Column: Golf's big-money Asian swing is worth the travel

SHANGHAI (AP) — Shadows are rare in Shanghai, so a clear blue sky and abundant sunshine only added to a happy mood Tuesday at the HSBC Champions.

Not that Lucas Glover needed any kind of emotional lift.

Or Pat Perez, for that matter.

They are among 17 players who have shown up for all three weeks of the Asian swing on the PGA Tour. Perez is among six players from that list who was at East Lake for the Tour Championship, which ended two weeks before the CIMB Classic kicked off this stretch in Malaysia. Jhonattan Vegas had it tougher. He made it to the Tour Championship and then played the Presidents Cup, giving him one week off before three events halfway around the world.

Too much golf?

That's one way of looking at it.