Johnie Walker Classic to start<\/p>\n
MANILA (Agencies): Many of the world's top golfers, including
\ndefending champion Greg Norman of Australia and world number one
\nNick Price of Zimbabwe, will take part in the annual Johnnie
\nWalker Classic in the Philippines from Jan. 26 to 29, organizers
\nsaid yesterday.<\/p>\n
The event, at the Orchard Golf and Country Club in Cavite
\nprovince just south of Manila, will be the first qualifying event
\nfor the 1995 World Championship held in Jamaica.<\/p>\n
More than 100 golfers will take part in the Classic at the
\nArnold Palmer-designed course, with top Asian professionals from
\nthe Philippines, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and India vying for
\nthe title against stars from the United States, Africa, Australia
\nand Europe.<\/p>\n
Apart from Norman, the world number two, and Price, the field
\nincludes Spain's Seve Ballesteros, Germany's Bernhard Langer,
\nU.S. Open champion Ernie Els, Scotland's Colin Montgomerie, David
\nFrost of South Africa and Fred Couples of the United States.<\/p>\n
Price won two of last year's major tournaments, the British
\nOpen and the U.S. PGA championship.<\/p>\n
Norman won the Johnnie Walker Classic last year in the Thai
\nresort of Phuket.<\/p>\n
Total cash prize for the event is around US$930,000, with the
\nwinner getting $150,000.<\/p>\n
Just after the tournament, both Price and Norman will play an
\nexhibition duel at the newly established Riverside Golf Club near
\nBogor, West Java, Indonesia on Feb. 1.<\/p>\n
The game at the par-72 course is to celebrate the opening of
\nIndonesia's latest golf link, the Riverside Golf Club, located 40
\nkilometers southeast of the capital.<\/p>\n
The two golf giants are scheduled to arrive Jakarta on Jan.
\n31.<\/p>",
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