25 Aug 2009

Yang to take on Tiger again

9:56 am on 25 August 2009

PGA Championship winner Yang Yong-eun will renew his rivalry with Tiger Woods on Asian soil in November after confirming his participation at the $7 million HSBC Champions.

The 37-year-old South Korean, who became the first Asian man to win a major by out-duelling world number one Woods in Minnesota will return to Shanghai for the tournament which starts on November 5.

Last year's champion Sergio Garcia of Spain and the world number two Phil Mickelson, who won in 2007, will also return to the course outside China's economic capital.

With Britain's Paul Casey, regular China visitor Henrik Stenson of Sweden, Australian Geoff Ogilvy and American Stewart Cink all signed up, the tournament will boast seven of the current top 10 players in the world.