Garcia and Faldo confirmed for 2003 Johnnie Walker
IN: News | Australasian PGA | Johnnie Walker Classic (2003) | Preview | 22 Oct 2002
World number five Sergio Garcia will join fellow top-10 players Ernie Els and Retief Goosen in a 156-strong field for next year's Johnnie Walker Classic.
Spaniard Garcia, who lost to world number three Els 2 & 1 in the World Match Play final at Wentworth in England last weekend, will be playing in the tournament for the third time.
Tournament organisers said they were hopeful of attracting another top-10 player to the February 2003 event, which was won in late January 2002 by Retief Goosen, the world-ranked four. South African Goosen, the 2001 US Open champion, took the title by eight strokes, despite closing the final round with a 1 (73).
Six-times major champion Nick Faldo, who won the inaugural Johnnie Walker Classic at the Hong Kong Golf Club in 1990, has also confirmed his entry for next February's event.
The AUD$2.85 million tournament, which is tri-sanctioned by the Australasian, European and Asian Tours, will take place at Lake Karrinyup Country Club for the second year in a row.
