Singapore Open (golf)

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

Singapore Open

Tournament information
Location	Singapore
Established	1961
Course(s)	Sentosa Golf Club (Serapong course)
Par	71
Length	7,372 yards (6,741 m)
Tour(s)	Asian Tour (since 1996) Japan Golf Tour (since 2016) European Tour (2009–2012) Australasian Tour (1993–1995) Asia Golf Circuit (1962–1992)
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$1,000,000
Month played	January
Current champion
Matt Kuchar

Sentosa GC

Location in Singapore

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.

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 is co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and Japan Golf Tour.[7] It features Sumitomo Mitsui Bank as title sponsor and has a US$1 million purse.

Winners

Year	Tour[lower-alpha 1]	Champion	Country	Venue	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref
SMBC Singapore Open
2020	ASA, JPN	Matt Kuchar	United States		266	−18	3 strokes	Justin Rose
2019	ASA, JPN	Jazz Janewattananond	Thailand		266	−18	2 strokes	Paul Casey Yoshinori Fujimoto
2018	ASA, JPN	Sergio García	Spain		270	−14	5 strokes	Satoshi Kodaira Shaun Norris
2017	ASA, JPN	Prayad Marksaeng	Thailand		275	−9	1 stroke	Phachara Khongwatmai Jbe' Kruger Juvic Pagunsan Song Young-han
2016	ASA, JPN	Song Young-han	South Korea		272	−12	1 stroke	Jordan Spieth
Singapore Open
2013–15	No tournament
Barclays Singapore Open
2012	ASA, EUR	Matteo Manassero	Italy		271	−13	Playoff	Louis Oosthuizen
2011	ASA, EUR	Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño	Spain		199[lower-alpha 2]	−14	Playoff	Juvic Pagunsan
2010	ASA, EUR	Adam Scott (3)	Australia		267	−17	3 strokes	Anders Hansen
2009	ASA, EUR	Ian Poulter	England		274	−10	1 stroke	Liang Wen-Chong
2008	ASA	Jeev Milkha Singh	India		277	−7	1 stroke	Pádraig Harrington Ernie Els
2007	ASA	Ángel Cabrera	Argentina		276	−8	1 stroke	Vijay Singh
2006	ASA	Adam Scott (2)	Australia		205[lower-alpha 3]	−8	Playoff[lower-alpha 4]	Ernie Els
2005	ASA	Adam Scott	Australia		271	−13	7 strokes	Lee Westwood
Singapore Open
2002–04	No tournament
Alcatel Singapore Open
2001	ASA	Thaworn Wiratchant	Thailand	Jurong CC	272	−16	1 stroke	Hsieh Yu-shu
Singapore Open
2000	ASA	Jyoti Randhawa	India	Singapore Island CC (Island course)	268	−20	3 strokes	Hendrik Buhrmann
Nokia Singapore Open
1999	ASA	Kenny Druce	Australia	Orchid CC	276	−12	Playoff	Desvonde Botes
Ericsson Singapore Open
1998	ASA	Shaun Micheel	United States	Safra Resort & CC	272	−16	2 strokes	Hendrik Buhrmann
SingTel Ericsson Singapore Open
1997	ASA	Zaw Moe	Myanmar	Jurong CC	277	−11	3 strokes	Fran Quinn
Canon Singapore Open
1996	ASA	John Kernohan	United States	Laguna National G&CC	285	−3	1 stroke	Darren Cole Craig Kamps Brad King Peter Lonard Robert Willis
Epson Singapore Open
1995	ANZ	Steven Conran	Australia	Singapore Island CC	270	−14	3 strokes	Andrew Bonhomme	[8]
1994	ANZ	Kyi Hla Han	Myanmar	Tanah Merah CC	275	−13	1 stroke	Wayne Grady	[9]
1993	ANZ	Paul Moloney	Australia	Tanah Merah CC	276	−12	1 stroke	Richard Green	[10]
1992	AGC	Bill Israelson	United States	Singapore Island CC	267		6 strokes	Frankie Miñoza	[11]
