Golf stars dismiss Shanghai

Eight Americans among those to snub tournament

By Lizzie Rose   Last updated: 29th October 2009   Subscribe to RSS Feed

Golf stars dismiss Shanghai

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Ten players including US Open champion Lucas Glover have turned down the chance to play in next week's HSBC Champions tournament in Shanghai.

The event has been included in the World Golf Championships series for the first time but Lucas and seven fellow Americans have all decided against making the journey.

The championship, which boasts prize-money totalling £4.2 million, has still attracted the big names of Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson among the 78-strong field.

But the tournament will be without Americans Steve Stricker, Jim Furyk, Zach Johnson, Kenny Perry, Scott Verplank, Dustin Johnson and Heath Slocum, plus Fiji's Vijay Singh and South African Tim Clark.

The United States has hosted all the World Championships since 2006 - when the American Express Championship was held at the Grove in England.

The Accenture Match Play has only been taken out of the country once since the series started a decade ago, and the 2001 tournament in Australia saw the weakest field ever.

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