Saturday, 3 November 2012

Golf: China Champions event elevated to full WGC status - Finchem (Reuters)

Louis Oosthuizen (R) of South Africa hits on the 18th fairway in front of a Buddhist Guanyin statue during the third day of the WGC-HSBC Champions Tournament at Mission Hills in the southern Chinese city of Dongguan November 3, 2012. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - The HSBC-WGC Champions tournament in China will be elevated to full World Golf Championships status from 2013, the U.S. PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem has said, while prize money will increase to $8.5 million. The event, held in China since 2005, had been given WGC status in 2009 but was below the level of the Cadillac, Accenture and Bridgestone Invitational events, all of which are held in the United States. ...




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