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Asian Tour Returns To China For First Time Since '08 In 'Game Changer'

The Asian Tour will return to China for the first time since '08, with "up to four new events planned" in '17, in a "game changer" partnership with the China Golf Association, according to Shravanth Vijayakumar of REUTERS. The partnership will be a "threat to the future of the breakaway OneAsia circuit," which was established in '09 with a joint venture between the PGA Tour of Australasia, the CGA, the Korean Golf Association and the Korean PGA. The Asian Tour previously "co-sanctioned and staged tournaments with the CGA" from '95-08, before the OneAsia circuit began. Asian Tour CEO Josh Burack said, "Restarting cooperation is a game changer for the Asian Tour and CGA." The prize purses for the new events will be between $300,000 and $500,000, with "further expansion planned from next year" (REUTERS, 3/17). In Hong Kong, Andrew Mullen reported Burack "has endured a busy few months since taking control of the Asian Tour" in September, as a potential merger with the European Tour was downgraded to a "strategic alliance" in February. Earnings from the new events will count toward both the Asian Tour and China Tour Order of Merits, while winners of the co-sanctioned tournaments will also "earn exemption on the Asian Tour" (SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, 3/17).

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