The Iskandar Johor Open (IJO), tees off at the Royal Johor Country Club on Oct 22 with an impressive cast of leading players battling for US$1 million, one of the country’s richest tournament purses.

“We’re very excited at the line up of players and with less than three weeks before the tournament we’re seeing a very strong line up of Asian Tour players expected to make their presence felt in the Iskandar Johor Open 2009.

“With the return of Retief Goosen and last year’s runner up Thaworn Wiratchant and K.J. Choi playing in Malaysia for the first time – among the world’s finest players -, we’re sure that this year’s US$1 million prize will be an even more hotly contested one!” said Manjit Majid Abdullah, organizing secretary of the Iskandar Johor Open.

The IJO is sanctioned by the Asian Tour, the Johor Golf Association and the Malaysian Golf Association and is supported by the Johor State Government.

Among the other players already confirmed for this year’s record breaking tournament are:
· Noh Sueng Yul
· Iain Steel
· Lam Chih Bing
· Rhys Davies
· Gaganjeet Bhullar
· Chinnarat Phadungsil
· Thaworn Wiratchant

News adopted from nst.com.my.

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