Hong Kong, December 13: Ian Woosnam, Constantino Rocca, Paul Lawrie and defending champion Patrick Sjoland are the star golfers here to participate in the Omega Hong Kong Open, which will be played at the Hong Kong Golf Course at Fanling from tomorrow.That is if the weather let's up. The course was closed for a while yesterday morning due to the incessant rain that has been falling since Monday night. This morning the Pro-Am competition was cancelled after an attempt at playing a couple of holes in the rain and cold conditions.The event marks the conclusion of the 2000 season on the Asian PGA tour and it will also determine the winner of the Davidoff Order of Merit. While Yeh Wei-tze has maintained his lead, which he gained after winning the Malaysian Open, a co-sanctioned event between the European and Asian tour. He continued to lead the Order of Merit till the first week of November when England's Simon Dyson took over after a second place finish at the Hero Honda Masters in Gurgaon. But Yeh, a tough contender immediately reclaimed his lead after a second place finish at the Star Alliance Open at the Clearwater Bay in Hong Kong.This week, he will be challenged by India's Jyoti Randhawa, who achieved his ambition of a victory last week and Simon Dyson, who has been close to winning the coveted title all year.Also in the fray are Arjun Atwal and Craig Kamps who have a chance of winning the title and maybe the Order of Merit. Amongst the other Indians, Amandeep Johl, who had a creditable third place finish last week, Vivek Bhandari, Amritinder Singh, Uttam Singh Mundy, Digvijay Singh and Amit Dube will be participating in this event. Indrajit Bhalotia, who played in the Singapore Open last week and was among those who played over the weekend and was scheduled to play here, had to leave after injuring his hand.
