EUROPEAN TOUR WINNERS JOINS STAR LINE UP AT BMW ASIAN OPEN

A host of European Tour winners will head east next week when they compete in the BMW Asian Open at The Westin Resort, Ta Shee, Taiwan from 22nd – 25th November 2001.

This inaugural event is attracting a big field from the European Tour. Thomas Levet, winner of The Victor Chandler British Masters, Ian Poulter winner of The Moroccan Open, Philip Price, winner of the Algarve Open and Tony Johnstone, winner of the Qatar Masters are just a few of the stars that will be heading full speed to the US$1.5 million tournament.

Sixty golfers from both the European and Asian PGA Tours will tee up in Asia’s richest ever event alongside five of the world’s best golfers - champion of BMW International Open American John Daly, Fiji’s Vijay Singh, New Zealander Michael Campbell, Spain’s Miguel Angel Jimenez and Jose Maria Olazabal, and England’s Nick Faldo.

Sadly Italy’s Costantino Rocca has had to pull out last minute due to a wrist injury. The former Ryder Cup damaged his right wrist in Holland on the practice ground and will have to have laser treatment in order to dry the liquid in the knuckle.

Daily ticket and season tickets will be available at over 200 ticket offices of Era in Taiwan. The price for daily tickets on Thursday and Friday is NT300 and tickets on Saturday and Sunday will be NT400 per ticket. Season tickets are available for NT800.