Tour set for exciting start

A first prize of more than £475,000 (€703,427) and the presence of Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh gives the new European Tour season a flying start in Shanghai this week.

The HSBC Champions tournament is the richest golf event staged in Asia, and Woods, Singh and Padraig Harrington have all flown straight from the Tour Championship in America to be part of the 75-strong field.