1991	AGC	Jack Kay, Jr.	Canada	Tanah Merah CC	280		2 strokes	Wayne Riley
1990	AGC	Antolin Fernando	Philippines	Singapore Island CC	273		Playoff	Frankie Miñoza
Singapore Open
1989	AGC	Lu Chien-soon (2)	Taiwan	Tanah Merah CC	282		1 stroke	Carlos Espinoza	[12]
1988	AGC	Greg Bruckner	United States	Tanah Merah CC	281		1 stroke	Chung Chun-hsing	[13]
1987	AGC	Peter Fowler	Australia	Singapore Island CC	274		Playoff	Hsu Sheng-san Jeff Maggert	[14]
1986	AGC	Greg Turner	New Zealand	Singapore Island CC	271		4 strokes	Tony Grimes Duffy Waldorf	[15]
1985	AGC	Chen Tze-ming	Taiwan	Singapore Island CC	274		Playoff	Greg Turner	[16]
1984	AGC	Tom Sieckmann	United States	Singapore Island CC	274		2 strokes	Terry Gale Kyi Hla Han Bill Israelson	[17]
1983	AGC	Lu Chien-soon	Taiwan	Singapore Island CC	279		Playoff	Bill Brask	[18]
1982	AGC	Hsu Sheng-san	Taiwan	Singapore Island CC	274		5 strokes	Terry Gale	[19]
1981	AGC	Mya Aye	Burma	Singapore Island CC	273		2 strokes	Lu Hsi-chuen	[20]
1980	AGC	Kurt Cox	United States	Singapore Island CC	276		1 stroke	Mya Aye Hsu Sheng-san	[21][22]
1979	AGC	Lu Hsi-chuen	Taiwan	Singapore Island CC	280		Playoff	Hsu Sheng-san	[23]
1978	AGC	Terry Gale	Australia	Singapore Island CC	278		1 stroke	Mya Aye	[24]
1977	AGC	Hsu Chi-san	Taiwan	Singapore Island CC	277		1 stroke	Ben Arda Mya Aye	[25]
1976	AGC	Kesahiko Uchida	Japan	Singapore Island CC	273		2 strokes	Ben Arda	[26]
1975	AGC	Yutaka Suzuki	Japan	Singapore Island CC (New course)	284		1 stroke	Hsieh Min-Nan Kuo Chie-Hsiung	[27]
1974	AGC	Eleuterio Nival	Philippines	Singapore Island CC	275		4 strokes	Hsieh Yung-yo	[28]
1973	AGC	Ben Arda (2)	Philippines	Singapore Island CC	284		Playoff	Norman Wood	[29]
1972	AGC	Takaaki Kono	Japan	Singapore Island CC (New course)	279		4 strokes	Takashi Murakami	[30]
1971	AGC	Haruo Yasuda	Japan	Singapore Island CC	277		2 strokes	Takaaki Kono Peter Thomson	[31]
1970	AGC	Hsieh Yung-yo (2)	Taiwan	Singapore Island CC	276		2 strokes	David Graham Haruo Yasuda	[32]
1969	AGC	Tomio Kamata	Japan	Singapore Island CC	278		Playoff	David Graham Guy Wolstenholme	[33]
1968	AGC	Hsieh Yung-yo	Taiwan	Singapore Island CC	275		6 strokes	Han Chang-sang Kenji Hosoishi	[34]
1967	AGC	Ben Arda	Philippines	Singapore Island CC	282		Playoff	Hideyo Sugimoto	[35]
1966	AGC	Ross Newdick	New Zealand	Singapore Island CC	284		Playoff	Lu Liang-Huan George Will	[36]
1965	AGC	Frank Phillips (2)	Australia	Singapore Island CC	279		2 strokes	Tadashi Kitta	[37]
1964	AGC	Ted Ball	Australia	Singapore Island CC	291		1 stroke	Eric Cremin Tadashi Kitta	[38]
1963	AGC	Alan Brookes	South Africa	Royal Island Club	276		7 strokes	Tomoo Ishii	[39]
1962	AGC	Brian Wilkes	South Africa	Royal Singapore GC	283		2 strokes	Haruyoshi Kobari	[40]
1961	AGC	Frank Phillips	Australia	Royal Island Club	275		8 strokes	Darrell Welch	[41]

1. ASA – Asian Tour (formerly Asian PGA/Omega/Davidoff Tour); AGC – Asia Golf Circuit; ANZ – PGA Tour of Australasia; EUR – European Tour; JPN – Japan Golf Tour
2. 2011 tournament shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
3. 2006 tournament was shortened to 54 holes.
4. Scott beat Els in a 3 hole playoff.

