Organisers of the UBS Hong Kong Open hailed next week's field as the strongest in the tournament's 51-year history as major winners Mark O'Meara and Ben Curtis joined the stellar cast.
Forty of Europe's top 60 players and the top 10 from the Asian Tour will compete at Hong Kong Golf Club as UBS ends its five-year sponsorship with a bang.
Americans O'Meara and Curtis will join world number four Paul Casey and number five Lee Westwood and Asia's first major winner, Yang Yong-eun, at the US$2.5 million event.
'It is, far and away, the best field ever seen in Hong Kong,' said Martin Capstick, managing director of tournament promoter Parallel Media Group.
'The latest player confirmations, together with those already unveiled, mean we have 14 of the world's top 50, according to the Official World Golf Ranking, which is unprecedented.
'We have 40 of the leading 60 players in the European Tour's Race To Dubai - including four of the top six - and all the top 10 in the Asian Tour's Order of Merit,' Capstick said.
