Asia’s leading young stars will be given a final chance to qualify for the Faldo Series Asia Grand Final when the Faldo Series Kunming Championship tees off at Lakeview Golf Club in China’s Yunnan Province on January 25-26, 2011.
Played on the award-winning Lakeview course designed by Sir Nick Faldo, the fourth edition of the Kunming Championship is the final qualifying event of a 2010/2011 season that features a record 17 tournaments in 12 different countries across Asia and the Middle East.
With golfers from all across Asia eligible to enter the Kunming Championship, a field of over 50 boys and girls aged 12 to 21 will compete under strict tournament conditions over 36 holes for four places on offer at the fifth Grand Final next March.
With the field in Kunming divided into four age categories, two for boys and two for girls (Under-21 and Under-16), the winners of each category who will qualify for the R&A World Amateur Golf Ranking event hosted by Faldo at Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen, China.
Underwritten by the six-time Major winner himself, the Faldo Series Asia is supported by major partners ISPS, Mission Hills and The R&A, together with official golf wear partner UFL and official equipment supplier TaylorMade. It is endorsed by the Asian Tour and the Asia Pacific Golf Federation (APGC).
Further to the success of the Faldo Series Europe, launched in 1996, the Faldo Series Asia was established in 2006 to help develop the region’s next generation of champions. Over 30 Faldo Series tournaments now take place in more than 25 countries across the UK, Europe, South America, the Middle East and Asia and former winners include Rory McIlroy, Nick Dougherty, Marc Warren, John Parry, Melissa Reid, Florentyna Parker and Yani Tseng, all of whom have since won on Tour.
For details on entry into the fourth Faldo Series Kunming Championship at Lakeview Golf Club on January 25-26, please visit www.lakeview.cn or email stevegong@lakeview.cn. For more information on the Faldo Series visit www.nickfaldo.com or follow the Faldo Series on Facebook.
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