NEW DELHI: The OneAsia golf circuit will stage a $2 million Tour Championship at the end of the year in China, the professional golf tour of the Asia-Pacific region said yesterday.
The Mission Hills Group would host what would be OneAsia’s final individual strokeplay event of the year at their multi-course facilities in Shenzhen from Dec. 5-8, commissioner and chairman Sang Y Chun said.
“The OneAsia Tour Championship will be a fitting conclusion to what is already turning out to be a thrilling season,” Chun said in a statement announcing the schedule for the rest of the year.
“Last year, any one of four players could have won the Order of Merit title by winning the final event of the season in Australia. It will be even more exciting to go down to the wire at a traditional Tour Championship in China.”
After last week’s Maekyung Open, OneAsia stays in South Korea for the SK Telecom Open starting on Thursday before going into a break while the majors are played in Britain and the United States.
OneAsia is offering nearly $15 million in prize money this season, which concludes in December with the Dongfeng Nissan Cup, a team event which pits China against an Asia-Pacific select side.
LPGA returns to having 2 events in Alabama
Meantime, the LPGA Tour will have two tournaments in Alabama again starting in 2014.
The tour announced Tuesday that the Alabama LPGA Classic will return to the schedule next year, held on part of the Robert Trent Jones Trail. LPGA Commissioner Michael Whan also says the tour has renewed its deal with the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic, which starts this week.
Stacy Lewis won both Alabama tournaments in 2012, which helped her become the first American in 18 years to win LPGA player of the year.
Lewis is the defending champion this week in Mobile.
The Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail will be the presenting partner of both LPGA event in Alabama.
