Clearwater Bay Open offering record purse

In addition to offering the biggest prize pool ever for a PGA Tour-Series China event, next month's 2 million yuan (about $292,000) Clearwater Bay Open will raise the Hong Kong tournament's importance in determining the tour's final order of merit and places on the 2019 Web.com Tour.

The Clearwater Bay Open will be played at Clearwater Bay Golf and Country Club from Oct 11-14, wrapping up the tour's 14-event season on the heels of the Macao Championship (Sept 27-30) and Zhuhai Championship (Oct 4-7).

The tour held 12 events in both 2014 and 2015, and 13 in 2016, with all events offering 1.2 million yuan prize money.