CALLING IT LIKE IT IS

Su-Ann Heng has done it all in golf. From flying the Singapore flag, to turning pro, and now finding her feet as a LIV Golf presenter, she has embraced each stage with style and poise. Fellow broadcast journalist Justine Moss uncovers a new side to her that is more important than all else.

- JUSTINE MOSS

Last interviewed former professional player Su-Ann Heng five years ago for a profile piece. Back then, we swapped many golf stories over cups of coffee and I learnt more about her early days of playing golf and her career as a TV and radio presenter and event host.

Fast forward to today, and while she still has all of those roles, she has added commentator, analyst, podcast host and mother to her resume.

The 36-year-old joined LIV Golf from its inception in June 2022 as part of their broadcast team and she travels to all the tournaments providing on-course commentary and analysis. The opportunity to join LIV Golf came about when a former colleague James Watson was hired as Senior Vice President for worldwide production there and threw her name in the broadcast team hat.

“We, as a broadcast family, a production family, have become a family”, Heng shares, “Some of us have helped each other through some really dark, difficult times. We all have issues. And we’re able to lean on each other on the road and do that.”

Speaking about family, the one constant and most important person in her life right now is her four-year-old son Casey. She spends as much time as she can with him in between work and travel, splitting parenting duties with former husband, Mediacorp radio DJ Mike Kasem. In addition, Heng’s father Patrick, together with her mother Shirley, have been pillars of strength.

Heng represented Singapore in golf at the 2005 SEA Games and turned professional in 2011. She first picked up a golf club at the age of nine, playing with her family on weekends. After attending Saint Hilda’s Primary and Secondary, she completed her high school studies in Perth, Australia, returned to Singapore, and then secured a two-year scholarship at Daytona State College in Florida.

She felt burnt out during her time in the US and decided to take a break and return to Singapore to be with family.