BMW Asian Open

Infobox_Golf_Tournament
tournament_name = BMW Asian Open
nickname =


location = flagicon|CHN Shanghai, China
establishment = 2001
course = Tomson Shanghai Pudong Golf Club
par = 72
yardage = 7,326
tour = European Tour
Asian Tour
format = Stroke play
purse = $ 2,300,000
month_played = April
aggregate = 262 Ernie Els (2005)
to-par = -26 "(as above)
Current Champion = flagicon|NIR Darren Clarke

The BMW Asian Open is a men's professional golf tournament. The tournament was founded in 2001 and was played in Taiwan for its first two years before moving to the People's Republic of China. It is co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the European Tour and is part of the European Tour's drive to expand into Asia in general, and China in particular. The first two events were actually played in November of the previous year.

In 2008 the prize fund was $2.3 million, an increase of more than fifty percent from the 2006 fund of $1.5 million.

Winners

"* - Denotes the European Tour season. The events were actually held in the preceding November."

External links

* [http://www.europeantour.com/default.sps?pageid=127&pagegid=%7BAEFB93B0%2DEFF5%2D4C05%2DAB0F%2DFD08D947D944%7D&eventid=2008034&infosid=3 Coverage on the European Tour's official site] - use the schedule browser on the left to access other years
* [http://www.asiantour.com/event.htm?id=164 Coverage on the Asian Tour's official site]
* [http://bmw-golfsport.com/gs/en/index.html?refy=http://www.europeantour.com/default.sps bmw-golfsport.com] - Sponsor's tournament site