The LPGA Tour will come to China later on this year as the date for a new $1. 8 million (£910,000) tournament has been confirmed.
According to reports, the Grand Air China is set to attract the cream of women's golf from October 24th to 26th at the Hainan West Coast Golf Club in Haikou.
Former Women's British Open champion Karen Stupples has pointed to the benefits working out regularly is bringing to players on the women's tour.
Talking to New Jersey's Star-Ledger newspaper, Kent-born Stupples, who fell in love with the game caddying for her father around Sandwich, pointed to the fitness of former world number one Annika Sorenstam as a major factor which persuaded her to spend more time in the gym.
Former women's world number one Anika Sorenstam has signalled her intention to retire from the game at the end of this season.
The Swede - who has cleaned up on the ladies' circuit over the past 15 years, winning 72 tournaments including ten majors - has cited family and business interests as reasons to call it quits.
