Singapore Open (golf)

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The Singapore Open is an Asian Tour golf tournament. It was founded in 1961 and was staged annually until 2001, when it was won by Thaworn Wiratchant. It was then cancelled for lack of sponsorship. Other winners in the years leading up to this included American Shaun Micheel in 1998, who went on to win the 2003 PGA Championship.

The Singapore Golf Association initially hoped to revive the event after skipping only one year, but the tournament was not resuscitated until 2005, when sponsorship was secured from the Sentosa Leisure Group. The 2005 prize fund was $2 million which made the Singapore Open by far the richest tournament exclusive to the Asian Tour, that is not co-sanctioned by the European Tour, a status it has retained through 2007. Asian Tour chief executive Louis Martin claimed when the revival of the tournament was announced, "Competing for a prize purse of two million US dollars will give our playing membership a huge boost and elevate the Asian Tour to a new level." The 2005 event was played in September.

The 2006 Singapore Open offered a purse of US$3 million with a winner's share of US$475,000. In May 2006 it was announced that Barclays Bank would sponsor the event for five years from 2006 and that the prize fund will be increased to US$4 million in 2007 and US$5 million in 2008.[1]

[edit] Winners

[edit] Photos

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  • Ernie Els tees off on the 2nd hole on the Serapong course at Sentosa Golf Club, Singapore in Round 1 of the 2007 Singapore Open. Angel Cabrera (who went on to win the 2007 event) looks on from the left. (Photo: M Hamilton, Australia)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Barclays Take up Title Sponsorship of the Singapore Open, asiantour.com, 23 May 2006.

[edit] See also

  • Singapore Masters - a golf tournament which is co-sanctioned by the Asian and European Tours

[edit] External links

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Tournaments in playing order

Emaar-MGF Indian Masters( E) · Indonesia Open (E) · SAIL Open Golf Championship at Jaypee Greens · Johnnie Walker Classic (A,E) · Maybank Malaysian Open (E) · Ballantine's Championship (E) · Asian Tour International · Philippine Open · Volvo China Open (E) · BMW Asian Open (E) · GS Caltex Maekyung Open · Pine Valley Beijing Open (J) · Bangkok Airways Open · Indonesian President Invitational · Brunei Open · Mercuries Taiwan Masters · Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open (J) · Korea Open · Hero Honda Indian Open · Midea China Classic · Macau Open · Barclays Singapore Open · HSBC Champions (A,E,S) · Hong Kong Open (E) · Vietnam Masters · Cambodian Open · Volvo Masters of Asia

(A) - co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia. (E) - co-sanctioned by the European Tour. (J) - co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour. (S) - co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour.