Pine Valley Beijing Open

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Pine Valley Beijing Open
Tournament information
Location Beijing, China
Established2007
Course(s)Pine Valley Golf and Country Club
Par7,299 yards (6,674 m)
Length72
Tour(s) Japan Golf Tour
Asian Tour
OneAsia Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund US$1,000,000
Month playedMay
Final year2008
Tournament record score
Aggregate274 Gaurav Ghei (2007)
To par−14 as above
Final champion
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroyuki Fujita
Location Map
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Pine Valley G&CC
Location in China

The Pine Valley Beijing Open was a men's professional golf tournament, played in 2007 and 2008. It was held at Pine Valley Golf Club in Beijing, China.

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Originally an event on the Asian Tour, and co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour in 2008, it became a founding tournament of the OneAsia Tour in 2009. However it was called off just a few weeks before it was due to be held, with organisers officially citing the state of the course and a clash of dates with The Players Championship on the PGA Tour. Some media commentators dismissed these reasons as the tournament had clashed with the Players Championship the previous year, and attributed the cancellation to sponsor discontent with the sanctioning changes. [1]

Winners

YearTour(s) [lower-alpha 1] WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner-up
2009 ONE Cancelled
2008 ASA, JPN Flag of Japan.svg Hiroyuki Fujita 276−123 strokes Flag of Japan.svg Shintaro Kai
2007 ASA Flag of India.svg Gaurav Ghei 274−142 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adam Blyth

Notes

  1. ASA − Asian Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour; ONE − OneAsia Tour.

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References

  1. "OneAsia Tour's Pine Valley Beijing Open called off". Eurosport. April 7, 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-13.[ dead link ]