Hong Kong Open (golf)

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Hong Kong Open
Tournament information
Location New Territories, Hong Kong
Established1959
Course(s) Hong Kong Golf Club
Par70
Length6,710 yards (6,140 m)
Tour(s) European Tour
Asian Tour
Asia Golf Circuit
Format Stroke play
Prize fund US$2,000,000
Month playedNovember
Tournament record score
Aggregate258 Ian Poulter (2010)
258 Patrick Reed (2024)
To par−22 José María Olazábal (2002)
−22 Ian Poulter (2010)
−22 Patrick Reed (2024)
Current champion
Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Reed
Location map
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Hong Kong GC
Location in China
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Hong Kong GC
Location in Hong Kong
  1. AGC/FEC − Asia Golf Circuit/Far East Circuit; ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour.
  2. Due to 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests, the event was postponed and rescheduled and was removed from the European Tour schedule. It proceeded as a sole-sanctioned Asian Tour event. [16]
  3. Hend won with a par on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  4. Jiménez won with a birdie on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  5. Lin won with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff; Molinari was eliminated on the first extra hole after making a par to Lin and McIlroy's birdies.
  6. Frost won on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff, after McClellan had holed his second shot from the fairway for an eagle 2 on the final hole of regulation play to force the playoff.
  7. Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.
  8. Shortened to 36 holes due to rain.
  9. Cox won with a par on the fourth hole of a sudden-death playoff; Gale was eliminated after making bogey on the first hole of the playoff.
  10. Lu won with a birdie on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  11. Thomson won on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff.
  12. Hsieh won on the fourth hole of a sudden-death playoff.

References

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  2. "The last Happy Valley golf survivor: Willie Woo goes down memory lane". South China Morning Post. 21 October 2015.
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  19. 韓好手姜旭淳奪標, Hong Kong Commercial Daily , 30 November 1998
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  21. Nobilo steadies ship, then takes Open by storm, South China Morning Post, 8 December 1997
  22. Cuello shrugs off all challengers in Open win, South China Morning Post, 9 December 1996
  23. Win makes Webb rethink career, South China Morning Post, 20 November 1995
  24. Frost solves putting riddle in Open play-off, South China Morning Post, 28 February 1994
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  61. "Hong Kong Open: facts & figures, past champions and trivia". South China Morning Post. 21 November 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  62. Hole by hole Guide
Hong Kong Open
Traditional Chinese 香港高爾夫球公開賽
Simplified Chinese 香港高尔夫球公开赛
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Xiānggǎng Gāo'ěrfūqiú Gōngkāisài
Yue: Cantonese
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