UBS' generosity makes it break rules at HK Open

For golfers, a hole-in-one is a rare stroke of luck. It would have been too for fund-raisers at the UBS Hong Kong Open, thanks to an offer from the sponsor to donate US$20,000 to Operation Santa Claus if the feat was achieved on the 15th hole.

But although no player nailed a hole-in-one at the Hong Kong Golf Club tournament in Fanling this year, the generosity of the Swiss bank overrode the rules and UBS went ahead with its donation to OSC.

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