Singapore Open (golf)

SMBC Singapore Open
Tournament information
Location	Singapore
Established	1961
Course(s)	Sentosa Golf Club; (Serapong Course)
Par	71
Length	7,403 yards (6,769 m)
Tour(s)	European Tour; Japan Golf Tour; Asian Tour; PGA Tour of Australasia; Asia Golf Circuit
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$1,250,000
Month played	January
Final year	2022
Tournament record score
Aggregate	266 Jazz Janewattananond (2019); 266 Matt Kuchar (2020)
To par	−18 as above
Final champion
	Sadom Kaewkanjana
Location map
	Sentosa GC Location in Singapore

The Singapore Open was a golf tournament in Singapore that was predominantly part of the Asian Tour schedule. The event was held at Sentosa Golf Club since 2005 and since 2017 had been part of the Open Qualifying Series, giving up to four non-exempt players entry into The Open Championship.

The Singapore Open was founded in 1961 and was one of the tournaments on the first season of the Far East Circuit (later the Asia Golf Circuit) the following year.^[1] It remained part of the Asia circuit until 1993 when it became a fixture on the Australasian Tour.^[2] After just 3 seasons, it left the Australasian Tour to join the fledgling Asian Tour for that tour's second season in 1996.^[3] The event was also co-sanctioned with the European Tour from 2009 to 2012, and with the Japan Golf Tour since 2016.

History

The Singapore Open was founded in 1961^[4] and was staged annually until 2001, when it was won by Thaworn Wiratchant. Other winners in the years leading up to this included American Shaun Micheel in 1998, who went on to win the 2003 PGA Championship. Other notable winners of the event who went on to win majors, include Ángel Cabrera, Adam Scott and Sergio García.

In 2002 the event was cancelled because of lack of sponsorship. It was not revived 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 was not co-sanctioned by the European Tour, a status it retained until the European Tour first co-sanctioned the event in 2009. 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.^[5] In 2011, the purse was US$6,000,000. The 2013 edition was cancelled due to lack of sponsorship.^[6]

After a three-year absence, the tournament returned in January 2016. The event was co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and Japan Golf Tour.^[7] Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation also became the new title sponsor of the event. Song Young-han won the revived event, beating current world number one Jordan Spieth by one shot in the weather-delayed event.^[8]

Matt Kuchar won the 2020 event, beating Justin Rose by three shots.^[9]

The tournament was not played in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[10]

Venues

The following venues have been used since the founding of the Singapore Open in 1961.

Venue	First	Last	Times
Singapore Island Country Club	1961	2000	28
Royal Singapore Golf Club	1962	1962	1
Tanah Merah Country Club	1988	1994	5
Laguna National Golf and Country Club	1996	1996	1
Jurong Country Club	1997	2001	2
Safra Resort	1998	1998	1
Orchid Country Club	1999	1999	1
Sentosa Golf Club	2005	2022	14

