Warren gets chance in China

Scotland’s Marc Warren will find himself playing alongside the world’s top golfers next month after booking his place in the HSBC Champions Tournament in China by winning the 2005 Challenge Tour.

The 24-year-old topped the European Tour’s second-tier competition after the season-ending event in Italy at the weekend and that feat has earned him the right to join the field at the Sheshan International Golf Club in Shanghai, which includes world number one Tiger Woods.