Asian Tour Series Set To Land In England
The Asian Tour has unveiled the schedule for its new International Series, with its 10 stops including England, as well as numerous Asian markets during 2022-23.
The Saudi Arabian-backed International Series, which will be integrated into the full 2022-23 Asian Tour schedule, will begin in Thailand in March followed by visits to England, South Korea, Vietnam, the Middle East, China, Singapore and Hong Kong.
London’s Centurion Club will stage the second event in June, which will carry a $2m (£1.47m) purse.
LIV Golf Investments, which is owned by Saudi Arabia’s PIF sovereign wealth fund, described increase of the investment in the Asian Tour from to $300m (£221m) as “the most significant development in the history of Asian golf and a boom for the global game”.
Cho Minn Thant, Commissioner and CEO of the Asian Tour, said, “We are on the threshold of a new era for Asian golf. The International Series is a new upper-tier of elite events, the likes of which the region has not seen before, that will mark the start of a phenomenal period of growth for the Asian Tour. Each of the 10 events will be broadcast live across the globe, with plans to attract an international field of headline talent.”
Greg Norman, LIV Golf Investments’ CEO and a former world number-one golfer, said, “We are setting the Asian Tour up as a powerful new force on the world golf stage.
“In my 40 years as a professional golfer, I’ve seen many parts of the world that have benefited tremendously from golf and its growth and development. We now have the opportunity to do that in the Asia Pacific region and the Middle East with this incredible investment platform.”
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