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MUMBAI:
Johnnie Walker Classic, the premier golf tournament of the Asia
Pacific, will be available live and exclusive on Ten Sports, the
most watched sports channel in the Sub-continent.
American
superstar Anthony Kim and Scotland’s Colin Montgomerie, who
was recently announced the new European Ryder Cup captain are the
latest players to add their names to the star-studded cast, which
tees off from February 19 at The Vines Resort & Country Club
in Perth, Western Australia.
Kim,
World No9, and Montgomerie, the most successful player in European
Tour history, join players like the legendary Aussie Greg Norman,
World No8 Camilo Villegas of Colmbia, and England’s World No11
Lee Westwood, Paul Casey and Ian Poulter.
Live
telecast of the tournament on Ten Sports starts at 11:00 am IST
on Thursday, February 19, while the weekend rounds starts 8:30 am
IST.
The
lone Indian challenge in the tournament will be in the form of Shiv
Kapur, who did well last week at the Malaysian Open.
The
Johnnie Walker Classic’s tradition of attracting fields of
the highest calibre has meant that past winners read like a who’s
who of golf. Since 1990, the tournament has been won by the likes
of Nick Faldo (1990 & 1993), Ernie Els (1997 & 2003), Retief
Goosen (2002), Norman (1994), Adam Scott (2005), and Tiger Woods
(1998 & 2000).
With
the confirmation of so many talented players the 2009 event, which
holds the unique status of being tri-sanctioned by the European
Tour, Asian and Australasian Tours, promises to be no different,
with the field boasting some of the best golfers from around the
world.
Over
the past 19 years, the Johnnie Walker Classic has been played in
eight different countries – it was held in India at the DLF
Golf & Country Club last year – and 13 different golf clubs
around the Asia Pacific region.
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