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Europe’s best golfers are about to get even richer with the announcement of a £10 million event in Dubai.

The new date in Dubai will round off the European Tour’s calendar of events for the 2009 season and will dish out £5 million in prize money for the event itself and another £5 million to the highest ranked players on the Tour for the season.  

Golf’s most famous tournaments, the Open and the Masters, carry prestige but their monetary value – with prize funds of £4.2m and £3.46m respectively – falls short of what will be on offer in Dubai.  The organisers hope it will be enough to attract the attention of the world’s best. 

The tournament is backed by the government of Dubai, which hopes golf will help establish it as the world’s premier tourist destination. Tiger Woods is a fixture at the Dubai Desert Classic every February and has been paid a reported £20m after agreeing to make Dubai the site of his first course design.The hope is he will make the trip for the new event too.

 

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