Winners

Year	Tour(s)^[a]	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue	Ref.
SMBC Singapore Open
2022	ASA, JPN^[b]	Sadom Kaewkanjana	271	−13	3 strokes	Yuto Katsuragawa Tom Kim	Sentosa
2021: No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020	ASA, JPN	Matt Kuchar	266	−18	3 strokes	Justin Rose	Sentosa
2019	ASA, JPN	Jazz Janewattananond	266	−18	2 strokes	Paul Casey Yoshinori Fujimoto	Sentosa
2018	ASA, JPN	Sergio García	270	−14	5 strokes	Satoshi Kodaira Shaun Norris	Sentosa
2017	ASA, JPN	Prayad Marksaeng	275	−9	1 stroke	Phachara Khongwatmai Jbe' Kruger Juvic Pagunsan Song Young-han	Sentosa
2016	ASA, JPN	Song Young-han	272	−12	1 stroke	Jordan Spieth	Sentosa
2013–2015: No tournament
Barclays Singapore Open
2012	ASA, EUR	Matteo Manassero	271	−13	Playoff	Louis Oosthuizen	Sentosa
2011	ASA, EUR	Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño	199^[c]	−14	Playoff	Juvic Pagunsan	Sentosa
2010	ASA, EUR	Adam Scott (3)	267	−17	3 strokes	Anders Hansen	Sentosa
2009	ASA, EUR	Ian Poulter	274	−10	1 stroke	Liang Wenchong	Sentosa
2008	ASA	Jeev Milkha Singh	277	−7	1 stroke	Pádraig Harrington Ernie Els	Sentosa
2007	ASA	Ángel Cabrera	276	−8	1 stroke	Vijay Singh	Sentosa
2006	ASA	Adam Scott (2)	205^[c]	−8	Playoff	Ernie Els	Sentosa
2005	ASA	Adam Scott	271	−13	7 strokes	Lee Westwood	Sentosa
2002–2004: No tournament
Alcatel Singapore Open
2001	ASA	Thaworn Wiratchant	272	−16	1 stroke	Hsieh Yu-shu	Jurong	^[11]
Singapore Open
2000	ASA	Jyoti Randhawa	268	−20	3 strokes	Hendrik Buhrmann	Singapore Island (Island Course)
Nokia Singapore Open
1999	ASA	Kenny Druce	276	−12	Playoff	Desvonde Botes	Orchid
Ericsson Singapore Open
1998	ASA	Shaun Micheel	272	−16	2 strokes	Hendrik Buhrmann	Safra
SingTel Ericsson Singapore Open
1997	ASA	Zaw Moe	277	−11	3 strokes	Fran Quinn	Jurong
Canon Singapore Open
1996	ASA	John Kernohan	285	−3	1 stroke	Darren Cole Craig Kamps Brad King Peter Lonard Robert Willis	Laguna National
Epson Singapore Open
1995	ANZ	Steven Conran	270	−14	3 strokes	Andrew Bonhomme	Singapore Island	^[12]
1994	ANZ	Kyi Hla Han	275	−13	1 stroke	Wayne Grady	Tanah Merah	^[13]
1993	ANZ	Paul Moloney	276	−12	1 stroke	Richard Green	Tanah Merah	^[14]
1992	AGC	Bill Israelson	267	−17	6 strokes	Frankie Miñoza	Singapore Island	^[15]
1991	AGC	Jack Kay Jr.	280	−8	2 strokes	Wayne Riley	Tanah Merah	^[16]
1990	AGC	Antolin Fernando	273	−11	Playoff	Frankie Miñoza	Singapore Island
Singapore Open
1989	AGC	Lu Chien-soon (2)	277	−7	1 stroke	Carlos Espinosa	Tanah Merah	^[17]
1988	AGC	Greg Bruckner	281	−7	1 stroke	Chung Chun-hsing	Tanah Merah	^[18]
1987	AGC	Peter Fowler	274	−10	Playoff	Hsu Sheng-san Jeff Maggert	Singapore Island	^[19]
1986	AGC	Greg Turner	271	−13	4 strokes	Tony Grimes Duffy Waldorf	Singapore Island	^[20]
1985	AGC	Chen Tze-ming	274	−10	Playoff	Greg Turner	Singapore Island	^[21]
1984	AGC	Tom Sieckmann	274	−10	2 strokes	Terry Gale Kyi Hla Han Bill Israelson	Singapore Island	^[22]
1983	AGC	Lu Chien-soon	279	−5	Playoff	Bill Brask	Singapore Island	^[23]
1982	AGC	Hsu Sheng-san	274	−10	5 strokes	Terry Gale	Singapore Island	^[24]
1981	AGC	Mya Aye	273	−11	2 strokes	Lu Hsi-chuen	Singapore Island	^[25]
1980	AGC	Kurt Cox	276	−8	1 stroke	Mya Aye Hsu Sheng-san	Singapore Island	^[26]^[27]
1979	AGC	Lu Hsi-chuen	280	−4	Playoff	Hsu Sheng-san	Singapore Island	^[28]
1978	AGC	Terry Gale	278	−6	1 stroke	Mya Aye	Singapore Island	^[29]
1977	AGC	Hsu Chi-san	277	−7	1 stroke	Ben Arda Mya Aye	Singapore Island	^[30]
1976	AGC	Kesahiko Uchida	273	−11	2 strokes	Ben Arda	Singapore Island	^[31]
1975	AGC	Yutaka Suzuki	284	−4	1 stroke	Hsieh Min-Nan Kuo Chie-Hsiung	Singapore Island (New Course)	^[32]
1974	AGC	Eleuterio Nival	275	−9	4 strokes	Hsieh Yung-yo	Singapore Island	^[33]
1973	AGC	Ben Arda (2)	284	E	Playoff	Norman Wood	Singapore Island	^[34]
1972	AGC	Takaaki Kono	279	−9	4 strokes	Takashi Murakami	Singapore Island (New Course)	^[35]
1971	AGC	Haruo Yasuda	277	−7	2 strokes	Takaaki Kono Peter Thomson	Singapore Island	^[36]
1970	AGC	Hsieh Yung-yo (2)	276	−8	2 strokes	David Graham Haruo Yasuda	Singapore Island	^[37]
1969	AGC	Tomio Kamata	278	−6	Playoff	David Graham Guy Wolstenholme	Singapore Island	^[38]
1968	AGC	Hsieh Yung-yo	275	−9	6 strokes	Han Chang-sang Kenji Hosoishi	Singapore Island	^[39]
1967	FEC	Ben Arda	282	−2	Playoff	Hideyo Sugimoto	Singapore Island	^[40]
1966	FEC	Ross Newdick	284	E	Playoff	Lu Liang-Huan George Will	Singapore Island	^[41]
1965	FEC	Frank Phillips (2)	279	−13	2 strokes	Tadashi Kitta	Singapore Island	^[42]
1964	FEC	Ted Ball	291	−1	1 stroke	Eric Cremin Tadashi Kitta	Singapore Island	^[43]
1963	FEC	Alan Brookes	276	−16	7 strokes	Tomoo Ishii	Singapore Island	^[44]
1962	FEC	Brian Wilkes	283	−9	2 strokes	Haruyoshi Kobari	Royal Singapore	^[45]
1961		Frank Phillips	275		8 strokes	Darrell Welch	Singapore Island	^[46]

Notes

References

External links

1°18′N 103°48′E / 1.3°N 103.8°E / 1.3; 103.8

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