- Hong Kong Open (golf)
-
Hong Kong Open Tournament information Location New Territories,
Hong KongEstablished 1959 Course(s) Hong Kong Golf Club Par 70 Length 6,700 yards (6,100 m) Tour(s) European Tour
Asian TourFormat Stroke play Prize fund $2,500,000 Month played November Tournament record score Aggregate 258 Ian Poulter (2010)* To par −22 José María Olazábal (2002)
*These records only date back to 2001 when this tournament became a European Tour event.
−22 Ian Poulter (2010)*Current champion Ian Poulter The Hong Kong Open is a golf tournament which is co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the European Tour. It was founded in 1959 and has been part of the European Tour's schedule since 2001. The Hong Kong Golf Association, Hong Kong PGA, and Chinese PGA also receive a limited number of exemptions into the tournament for their members.
Since taking its place on the European Tour the event has always been held at the Hong Kong Golf Club in Sheung Shui, New Territories. Current title sponsors are Swiss banking giants, UBS, who signed a four year sponsorship agreement to cover the 2005–2008 tournaments.
The tournament is usually played towards the end of the year, in November or December, and as such, up to the 2008 event, it has fallen into the following season for European Tour purposes. For example the Hong Kong Open played on the 2–5 December 2004 was part of the European Tour's 2005 season. As the European Tour switches to a calendar based season from 2010, the 2009 schedule will contain two editions of the Hong Kong Open.
In 2008, Florida-based Hong Kong amateur, Jason Hak, became the youngest player ever to make the cut in a European Tour event, at 14 years and 304 days, eclipsing the record set by Sergio García at the Turespana Open Mediterrania in 1995.[1] Many of the worlds best known golfers have won the tournament, including Bernhard Langer, José María Olazábal, Kel Nagle, Greg Norman, Peter Thomson, Tom Watson, Pádraig Harrington, Colin Montgomerie, and Ian Woosnam.
Winners
As a European Tour co-sanctioned event
Year* Winner Score UBS Hong Kong Open 2010 Ian Poulter
258 (−22) 2009 Grégory Bourdy
261 (−19) 2008 (2009) Lin Wen-tang
265 (−15)PO 2007 (2008) Miguel Ángel Jiménez
265 (−15) 2006 (2007) José Manuel Lara
265 (−15) 2005 (2006) Colin Montgomerie
271 (−9) Omega Hong Kong Open 2004 (2005) Miguel Ángel Jiménez
266 (−14) 2003 (2004) Pádraig Harrington
269 (−11) 2002 (2003) Fredrik Jacobson
260 (−16) 2001 (2002) José María Olazábal
262 (−22) * The first year listed is the one in which the tournament was played and the Asian Tour season which it belonged to. The year in brackets is the European Tour season that it fell into.
Pre sanctioning by the European Tour
Year Winner 2000 Simon Dyson
1999 Patrik Sjöland
1998 Kang Wook-soon
1997 Frank Nobilo
1996 Rodrigo Cuello
1995 Gary Webb
1994 David Frost
1993 Brian Watts
1992 Tom Watson
1991 Bernhard Langer
1990 Ken Green
1989 Brian Claar
1988 Hsieh Chin-sheng
1987 Ian Woosnam
Year Winner 1986 Seiichi Kanai
1985 Mark Aebli
1984 Bill Brask
1983 Greg Norman
1982 Kurt Cox
1981 Tze-Ming Chen
1980 Kuo Chie-Hsiung
1979 Greg Norman
1978 Hsieh Min-Nan
1977 Hsieh Yung-yo
1976 Ho Ming-chung
1975 Hsieh Yung-yo
1974 Lu Liang-Huan
1973 Frank Phillips
Year Winner 1972 Walter Godfrey
1971 Orville Moody
1970 Isao Katsumata
1969 Teruo Sugihara
1968 Randall Vines
1967 Peter Thomson
1966 Frank Phillips
1965 Peter Thomson
1964 Hsieh Yung-yo
1963 Hsieh Yung-yo
1962 Len Woodward
1961 Kel Nagle
1960 Peter Thomson
1959 Lu Liang-Huan
References
- ^ "Hak breaks Sergio Garcia's record, makes Euro Tour cut at 14 years old". ESPN. November 21, 2008. http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=3716661. Retrieved 2008-11-21.
External links
- Official site
- Coverage on the European Tour's official site
- Coverage on the Asian Tour's official site
Asian Tour events Tournaments in playing order
Avantha Masters (E,I) · SAIL Open (I) · Panasonic Open · Maybank Malaysian Open (E) · Indonesian Masters · Ballantine's Championship (E) · ITCSI Philippine Open · Queen's Cup · Worldwide Holdings Selangor Masters · Brunei Open · Omega European Masters (E) · ISPS Handa Singapore Classic · Macau Open · Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open (J) · Yeangder Tournament Players Championship · Hero Indian Open · CJ Invitational · CIMB Asia Pacific Classic Malaysia (P) · Mercuries Taiwan Masters · Barclays Singapore Open (E) · Iskandar Johor Open (E) · UBS Hong Kong Open (E) · King's Cup · Thailand Golf Championship(E) - co-sanctioned by the European Tour. (I) - co-sanctioned by the Professional Golf Tour of India. (J) - co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour. (P) - co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour.Categories:- Asian Tour events
- European Tour events
- Golf tournaments in Hong Kong
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.