Macau Open

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SJM Macao Open
Tournament information
Location Macau
Established1998
Course(s)Macau Golf and Country Club
Par70
Length6,750 yards (6,170 m)
Tour(s) Asian Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund US$1,000,000
Month playedOctober
Tournament record score
Aggregate254 Min Woo Lee (2023)
To par−30 as above
Current champion
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Min Woo Lee
Location map
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Macau G&CC
Location in China
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Macau G&CC
Location in Macau

The Macau Open is a men's professional golf tournament on the Asian Tour which takes place in Macau. It was founded in 1998. The venue is the Macau Golf and Country Club at Coloane. Past winners including international stars and multiple European Tour Order of Merit champions Colin Montgomerie and Lee Westwood, as well as 6-time European Tour winner Simon Dyson. [1] In 2016, the purse was US$1,100,000.

Contents

Having not been played since 2017, the event returned in 2023 to the Asian Tour's schedule. [2]

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
SJM Macao Open
2024 Flag placeholder.svgFlag placeholder.svg
2023 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Min Woo Lee 254−302 strokes Flag of Thailand.svg Poom Saksansin
Macao Open
2018–2022: No tournament
2017 Flag of India.svg Gaganjeet Bhullar (2)271−133 strokes Flag of the Philippines.svg Angelo Que
Flag of India.svg Ajeetesh Sandhu
Venetian Macao Open
2016 Flag of Thailand.svg Pavit Tangkamolprasert 268−16Playoff Flag of India.svg Anirban Lahiri
Venetian Macau Open
2015 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Hend (2)264−203 strokes Flag of India.svg Chiragh Kumar
Flag of India.svg Anirban Lahiri
2014 Flag of India.svg Anirban Lahiri 267−171 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Hend
Flag of Thailand.svg Prom Meesawat
2013 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Hend 268−163 strokes Flag of India.svg Anirban Lahiri
2012 Flag of India.svg Gaganjeet Bhullar 268−162 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Jonathan Moore
Macau Open
2011 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Chan Yih-shin 270−143 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Gleeson
2010: No tournament
2009 Flag of Thailand.svg Thaworn Wiratchant 269−156 strokes Flag of India.svg Gaganjeet Bhullar
2008 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Gleeson 266−183 strokes Flag of the Republic of China.svg Lin Wen-tang
2007 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Lu Wen-teh 201 [lower-alpha 1] −12Playoff Flag of Australia (converted).svg Richard Moir
2006 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kane Webber 275−93 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Barr
2005 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Wang Ter-chang 270−141 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Marcus Both
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jarrod Lyle
2004 Flag of the United States.svg Jason Knutzon 268−161 stroke Flag of Thailand.svg Thaworn Wiratchant
2003 Flag of Scotland.svg Colin Montgomerie 273−11Playoff Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Barr
2002 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Lianwei (2)277−7Playoff Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Nick Price
2001 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Lianwei 273−111 stroke Flag of Scotland.svg Simon Yates
2000 Flag of England.svg Simon Dyson 269−152 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Pitts
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Yang Yong-eun
1999 Flag of England.svg Lee Westwood 275−9Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Pitts
1998 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Satoshi Oide 283−12 strokes Flag of Venezuela.svg Gilberto Morales
Flag of Fiji.svg Vijay Singh

See also

Notes

  1. Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

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References

  1. Richardson, Joe (17 January 2019). "Simon Dyson "steps away" from competitive golf to concentrate on business interests". York Press . Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  2. "SJM Macao Open returns to 2023 Asian Tour schedule". golfing.hk. 20 March 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2023.