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CRANS-SUR-SIERRE, Switzerland -- The European Masters will be co-sanctioned by the European and Asian Tours next year, the first golf tournament on European soil to be co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour.

 

The move, announced Friday, is a partial response to the development of the FedEx Cup on the PGA Tour, which has cut into the quality of the field at the tournament this week.

"The FedEx Cup is one of the constant challenges faced by all the Tours and players. We are staking a claim to being an international tour," said Keith Waters, director of international policy for the European Tour.