Asian Tour players to boycott OneAsia events - tour chief

Asian Tour players will boycott tournaments sanctioned by the new OneAsia circuit, tour chief Kyi Hla Han said on Thursday, raising the stakes in the furious row over the future of professional golf in the region.

Han described the new tour, which aims to build an elite circuit in the Asia-Pacific to rival the dominant US and European tours, as an Australian "invasion" of Asia and said his players would have nothing to do with it. "Our players, including our Australian members, are united and will not compete in OneAsia events," the Asian Tour's executive chairman told Reuters by e-mail.

"We have had player meetings as recently as Tuesday this week and they are unanimous in agreeing to not play in OneAsia events.