Golf-China Open moves to Suzhou for 2010 with bigger prize (Reuters)
February 8, 2010
BEIJING, Feb 9 (Reuters) – The 2010 China Open golfchampionship will be played in Suzhou in April with anincreased prize fund of $2.5 million, organisers said onTuesday.
The 16th version of the tournament will be the richestevent on the 10-stop OneAsia Tour and again be co-sanctioned bythe European Tour, said a new release.
A Gary Player-designed course at the “exclusive” Jinji LakeInternational Golf Club course, some 60 miles from Shanghai,will host the event for the first time on April 15-18.
Swedish carmakers Volvo, who have backed the tournamentsince its inception in 1995, have boosted the prize pot by$300,000 and taken over promotion from their local partners.
The China Golf Association (CGA) announced theircontroversial split from the Asian Tour at the launch of theChina Open last year, throwing their lot in with the fledglingrival OneAsia Tour. Australian Scott Strange won the 2009 ChinaOpen in Beijing by one stroke.
(Reporting by Nick Mulvenney, editing by Patrick Johnston;To query or comment on this story emailsportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)
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