Sang Lee International Open
- Sang Lee International Open
The Sang Lee International Open is a three-cushion billiards tournament held in Flushing, New York. The event is is sanctioned the Union Mondiale de Billard and the United States Billiard Association. It is named after Sang Lee, a Korean American player whose goal was to spread his principles as a player and restore the popularity of carom billiards in the United States. One year after he died in 2004, promoters held the tournament in tribute to him. As of 2008, the total purse of the event is $125K with the victor taking home $25K.
The inaugural event (2005) was won by Sweden's Torbjörn Blomdahl. The 2006 and 2007 editions were both dominated by Frédéric Caudron of Belgium. [cite web
url=http://www.azbilliards.com/2000storya.php?id=3725
title=Frederic Caudron is Champion at the 2006 Sang Lee International Open
publisher=AzBilliards.com
accessdate=2008-08-10] [cite web
url=http://www.azbilliards.com/2000storya.php?id=4591
title=Caudron Comes From Behind To Defend Title
publisher=AzBilliards.com
accessdate=2008-08-10] Roland Forthomme, also from Belgium, won it in 2008. [cite web
url=http://www.azbilliards.com/2000storya.php?storynum=5531
title=Roland Forthomme wins Sang Lee International Open
publisher=AzBilliards.com
accessdate=2008-08-10]
References
External links
* [http://www.sangleeinternational.com/ Sang Lee International Tournament Official Site]
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