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Asian golf's turf war puts off HSBC
The political turf war between the Asian Tour and rival OneAsia has created a messy environment that has ruled out the involvement of global golf sponsor HSBC, the bank's head of sponsorship Giles Morgan said. The two golf circuits have been at loggerheads since OneAsia's inception in 2009, with tournaments swapping hands and the Asian Tour fining their members who competed in their rival's events. "We absolutely support that we would want to see a clear hierarchy for golf in Asia, there is so much potential and growth here, but I don't want to be involved in it, no," Morgan said yesterday ahead of the HSBC Women's Champions event, which starts tomorrow. "In this part of the world, it hasn't always been politically plain sailing in golf. We sit above it, so that is not an issue for us." The bank, which said last year that it was not interested in sponsoring the troubled Hong Kong Open, has as it flagship Shanghai's WGC HSBC Champions event, which is run by the International Federation of PGA Tours. "That is why we were delighted to be a World Golf Championship event, the reason we absolutely mandated that," Morgan said. However, last year's tournament did not feature the sport's two top-ranked players, Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods, who opted to compete in a lucrative head-to-head duel elsewhere in China. Morgan described the snub as "disappointing", but was confident that the new three-year contract extension they had signed would help to avoid a repeat scenario. Reuters
 
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The political turf war between the Asian Tour and rival OneAsia has created a messy environment that has ruled out the involvement of global golf sponsor HSBC, the bank's head of sponsorship Giles Morgan said. 


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