SEOUL: Ballantine's Championship organisers have given assurances that this week's event in South Korea will go ahead after two of its biggest stars withdrew over fears of conflict with North Korea.
America's Zach Johnson, the 2007 Masters champion, and Dustin Johnson, the world number 19, pulled out over "perceived unrest on the Korean peninsula" following weeks of military tensions between Seoul and nuclear-armed Pyongyang.
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