Liao confident of big finish at Omega Championship

Liao Guiming, Li Chao and Chinese Taipei's Hsu Mong-nan and Chan Yih-shin are among the pre-tournament favorites at this week's Omega Championship in Beijing, the Omega China Tour's season-ending event.

The purse of 1 million yuan ($146,000) is the biggest ever on the Omega China Tour.

Liao, 31, is looking to win his first Omega Order of Merit title and currently leads the list with 360,750 yuan. Third-placed Li, winner of this year's Dell Championship in Xiamen, is the only player who can leapfrog Liao, as second-placed Zhang Lianwei is not playing in Beijing.