Competitive field primed for Haikou shootout

Jeffrey Kang narrowly leads fellow American Charlie Saxon in the PGA Tour Series-China order of merit standings as the circuit swings into Hainan Island for this week's Haikou Championship at Sunac Haikou 3KM Golf.

Kang earned his card for this season by winning International Qualifying Tournament No 1 in Haikou in February and then claimed the season-opening Chengdu Championship in Sichuan province in March to win 270,000 yuan ($42,400).

China's Cao Yi also won 270,000 yuan after beating England's William Harrold in a playoff at the following week's Chengdu Championship - where Kang missed the cut - to move to the top of the money list with 277,050 yuan. Harrold was just behind Cao with 274,000 yuan, having shared second place in Chengdu.