Annika Sorenstam will appearance the Ladies Asian Golf Tour
World No 2 Annika Sorenstam will accomplish her beginning actualization in a able clash in China if the Swede competes in the Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open from Oct 30 to Nov 2.
The event, tri-sanctioned by the Ladies Asian Golf Tour (LAGT), Ladies European Tour (LET) and the China Golf Association, will accept appropriate acceptation for the above apple No 1 as this will be the final time that she will attempt in a able tournament, accepting appear that she is dispatch abroad from aggressive golf at the end of the season.
The accident will action the cost purse of 200,000 euros ($290,385) and will be captivated at Suzong Taihu All-embracing Golf Club, in Jiangsu province.
“I’m captivated to be advancing over to play in the aboriginal anytime Ladies European Tour accident in China. Accepting started my able career in Europe, I feel a actual able band with the Tour and to be able to allotment this celebrated moment with my adolescent European players is a big thrill,” Sorenstam said.
“It’s abundant aswell to see that the Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open 2008 is a accurate all-embracing accident with not alone competitors from the Ladies European Tour but aswell a ample amount from Asia, and decidedly from China. China represents the approaching and I would adulation to see women’s golf advance acerb there.”
“We’re captivated that the Ladies European Tour is advancing to China,” said Zhang Xiaoning, agent administrator and secretary-general of the China Golf Association. “And we’re decidedly appreciative that one of the all time abundant players in women’s golf, Annika Sorenstam, will compete. It presents Chinese adult professionals with some absolutely boxy antagonism and will be a abundant action for them to accession their achievement to the accomplished level.”
“It’s our aboriginal accident anytime in China and will be a celebrated break for us,” Alex Armas, controlling administrator of the Ladies European Tour said. “At a time of year if the acclimate in Europe is axis adjoin us, it’s important to be able to extend the Tour’s division and accord our players an befalling to appear actuality to compete.”
LAGT arch controlling Aylwin Tai accustomed the new accident and thanked Suzong Taihu All-embracing Golf Club for its anticipation in allotment this event.
“The LAGT contest are accepting bigger and bigger. We charge to drag the cachet and authority of LAGT,” he said. “We accept been actual acknowledged as a few players on our Tour accept already chalked up victories in the US LPGA and Japan LPGA, and aswell did almost able-bodied in the LET tournaments.”
