When this week's tournament heads to Close House’s Colt Course in England, Yuan will look to add to his impressive record at the Asian Tour's flagship events.

The 26-year-old has started to accumulate a tidy resume on the Asian circuit. And although he is yet to enter the winner’s circle, Yuan has consistently featured on the first page of leaderboards. Most notably, his performances in the aforementioned International Series events have started to turn heads.

Yuan has not finished outside the top-35 since the series' inception in 2022. At the International Series Vietnam, he finished in a tie for second, pushing eventual winner Scott Vincent down to the final hole; Yuan accompanied this finish with an equal ninth in London and shared the fifth spot again in Thailand. He can't put his finger precisely on why his record is so good, but he thinks the set-ups have certainly helped.

"I think honestly, a couple of the golf courses that are suited to my game, like, for example, Vietnam, was quite an aggressive golf course. You have decently wide fairways. So, if you don't really miss it, you look at the fairway. And I don't tend to flare one too much, so I think I might have missed one or two fairways that week. And my iron game was really on that week in Vietnam, gave myself a lot of birdie chances."

The International Series offers a pathway for golfers to compete alongside some of the best players in the game, and the avenue to play on the Saudi-backed LIV Golf circuit is one Yuan has already had a taste of. His appearance at the inaugural LIV event at the Centurion Club – where he finished in a tie for 33rd – meant Yuan could compare his game against the likes of his 4Aces skipper Dustin Johnson and six-time major winner, Phil Mickelson.

"I think the biggest thing was seeing the level by those guys can play at… that was my first taste of what the highest level of golf has been," Yuan said.

"I think it just helped me as a golfer, I think. I have the experience to play at a very high-level with a lot of high-level golfers, seeing how the field plays, how tough the set-up was. I think it just helped me, in general, to try to aim higher, put my benchmark higher."

Yuan (far right) with his 4Aces teammates prior to the inaugural LIV event in London. PHOTO: Getty Images.

The International Series pathway and LIV partnership has gotten the tick of approval from LIV boss Greg Norman.

"The International Series will attract new talent and offer unprecedented pathways that develop the next generation of stars. LIV Golf is committed to making sustainable investments that grow the game now and for the future, and we are proud to turn these dreams into a reality," Norman said.

Yuan also loves what the International Series has to offer, seeing the big picture regarding opportunities for players and thriving in playing against some household names who also tee it up in the events.

"You have the big players from LIV that have huge careers coming to play. They'll play the same tournament as we are playing, which is always a really cool thing. And so, I think in that way, it's different. All the Asian Tour tournaments are set up really nice and pretty competitive."

 "The aim is just always to keep progressing my game. I think I made quite a bit of progress this year, last year, and I do like to track that it's going on. But I just have to keep doing that and keep making that same progress." - Kevin Yuan.

The New South Welshman is ready to take the next step in his career – getting into the winner's circle – and with the performances he has been producing, the law of averages would say a win isn't far away. But for now, it is about improving and taking each event as it comes.

"I think definitely the focus is just the next one that I play or Asian Tour tournaments I'll play this year. I'd love to have a win. Whether it's an International Series event or not an International Series, a win would be great, I think. It would be huge.”

“I think, yeah, the aim is just always to keep progressing my game. I think I made quite a bit of progress this year, last year, and I do like to track that it's going on. But I just have to keep doing that and keep making that same progress."

Although Yuan is firmly focused on his next move, he can't help but get excited about the potential prospect of playing his national open at his home golf course, The Australian, when the ISPS Handa Australian Open takes place at the end of November.

"I'm in the conditional category. So, I'm not quite in the field yet, but that's always been honestly like a huge goal of mine is to play the Aussie Open at the Australian Golf Club.”

“All the tournaments I have played back home in Australia have been really great.”