Volvo China Open returns to Asian Tour as International Series event; Vu added to stellar field for Aramco Team Series
- The Open will be played at Shenzhen’s Hidden Grace Golf Club from November 2nd to 5th
- World No 2 and double major winner Lilia Vu added to field for ATS event in Hong Kong next month
The Volvo China Open will return in November as the eighth stop in the International Series.
Taking place at Shenzhen’s Hidden Grace Golf Club the week before the Hong Kong Open, the China tournament completes the 10 elevated events planned for this season.
It will be the first time the Asian Tour has been to mainland China since 2019, when it co-sanctioned the tournament with the then European Tour. During Covid the event took place in 2020 and 2021 as part of the domestic tour, when it was won by Zhang Huilin and Zhang Jin, respectively.
The longest running professional golf tournament on the mainland, the Open is also scheduled to be played in May next year as part of the DP World Tour’s season.
“The Volvo China Open is a pioneering event that has made outstanding contributions to the development of golf in our country,” Zhang Xiaoning, president of the China Golf Association,” said.
“This year will be no exception as the tournament has been upgraded to a stop on the International Series, and it will play a key role in preparations for the Paris Olympics after the Hangzhou Asian Games which we are now focusing on.”
The next stop in the series is in Singapore during the first week in October, while the final event of the year will be in Indonesia, the week after the Hong Kong Open, which runs from November 9th to 12th.
