BMW Asian Open

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BMW Asian Open
Tournament information
Location Shanghai, China
Established2001
Course(s)Tomson Shanghai Pudong Golf Club
Par72
Length7,327 yards (6,700 m)
Tour(s) Asian Tour
European Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund €2,300,000
Month playedApril
Final year2008
Tournament record score
Aggregate262 Ernie Els (2005)
To par−26 as above
Final champion
Ulster Banner.svg Darren Clarke
Location map
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Icona golf.svg
Tomson Shanghai Pudong GC
Location in China

The BMW Asian Open was a men's professional golf tournament that was co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the European Tour. The event was founded in 2001, as part of the European Tour's drive to expand into Asia, and China in particular.

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The first two editions were held at Ta Shee Golf and Country Club in Taiwan, before the tournament was moved to the People's Republic of China in 2004, since when it was played at the Tomson Shanghai Pudong Golf Club in Pudong, Shanghai.

In 2005 Ernie Els set a new Asian Tour record for the biggest margin of victory when he triumphed by 13 strokes. [1] 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

YearTours [lower-alpha 1] WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upRef.
2008 ASA, EUR Ulster Banner.svg Darren Clarke 280−81 stroke Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robert-Jan Derksen [2]
2007 ASA, EUR Flag of France.svg Raphaël Jacquelin 278−102 strokes Flag of Denmark.svg Søren Kjeldsen [3]
2006 ASA, EUR Flag of Spain.svg Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño 281−7Playoff Flag of Sweden.svg Henrik Stenson [4]
2005 ASA, EUR Flag of South Africa.svg Ernie Els 262−2613 strokes Flag of England.svg Simon Wakefield [5]
2004 ASA, EUR Flag of Spain.svg Miguel Ángel Jiménez 274−143 strokes Flag of England.svg Simon Dyson [6]
2003: No tournament
2002 ASA, EUR Flag of Ireland.svg Pádraig Harrington 273−151 stroke Flag of India.svg Jyoti Randhawa [7]
2001 ASA, EUR Flag of Sweden.svg Jarmo Sandelin 278−101 stroke Flag of Thailand.svg Thongchai Jaidee
Flag of Spain.svg José María Olazábal 		[8]

Notes

  1. ↑ ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour.

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