Golf
Sabbatini joins Hong Kong field
2008-11-06 12:33
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Heading to Hong Kong (Parallel Media Group)
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Hong Kong - PGA Tour star Rory Sabbatini and former US Open champion Michael Campbell will be aiming to add the UBS Hong Kong Open title to their impressive CVs this month.
The illustrious duo will be joined in the $2.5m showpiece by European Tour hotshot Graeme McDowell and Indian star Jeev Milkha Singh.
The 50th edition of the Hong Kong Open will be staged at the Hong Kong Golf Club in Fanling from November 20-23.
Sabbatini – a four-time winner in the US – will be making his Hong Kong debut.
“I’m really looking forward to playing in my first Hong Kong Open,” said the South African.
“The guys on the PGA Tour who’ve played at Fanling tell me it’s a great course and a fantastic event, and the fact that it’s the 50th tournament will make it even more special. I know as well that Hong Kong is a great city so it promises to be a memorable trip.”
Sabbatini will be visiting Hong Kong after a solid season that saw him register three top-10 finishes on the PGA Tour, including second place in the Sony Open in Hawaii.
““I understand that in the past 49 years, David Frost has been the only South African to win the Hong Kong Open, although others have been close, so it would be nice if I could become the second. I’ll certainly be giving it my best shot,” he added.
The quartet will join a strong Hong Kong Open line-up that includes defending champion Miguel Angel Jimenez and former winners Colin Montgomerie, Jose-Maria Olazabal and Bernhard Langer.
Another illustrious player in the Fanling field will be six-time Major winner Nick Faldo.