SHANGHAI (AP) -- To get a sense of how much the landscape in golf is changing, consider the PGA Tour schedule next year. The Asia swing in October will have as many tournaments as the Florida swing in March.
Perhaps this illustrates the suspicions seven years ago when PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem held a news conference on the final day of the HSBC Champions and whispers filled the room that it was the start of an ''Asian invasion.''
That was the first year the HSBC Champions, billed as ''Asia's major,'' became a World Golf Championship.
The PGA Tour added the CIMB Classic in Malaysia the following year.