Hong Kong Open (golf)

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Hong Kong Open
Tournament information
Location Flag of the People's Republic of China Sheung Shui, New Territories
Established 1959
Course(s) Hong Kong Golf Club
Par 70
Yardage 6,703
Tour(s) European Tour
Asian Tour
Format Stroke play
Purse $2,000,000
Month Played November
Tournament record score
Aggregate 260 Fredrik Jacobson (2003)*
To-par -22 José María Olazábal (2002)*

*These records only date back to 2001 when this tournament became a European Tour event.

Current champion
Miguel Ángel Jiménez

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 was $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] Venue

The current UBS Hong Kong Open plays at The Hong Kong Golf Club in Sheung Shui, New Territories.

[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.

Pre sanctioning by the European Tour:

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