9 best photos from The Foshan Open

The Foshan Open once again proved one of the highlights of the European Challenge Tour season and, with all the drama, colour and atmosphere the tournament provides, it has made for some fantastic images. View the best ones, provided by photographer Richard Castka, here...

<em><span style="font-size: 10px;"> Borja Virto Astudillo is flanked by two dragons as he lifts The Foshan Open trophy</span></em>

<em><span style="font-size: 10px;"> Borja Virto Astudillo left the rest in his shadow at The Foshan Open</span></em>

<em><span style="font-size: 10px;"> Celebrate, levitate! Haydn Porteous after holing out from a bunker on day three of The Foshan Open</span></em>

<em><span style="font-size: 10px;">Rough and ready on the Road to Oman! Ricardo Gouveia and Sebastien Gros joke about their battle to be crowned Challenge Tour Number One</span></em>

<em><span style="font-size: 10px;">Tiers in his eyes - A player putts from the ninth green to the conjoined 18th</span></em>

<em><span style="font-size: 10px;">The king of Spain - Borja Virto Astudillo after holing a birdie putt on day three of The Foshan Open</span></em>

<em><span style="font-size: 10px;">Björn Åkesson celebrates holing a putt on the way to a runner-up finish which secured his path to The European Tour for 2016</span></em>

<em><span style="font-size: 10px;">"It's only a drop of drizzle!" European Challenge Tour Director Alain de Soultrait braves the rain during a play suspension on the final day</span></em>

<em><span style="font-size: 10px;">A baby enjoys the day out at The Foshan Open</span></em>