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The Open – Hong
Kong’s oldest professional sporting event, having started in 1959
– will once again be co-sanctioned by the European and Asian Tours.
The tournament has been won
by nine Major champions: Peter Thomson, Kel Nagle, Orville Moody, Greg Norman,
Ian Woosnam, Bernhard Langer, Tom Watson, José María Olazábal and Padraig
Harrington.
This year’s UBS Hong Kong
Open is the penultimate ranking event on the European Tour schedule, taking
place a week before the season-ending Dubai World Championship.
Tiger tamer Yang Yong Eun
will spearhead a world class field at next month’s UBS Hong Kong Open.
The Korean ace – who became Asia’s first Major winner when he triumphed at the US PGA
Championship in August – has confirmed his participation in the US$2.5 million
showpiece.
The Open is the third-last
event counting towards the Order of Merit on the 2009 Asian Tour calendar.
The 2009 UBS Hong Kong Open
will be staged at the Hong Kong Golf Club in Fanling from 12-15 November.
Chi -Won Yoon, Chairman and CEO, UBS Asia Pacific (L2) , Lin
Wen Tang and VIP take a group photo after UBS Hong Kong Open press conference.
Last year's UBS Hong Kong Open winner Lin Wen Tang of
Chinese Taipei attends press conference.
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