams on the LIV Golf League this year, and posted an impressive T7 in LIV Golf Nashville in June. Catlin has amassed US$1,084,225 in earnings in nine Asian Tour starts so far this season, while his LIV Golf League total was US$1,629,367 in his 2024 campaign.
• New Zealander Ben Campbell is a two-time winner on The International Series after capturing this summer’s International Series Morocco in a play-off against John Catlin, and the 2023 Hong Kong Open. Currently second on The International Series Rankings, he would have a chance to overtake Catlin in those rankings with a win or solo second. Other good results this season includes a T5 at the International Series Macau presented by Wynn and a T10 at the 103rd New Zealand Open presented by Sky Sport.
• Peter Uihlein from the U.S. won International Series England in his last Asian Tour outing and is sitting in third place in The International Series Rankings. Just like Campbell, he would also have a chance to pass Catlin with a victory or solo second. In addition to his win in England in August, he also has a T3 at the Saudi Open presented by PIF and a sixth-place finish at International Series Oman earlier in the season. Uihlein also plays in the LIV Golf League where he had a T2 at the LIV Golf Las Vegas as his best result this year.
• Left-handed American Paul Peterson is making his first Asian Tour start of the season after wrapping up his PGA Tour card for next year by finishing 17^th on the Korn Ferry Tour points list, mainly due to winning the Simmons Bank Open for the Snedeker Foundation late in the season. Peterson’s lone Asian Tour title came at the 2018 Leopalace21 Myanmar Open, and he also has a win on the DP World Tour at the 2016 D+D REAL Czech Masters.
• Thailand’s Rattanon Wannasrichan is entering this week full of confidence after winning the SJM Macao Open wire-to-wire last week, two shots ahead of countryman Gunn Charoenkul. He had also posted a T4 finish the week before at the Mercuries Taiwan Masters, in what was then his best result of the season after a slow start. With the win in Macau, he jumped to sixth on the Order of Merit from 37^th the previous week. Rattanon has posted a good result on the Black Mountain layout in the past, finishing T5 at the 2022 International Series Thailand.
• Black Mountain Golf Club has hosted seven Asian Tour events in the past: International Series Thailand (2022, 2023) True Thailand Classic (2015, 2016), Royal Trophy (2011) and Black Mountain Masters (2009, 2010)
• Several of this week’s players have their Asian Tour base at Black Mountain Golf Club, including Jazz Janewattananond, Berry Henson and Björn Hellgren.
• Danish prodigy Jakob Skov Olesen winner of The Amateur Championship this year is also competing.
• Former Ryder Cup player Chris Wood from England is also playing this week. He won the Thailand Open in 2012. He was in the Europe team that lost to the U.S. in Hazeltine in 2016. In 2008, he memorably won the silver medal for finishing T5 as an amateur in The Open Championship, and he also produced a T3 finish the following year at Turnberry.