Qatar Masters

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Tournament information
Qatar Masters

Location	Doha, Qatar
Established	1998
Course(s)	Doha Golf Club
Par	72
Yardage	7,110
Tour(s)	European Tour Asian Tour
Format	Stroke play
Purse	$2,500,000
Month Played	January
Tournament record scores
Aggregate	268 Paul Lawrie (1999) 268 Adam Scott (2008)
To-par	-20 Paul Lawrie (1999) -20 Adam Scott (2008)
Current champion
Adam Scott

The Qatar Masters, is a golf tournament held at the Doha Golf Club in Doha, Qatar. The tournament was established in 1998, and is one of three European Tour golf tournaments which are staged in the countries of the Persian Gulf, the others being the Dubai Desert Classic and the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship. From 2005 to 2007 the tournament was co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour.

The tournament had modest fields in its early years. In 2005 Ernie Els, one of the biggest stars in golf, was the only player in the world Top 50 to take part, for which he acknowledged receiving a large appearance fee. After finishing the first round in a tie for 81^st place, he surged through the field over the next three days to win the tournament. By 2007 the tournament had one of the strongest fields on the European Tour, with 48 world ranking points for the winner. In 2008 the prize fund is USD 2.5 million.

The tournament holds the European Tour record for the fewest number of shots between the halfway leaders (-6) and the cut mark (-1) – five shots in 2004.

[edit] Winners

Year	Winner	Country
2008	Adam Scott	Australia
2007	Retief Goosen	South Africa
2006	Henrik Stenson	Sweden
2005	Ernie Els	South Africa
2004	Joakim Haeggman	Sweden
2003	Darren Fichardt	South Africa
2002	Adam Scott	Australia
2001	Tony Johnstone	Zimbabwe
2000	Rolf Muntz	Netherlands
1999	Paul Lawrie	Scotland
1998	Andrew Coltart	Scotland