Singapore:
Two-time Masters champion Phil Mickelson will play next month's $5 million Barclays Singapore Open next month, the richest national championship in Asia, organizers announced on Wednesday.
Mickelson, who won the U.S. PGA's Tour Championship event on the weekend with a final round 65 and a three-shot win over Tiger Woods, will join other major winners Padraig Harrington and Ernie Els in the October 29-Nov. 1 tournament.
Els finished second here last year to India's Jeev Milkha Singh.
It will be Mickelson's third trip to the tournament, having finished ninth last year.
The Singapore Open, co-sanctioned by the Asian and European tours, will be the first of two tournaments the No. 2-ranked Mickelson will play in Asia in two weeks. He will join Woods at the World Golf Championship event at Shanghai, China the following week.
Mickelson, who won the U.S. PGA's Tour Championship event on the weekend with a final round 65 and a three-shot win over Tiger Woods, will join other major winners Padraig Harrington and Ernie Els in the October 29-Nov. 1 tournament.
Els finished second here last year to India's Jeev Milkha Singh.
It will be Mickelson's third trip to the tournament, having finished ninth last year.
The Singapore Open, co-sanctioned by the Asian and European tours, will be the first of two tournaments the No. 2-ranked Mickelson will play in Asia in two weeks. He will join Woods at the World Golf Championship event at Shanghai, China the following week.
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