Singapore Masters

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Clariden Leu Singapore Masters
Tournament information
Location Singapore
Established2001
Course(s) Laguna National Golf and Country Club
Par72
Length7,206 yards (6,589 m)
Tour(s) European Tour
Asian Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund 1,000,000
Month playedFebruary
Final year2007
Tournament record score
Aggregate263 Vijay Singh (2001)
To par−21 as above
Final champion
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liang Wenchong
Location Map
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Laguna National G&CC
Location in Singapore

The Singapore Masters was an annual men's professional golf tournament which was played in Singapore from 2001 to 2007. It was co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the European Tour, and was one of many European Tour events established in East Asia since the early 1990s.

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There have been two important firsts at the Singapore Masters. At the 2002 event, Arjun Atwal became the first Indian golfer to win on the European Tour, and the following year Zhang Lianwei became the first golfer from the People's Republic of China to do so when he overcame then world number 2 Ernie Els on the final hole. In 2006 the prize fund was $1,000,000, which is one of the smaller purses on the European Tour.

There is also a Singapore Open golf tournament, which is part of the Asian Tour's schedule. It is the Asian Tour's flagship event and carries higher prize money than the Singapore Masters.

The 2008 event was canceled following a failure to find a sponsor for the event. [1]

Winners

YearTours [lower-alpha 1] WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Singapore Masters
2008 ASA, EUR Cancelled due to lack of sponsorship
Clariden Leu Singapore Masters
2007 ASA, EUR Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liang Wenchong 277−11Playoff Flag of Malaysia.svg Iain Steel
OSIM Singapore Masters
2006 ASA, EUR Flag of Singapore.svg Mardan Mamat 276−121 stroke Flag of England.svg Nick Dougherty
Caltex Masters presented by Carlsberg
2005 ASA, EUR Flag of England.svg Nick Dougherty 270−185 strokes Flag of the Netherlands.svg Maarten Lafeber
Flag of Scotland.svg Colin Montgomerie
2004 ASA, EUR Flag of Scotland.svg Colin Montgomerie 272−163 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Gregory Hanrahan
2003 ASA, EUR Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Lianwei 278−101 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Ernie Els
Caltex Singapore Masters
2002 ASA, EUR Flag of India.svg Arjun Atwal 274−145 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Richard Green
2001 ASA, EUR Flag of Fiji.svg Vijay Singh 263−212 strokes Flag of England.svg Warren Bennett

See also

Notes

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

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References

  1. "Singapore Masters cancelled". Irish Examiner. 10 January 2008. Retrieved 12 September 2023.