See also

• Singapore Masters – a golf tournament which was co-sanctioned by the Asian and European Tours from 2001 to 2007

References

1. Steel, Donald (1987). Golf Records, Facts and Champions. Guinness. pp. 153–155. ISBN 0851128475.
2. 2016 Media Guide. PGA Tour of Australasia. p. 166.
3. "Asian tour snares Singapore Open". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 15 November 1995. p. 22. Retrieved 14 February 2020 – via Trove.
4. "Here's how all began..." Singapore Monitor. 21 March 1984. p. 35.
5. "Barclays Take up Title Sponsorship of the Singapore Open". Asian Tour. 23 May 2006. Archived from the original on 2 June 2006.
6. Nair, Sanjay (19 July 2013). "Golf: No Singapore Open in 2013, but tournament will be held early next year". The Straits Times.
7. "Singapore Open to return in 2016". Asian Tour. 28 January 2015. Archived from the original on 31 January 2015.
8. "Neumann storms home to clinch Open at the third play-off hole". The Canberra Times. 71 (22, 124). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 13 November 1995. p. 22. Retrieved 30 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
9. "McCumber turns tip into riches". The Canberra Times. 70 (21, 747). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 1 November 1994. p. 22. Retrieved 30 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
10. "Norman fires 62: 'not a great round'". The Canberra Times. 67 (21, 146). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 8 March 1993. p. 28. Retrieved 30 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
11. "Israelson bags the Singapore Open with ease". New Straits Times. 2 March 1992.
12. "Lu fights back to win title". Business Times. 20 March 1989. p. 14.
13. "Who says nice guys finish last?". Business Times. 14 March 1988. p. 13.
14. "Aussie golfer wins Open in three-way play-off". The Straits Times. 30 March 1987. p. 1.
15. "Turner wins by four strokes". Business Times. 7 March 1986. p. 9.
16. "Tze-Ming wins Open in style". Singapore Monitor. 1 April 1985. p. 23.
17. "Sieckmann swings it". The Straits Times. 26 March 1984. p. 25.
18. "Lu sinks Brask in sudden death". Singapore Monitor. 14 March 1983. p. 26.
19. "It's a Hat-trick". The Straits Times. 29 March 1982. p. 35.
20. "Mya charges in to victory". The Straits Times. 30 March 1981. p. 30.
21. "Cox wins Singapore Open". The Straits Times. 31 March 1980. p. 31.
22. "Immaculate golf". The Canberra Times. 1 April 1980. p. 37. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
23. "Master Lu's title after sudden-death with Hsu". The Straits Times. 5 March 1979. p. 30.
24. "Gale storms ahead at 8th". New Nation. 27 March 1978. p. 20.
25. "Hsu wins with his cool golf..." The Straits Times. 28 March 1977. p. 27.
26. "Uchida holds late Arda challenge to win S'pore Open". The Straits Times. 15 March 1976. p. 26.
27. "Newcomer Suzuki is shock Singapore Open golf winner". The Straits Times. 24 March 1975. p. 26.
28. "Stocky Nival bags Singapore Open with a sizzling 67". The Straits Times. 4 March 1974. p. 24.
29. "Evergreen Arda wins Open by 'sudden death'". The Straits Times. 12 March 1973. p. 29.
30. "It's Kono's title as Jumbo crashes". The Straits Times. 6 March 1972. p. 31.
31. "No-risk Yasuda is Open golf champion". The Straits Times. 8 March 1971. p. 27.
32. "Yung Yo's S'pore Open by 2 strokes". The Straits Times. 2 March 1970. p. 24.
33. "Kamata triumphs". The Straits Times. 10 March 1969. p. 20.
34. "Yung-Yo fires eagle to signal victory". The Straits Times. 4 March 1968. p. 20.
35. "Arda wins Singapore Open". The Straits Times. 6 March 1967. p. 20.
36. "It's Newdick's Open". The Straits Times. 7 March 1966. p. 21.
37. "Phillips wears down Kitta with superb 66". The Straits Times. 8 March 1965. p. 17.
38. "S'pore Open to Ted Ball". The Straits Times. 9 March 1964. p. 18.
39. "It's Brookes title with scorching round of 64". The Straits Times. 25 February 1963. p. 20.
40. "Wilkes grabs $5,000 first prize". The Straits Times. 19 February 1962. p. 17.
41. "Easy victory for Phillips". The Straits Times. 6 February 1961. p. 15.

External links

• Official site
• Coverage on the Asian Tour's official site
• Coverage on the Japan Golf Tour's official site
• Coverage on the European Tour's official site (2009–2012)