limited field event will take place in a weekend between events in Hawaii and South Korea. Since LPGA.com - Haikou, China, April 29 2008 - China partnership of Golf (CGA), Grand Air China, the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) and IMG jointly announced today that the Grand China Air LPGA title sponsor of the first case in China, Greater China Air LPGA , Which will be played from the 24th to 26th October, 2008 at Haikou West Golf Club in the capital of Hainan, Haikou. Is the first LPGA tournament to be played in China and the tournament was developed specifically for the CGA, the LPGA and IMG, as a platform for Grand Air China to promote its brand throughout the world as they look to expand into international markets. Sixty-three of the best players will compete for a bag of U.S. $ 1800000. The player field includes the top 51 available players in the Official LPGA money list as of September 14, 2008, and 12 players invited to be decided by the CGA, Grand Air China and IMG. new tournament was a badly kept secret for months. While covered by the International Stanford last weekend , the husband a prominent tour player who has confirmed to me the tournament in China will be added to the tour calendar 2008. The LPGA is truly an international tour. Interest in women's professional golf seems stronger outside the U.S. within that. Therefore, it makes sense for the LPGA to increase the number of tournaments played around the world. With China on board now, how long will it be before the events are played in Australia, Abu Dhabi, India, or somewhere in South americas? Not much on my mind. Ryan and < a href = "http://hdlpga.blogspot.com/2008/04/china-event-announced.html"> Hound Dog are also blogs in this press release.

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