Domestic tour gets new look
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February 6, 2010, Saturday
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CHINA'S golf bosses have restructured the professional game in the country with a new "Greater China Tour", which will include a six-event circuit in place of the China Tour.
The China Tour was launched in 2005 with the aim of providing regular tournament golf for the country's professionals and, sponsored by Swiss watchmaker Omega, ran four events last year.
The China Golf Association has replaced it with the Chinese Pro Golf Championships in a new five-tiered structure for 2010.
"I am glad to tell you the China Tour is not dead. It is sill alive and even stronger," Secretary General Zhang Xiaoning told the CGA Website.
"With golf entering the Olympic Games, from 2010 on the CGA will integrate golf events in China to create the Greater China Tour.
"The Chinese Pro Golf Championship is a fourth tier event of the Greater China Tour, with total prize money of US$200,000 to US$1 million. The 2010 Tour will have six stages, starting in early April."
The higher tiers of the Greater China Tour are likely to include the four events on the fledgling OneAsia Tour in 2010, the Luxe Hills Championship, the China Open, the China Classic and Shandong Gold Cup.
China will again this year host the WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai, which is co-sanctioned by the CGA, US PGA, the European and Asian Tours, South Africa's Sunshine Tour and the Australasian PGA.
The China Tour was launched in 2005 with the aim of providing regular tournament golf for the country's professionals and, sponsored by Swiss watchmaker Omega, ran four events last year.
The China Golf Association has replaced it with the Chinese Pro Golf Championships in a new five-tiered structure for 2010.
"I am glad to tell you the China Tour is not dead. It is sill alive and even stronger," Secretary General Zhang Xiaoning told the CGA Website.
"With golf entering the Olympic Games, from 2010 on the CGA will integrate golf events in China to create the Greater China Tour.
"The Chinese Pro Golf Championship is a fourth tier event of the Greater China Tour, with total prize money of US$200,000 to US$1 million. The 2010 Tour will have six stages, starting in early April."
The higher tiers of the Greater China Tour are likely to include the four events on the fledgling OneAsia Tour in 2010, the Luxe Hills Championship, the China Open, the China Classic and Shandong Gold Cup.
China will again this year host the WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai, which is co-sanctioned by the CGA, US PGA, the European and Asian Tours, South Africa's Sunshine Tour and the Australasian PGA.
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