Hong Kong Open (golf)
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The Hong Kong Open is a golf tournament which is co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the European Tour. It was founded in 1959 and has been part of the European Tour's schedule since 2001. The Hong Kong Golf Association, Hong Kong PGA, and Chinese PGA also receive a limited number of exemptions into the tournament for their members.
The tournament is played towards the end of the year and for European Tour purposes it falls into the following season. For example the Hong Kong Open played on the 2-5 December 2004 was part of the European Tour's 2005 season. The bank UBS has signed a four year sponsorship agreement covering the 2005-2008 tournaments. The prize fund was U.S.$1.2 million in 2005 and will be $2 million in 2006. [1]
Well known golfers who have won the tournament include Bernhard Langer, José María Olazábal, Kel Nagle, Greg Norman, Peter Thomson, Tom Watson, Padraig Harrington, Colin Montgomerie, and Ian Woosnam.
[edit] Winners
As a European Tour event.
The first date listed is the year in which the tournament was played and the Asian Tour season which it belonged to. The year in brackets is the European Tour season that it fell into.
- 2006 (2007) José Manuel Lara -
Spain - 2005 (2006) Colin Montgomerie -
Scotland - 2004 (2005) Miguel Angel Jiménez - Spain
- 2003 (2004) Padraig Harrington -
Ireland - 2002 (2003) Fredrik Jacobson -
Sweden - 2001 (2002) José María Olazábal - Spain
Pre sanctioning by the European Tour:
- 2000 Simon Dyson -
England - 1999 Patrik Sjöland - Sweden
- 1998 Kang Wook-soon -
Republic of Korea - 1997 Frank Nobilo -
New Zealand - 1996 Rodrigo Cuello
- 1995 Gary Webb
- 1994 David Frost -
South Africa - 1993 Brian Watts -
Canada / 
United States - 1992 Tom Watson - United States
- 1991 Bernhard Langer -
Germany - 1990 Ken Green - United States
- 1989 Brian Claar
- 1988 Hsieh Chin-sheng
- 1987 Ian Woosnam -
Wales - 1986 Seichi Kanai
- 1985 Mark Aebli
- 1984 Bill Brask
- 1983 Greg Norman -
Australia - 1982 Kurt Cox
- 1981 Chen Tse-ming
- 1980 Kuo Chie-hsiung
- 1979 Greg Norman - Australia
- 1978 Hsieh Min-Nan -
Taiwan - 1977 Hsieh Yung-yo - Taiwan
- 1976 Ho Ming-chung
- 1975 Hsieh Yung-yo - Taiwan
- 1974 Lu Liang-Huan - Taiwan
- 1973 Frank Phillips
- 1972 Walter Godfrey
- 1971 Orville Moody - United States
- 1970 Isao Katsumata -
Japan - 1969 Teruo Sugihara - Japan
- 1968 Randall Vines
- 1967 Peter Thomson - Australia
- 1966 Frank Phillips
- 1965 Peter Thomson - Australia
- 1964 Hsieh Yung-yo - Taiwan
- 1963 Hsieh Yung-yo - Taiwan
- 1962 Len Woodward
- 1961 Kel Nagle - Australia
- 1960 Peter Thomson - Australia
- 1959 Lu Liang-Huan - Taiwan
