More events, bigger purses as PGA China Tour returns

SHANGHAI - Now that the PGA Tour has its first Chinese players, there's reason to believe they won't be the last.

After a one-year hiatus, the PGA Tour China Series will resume in 2018 under a four-year agreement between the PGA Tour and the China Golf Association, with prize money and the number of tournaments increased.

"These will be brand new tournaments, providing players with more opportunity to participate, as well as to establish a route for China's golfers to get onto the world stage of golf," Zhang Xiaoning, president of the CGA, said on Wednesday.