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        "msgid": "top-asian-players-to-challenge-for-spore-open-1447893297",
        "date": "2005-08-24 00:00:00",
        "title": "Top Asian players to challenge for S'pore Open",
        "author": null,
        "source": "AFP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Top Asian players to challenge for S'pore Open Agence France-Presse, Singapore Nine of the top 10 golfers on the Asian Tour's current Order of Merit will challenge world number seven Adam Scott for honors when the Singapore Open returns next month, organizers said on Tuesday. Thailand's Thaworn Wiratchant, who tops the Order of Merit and was the last man to win the tournament in 2001 before a three- year hiatus, will lead the Asian charge in the US$2 million event at Sentosa Golf Club from Sept.",
        "content": "<p>Top Asian players to challenge for S'pore Open<\/p>\n<p>Agence France-Presse, Singapore<\/p>\n<p>Nine of the top 10 golfers on the Asian Tour's current Order<br>\nof Merit will challenge world number seven Adam Scott for honors<br>\nwhen the Singapore Open returns next month, organizers said on<br>\nTuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Thailand's Thaworn Wiratchant, who tops the Order of Merit and<br>\nwas the last man to win the tournament in 2001 before a three-<br>\nyear hiatus, will lead the Asian charge in the US$2 million event<br>\nat Sentosa Golf Club from Sept. 8-Sept. 11.<\/p>\n<p>\"The return of the Singapore Open has really captured the<br>\nattention of our membership and not surprisingly nearly every<br>\nplayer who is eligible to play will be making the trip to the<br>\nLion City,\" said Asian Tour chief executive Louis Martin.<\/p>\n<p>\"Not only will the Singapore Open see our leading players<br>\ncompete, but the field will also be strong in depth and will also<br>\nfeature tournament winners this year and former Singapore Open<br>\nchampions,\" he added.<\/p>\n<p>The order's top five are all taking part in the tournament<br>\nwhere Thaworn will be joined by second-placed compatriot<br>\nThongchai Jaidee, Jyoti Randhawa from India and Australians Terry<br>\nPilkadaris and Scott Barr.<\/p>\n<p>Scott, along with fellow Australians Craig Parry and Nick<br>\nO'Hern, England's Lee Westwood, Darren Clarke from Northern<br>\nIreland and Japanese legend Isao Aoki, were confirmed last week.<\/p>\n<p>Thaworn is one of three past champions, including Randhawa<br>\n(2000), and Myanmar's Kyi Hla Han (1994), hoping for a second<br>\nvictory in the prestigious championship.<\/p>\n<p>The Thai player won the Indonesia Open earlier this year at<br>\nCengkareng Golf Course in West Jakarta.<\/p>",
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