Battle For The World: PGA Tour Adding South Korea Tourney

AP's Doug Ferguson, working with additional information from Yonhap News Agency, reports on the new event joining the 2017 PGA Tour schedule.

With a $7 million purse sponsored by the CJ Group, this will give the tour three weeks in Asia and nearly a month of its calendar outside the continental United States.

The event in South Korea would give players an easier option of playing two weeks if they are eligible for the World Golf Championship in Shanghai. Instead of an overnight flight from Kuala Lumpur, the flight from Korea is just over two hours across the Yellow Sea.

The details will be announced Monday, but the PGA Tour bolsters the two events already in Asia while also further signaling to the European Tour a continued willingness to expand outside the United States.