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Top Korean tournament joins OneAsia

The OneAsia golf tour has added the South Korean tournament the GS Caltex Maekyung Open to its 2010 schedule, taking the tour to 11 events this year.

Chinese news agency Xinhua reports that the GS Caltex Maekyung Open will take place in Seoul on May 6 to 9. It is the third South Korean event to join the 2010 OneAsia roster, after Seoul Open and the Kolon-Hana Bank Korea Open, both events with $1 million in prize money on offer.

“With OneAsia in 2010, I have confidence that a prestigious golf tournament, Maekyung Open, will become one of the top-level golf events in the world as well as the Asia-Pacific region,” said Chang Dae-whan, chairman of Maekyung.

OneAsia plans to expand to between 17 and 20 events in 2011.