Singapore Open (golf)

SMBC Singapore Open
Tournament information
LocationSingapore
Established1961
Course(s)Sentosa Golf Club
(Serapong Course)
Par71
Length7,403 yards (6,769 m)
Tour(s)European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Asian Tour
PGA Tour of Australasia
Asia Golf Circuit
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$1,250,000
Month playedJanuary
Final year2022
Tournament record score
Aggregate266 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. It remained part of the Asia circuit until 1993 when it became a fixture on the Australasian Tour. After just 3 seasons, it left the Australasian Tour to join the fledgling Asian Tour for that tour's second season in 1996. 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 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. In 2011, the purse was US$6,000,000. The 2013 edition was cancelled due to lack of sponsorship.

After a three-year absence, the tournament returned in January 2016. The event was co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and Japan Golf Tour. 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.

Matt Kuchar won the 2020 event, beating Justin Rose by three shots.

The tournament was not played in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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) Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Venue Ref.
SMBC Singapore Open
2022 ASA, JPN 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 −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 −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
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
1994 ANZ Kyi Hla Han 275 −13 1 stroke Wayne Grady Tanah Merah
1993 ANZ Paul Moloney 276 −12 1 stroke Richard Green Tanah Merah
1992 AGC Bill Israelson 267 −17 6 strokes Frankie Miñoza Singapore Island
1991 AGC Jack Kay Jr. 280 −8 2 strokes Wayne Riley Tanah Merah
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
1988 AGC Greg Bruckner 281 −7 1 stroke Chung Chun-hsing Tanah Merah
1987 AGC Peter Fowler 274 −10 Playoff Hsu Sheng-san
Jeff Maggert		 Singapore Island
1986 AGC Greg Turner 271 −13 4 strokes Tony Grimes
Duffy Waldorf		 Singapore Island
1985 AGC Chen Tze-ming 274 −10 Playoff Greg Turner Singapore Island
1984 AGC Tom Sieckmann 274 −10 2 strokes Terry Gale
Kyi Hla Han
Bill Israelson		 Singapore Island
1983 AGC Lu Chien-soon 279 −5 Playoff Bill Brask Singapore Island
1982 AGC Hsu Sheng-san 274 −10 5 strokes Terry Gale Singapore Island
1981 AGC Mya Aye 273 −11 2 strokes Lu Hsi-chuen Singapore Island
1980 AGC Kurt Cox 276 −8 1 stroke Mya Aye
Hsu Sheng-san		 Singapore Island
1979 AGC Lu Hsi-chuen 280 −4 Playoff Hsu Sheng-san Singapore Island
1978 AGC Terry Gale 278 −6 1 stroke Mya Aye Singapore Island
1977 AGC Hsu Chi-san 277 −7 1 stroke Ben Arda
Mya Aye		 Singapore Island
1976 AGC Kesahiko Uchida 273 −11 2 strokes Ben Arda Singapore Island
1975 AGC Yutaka Suzuki 284 −4 1 stroke Hsieh Min-Nan
Kuo Chie-Hsiung		 Singapore Island
(New Course)
1974 AGC Eleuterio Nival 275 −9 4 strokes Hsieh Yung-yo Singapore Island
1973 AGC Ben Arda (2) 284 E Playoff Norman Wood Singapore Island
1972 AGC Takaaki Kono 279 −9 4 strokes Takashi Murakami Singapore Island
(New Course)
1971 AGC Haruo Yasuda 277 −7 2 strokes Takaaki Kono
Peter Thomson		 Singapore Island
1970 AGC Hsieh Yung-yo (2) 276 −8 2 strokes David Graham
Haruo Yasuda		 Singapore Island
1969 AGC Tomio Kamata 278 −6 Playoff David Graham
Guy Wolstenholme		 Singapore Island
1968 AGC Hsieh Yung-yo 275 −9 6 strokes Han Chang-sang
Kenji Hosoishi		 Singapore Island
1967 FEC Ben Arda 282 −2 Playoff Hideyo Sugimoto Singapore Island
1966 FEC Ross Newdick 284 E Playoff Lu Liang-Huan
George Will		 Singapore Island
1965 FEC Frank Phillips (2) 279 −13 2 strokes Tadashi Kitta Singapore Island
1964 FEC Ted Ball 291 −1 1 stroke Eric Cremin
Tadashi Kitta		 Singapore Island
1963 FEC Alan Brookes 276 −16 7 strokes Tomoo Ishii Singapore Island
1962 FEC Brian Wilkes 283 −9 2 strokes Haruyoshi Kobari Royal Singapore
1961 Frank Phillips 275 8 strokes Darrell Welch Singapore Island

See also

Notes

  1. ^ AGC/FEC − Asia Golf Circuit/Far East Circuit; ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour.
  2. ^ The 2022 event was sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour, however it was an unofficial money event; therefore the win is considered unofficial on that tour.
  3. ^ a b Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

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