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No rest for Woods with lucrative China event in sights
(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-11-08 10:35
"I like the concept of crowning the Champion of Champions from four major
Tours and certainly hope that I can top off my year by winning the inaugural
HSBC Champions title," added U.S. Masters and British Open champion Woods.
 Fijian Singh, a four-times winner on this year's PGA Tour, is delighted
to be returning to the continent of his birth.
"I think the HSBC Champions is going to be a really exciting fixture on our
golfing calendar and, with a prize fund of $5 million, the largest in the
history of Asian and Chinese golf, it is an event we all want to win," he said
in a statement.
The Champions tournament, the opening event on the 2006 European Tour, has
also attracted U.S. Open champion Michael Campbell and European number one Colin
Montgomerie.
"I am looking to get my 2006 campaign off to a great start and to consolidate
my position on the Ryder Cup rankings," said Montgomerie, who clinched a record
eighth European order of merit title at the season-ending Volvo Masters last
month.
"A win or a good finish at the HSBC Champions would certainly do that."
Tiger's dominant year marked by Seve-style escapes
LONDON, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Two majors and two elite World Golf Championships
(WGC) titles, six PGA Tour victories overall and richly deserved player of the
year honours.
The multiple golfing achievements piled up by world number one Tiger Woods in
2005 are difficult to ignore but, for many, the abiding memory of his PGA Tour
season is the 'Seve factor'.
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