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SHANGHAI, April 12 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/

The JOHNNIE WALKER CLASSIC, which is presented by JOHNNIE WALKER, the
world’s leading deluxe Scotch whisky, is attracting some of the best golfers in
the world to Beijing next week. Playing in Asia Pacific’s premier golf
tournament, taking place in the People’s Republic of China for the very first
time, will be: World #3 ERNIE ELS and RETIEF GOOSEN, the world #5, both from
South Africa; Spain’s SERGIO GARCIA, the world #8; ADAM SCOTT from Australia,
the world #10; Englishman LUKE DONALD, world #16 and the defending champion and
world #18 MIGUEL ANGEL JIMENEZ from Spain.

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Joining them in the star studded 156 player starting field will be the
Chinese #1, ZHANG LIAN WEI; the Korean #1, K J CHOI’ the Danish #1, THOMAS
BJORN; Scottish #1, Ryder Cup hero and seven time winner of the European Tour
Order of Merit, COLIN MONTGOMERIE; the Thai #1 THONGCHAI JAIDEE; Indian #1,
JYOTI RANDHAWA; Singapore’s #1, MARDAN MAMAT; Philippine’s legendary FRANKIE
MINOZA; Six time ‘Major’ winner and two time JOHNNIE WALKER CLASSIC winner,
NICK FALDO from England; Past winner MICHAEL CAMPBELL, from New Zealand;
England’s rising star PAUL CASEY, ranked 35 in the world and past US Masters
Champion, and the previous world #1, IAN WOOSNAM, the 1996 Johnnie Walker
Classic champion who recently was confirmed as captain of the 2006 European
Ryder Cup Team.

In all, there will be players from 25 countries playing in the JOHNNIE
WALKER CLASSIC, April 21-24, at the prestigious Pine Valley Golf Resort &
Country Club.

Commenting on the outstanding quality of the players assembling in Beijing
next week, Johnnie Walker Global Brand Director, Ben Anderson said: "Next week
is going to be a highlight of the social and sporting calendar for Beijing as
the strongest field of golfers ever to travel to China assemble to battle it
out at our great tournament. We warmly welcome all of the players and look
forward to some inspiring performances."

The JOHNNIE WALKER CLASSIC is jointly owned and proudly presented by
JOHNNIE WALKER and IMG and is jointly sanctioned by the European, Asian and
Australasian Tours and by the China Golf Association.

All four days action from Pine Valley will be broadcast live on CCTV5 in
China, and in major markets around the world including the USA, UK and Europe,
Japan, Australia and South Africa. More information is available on
http://www.johnniewalkerclassic.com .

Four-day tickets are available from Emma Ticket at the golf course, through
their outlets in Beijing or by calling 6775-6666, press 2 or 8778-1377. Visit
http://www.emma.cn for more information.

To learn more about the 2005 JOHNNIE WALKER CLASSIC, please contact
Burson-Marsteller at:

Holly Hu - Shanghai
Tel: +86-21-5403-2121 ext. 171
Fax: +86-21-5403-8589
Mobile: +86-13761683747
Email: holly_hu@sh.bm.com

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