Thai golf tourney shifted to Phuket to help tourism rebound

Thai golf tourney shifted to Phuket to help tourism rebound: "The Thailand Golf Association is moving the venue of its Thailand Open tournament this March to tsunami-stricken Phuket in an attempt to benefit the area's ailing tourist industry.
'We would like to let foreigners know that now Phuket is safe,' a TGA spokeswoman said Thursday on behalf of the tournament's chairman, Sompong Dowspiset.
The association decided to change the location to Phuket about a week after the Dec. 26 tsunami. The March 3-6 tournament had originally been scheduled for Pattaya, another resort area, on Thailand's eastern seaboard. "