European Tour starts with three China tournaments
Three tournaments in China and two in South Africa will kick off next season’s European tour schedule in November and December.
The new €4.5m HSBC Champions tournament in Shanghai on November 10-13 will be followed by the Volvo China Open in Shenzhen Golf Club two weeks later, then the UBS Hong Kong Open at Fanling on December 1-4.
After that, the tour moves on to the dunhill championship at Leopard Creek, Mpumalanga, on December 8-11 and the South African Airways Open at Fancourt on December 15-18.
The gap between the first two Chinese events is because of the World Cup being staged in Portugal.
England are the defending champions following the win by Luke Donald and Paul Casey last November.
