Here's the stellar field for this event http://146.145.120.3/default.asp?c=t...stat/field.htm

You can lament about the lack of Americans all you want, but it's half way around the world, the PGA Tour season just ended, and other than a handful of recognizable players who are these guys? I tend to believe that appearance money and the fact that this is the first event of the European Tour's 2006 schedule is the only reason most of those recognizable names are even there.

I'm not making excuses for the American pros but let's be real here. If you were in their shoes would you fly to China? While I'm at it......there's more than a few stars from the European Tour that made the same choice as the Americans.