ASIAN TOUR ON THE UP AND UP - ANOTHER NEW EVENT IN MARCH IN THAILAND

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Chiangmai, Thailand: The inaugural Chiangmai Golf Classic will be launched in Thailand in March, 2013 in another positive development which underscores the strength of the Asian Tour as it expands professional golf in the Kingdom and across the region, officials announced today.

The full-field Asian Tour event will be held at the magnificent Alpine Golf Resort-Chiangmai, which is situated in northern Thailand, from March 28-31 and offer a total prize fund of US$750,000.

Organisers will assemble a collection of international stars along with the region’s elite players led by Thai heroes Thongchai Jaidee and Thaworn Wiratchant to grace the Chiangmai Golf Classic.

In conjunction with IMG, who is the event promoter, Asia’s newest showpiece will be broadcast live over four days on the Asian Tour’s global television platform which reaches over 200 countries and 650 million homes. This will ensure the Alpine Golf Resort-Chiangmai and the picturesque city of Chiangmai, which the Asian Tour will visit for the first time, are beamed throughout the world.

The launch of Thailand’s newest tournament will raise the number of Asian Tour events in the country to four, which will boost Thai players’ aspirations to qualify for the Olympic Games in 2016 through the Official World Golf Ranking.