Yunnan Open

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Belt & Road Colorful Yunnan Open
Tournament information
Location Kunming, Yunnan, China
Established2014
Course(s)Kunming Yulongwan Golf Club
Par71
Length7,158 yards (6,545 m)
Tour(s) Challenge Tour
PGA Tour China
China Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund US$350,000
Month playedApril
Final year2018
Tournament record score
Aggregate259 Josh Geary (2017)
To par−25 as above
Final champion
Flag of Finland.svg Kim Koivu
Location Map
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Kunming Yulongwan GC
Location in China

The Yunnan Open was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, the China Tour and the PGA Tour China, held 2018 at the Kunming Yulongwan Golf Club in Yunnan Province, China. [1] The tournament was co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour China and one of three events held in China on the 2018 Challenge Tour, along with the Hainan Open and the Foshan Open.

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Winners

YearTour(s) [lower-alpha 1] WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upRef.
Belt & Road Colorful Yunnan Open
2018 CHA, CHN Flag of Finland.svg Kim Koivu 268−164 strokes Flag of England.svg Marcus Armitage
Flag of Denmark.svg Joachim B. Hansen
[2]
Yulongwan Yunnan Open
2017 CHN Flag of New Zealand.svg Josh Geary (2)259−257 strokes Flag of Thailand.svg Gunn Charoenkul
2016 PGATCHN Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Dou Zecheng 261−233 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Charlie Saxon
2015 PGATCHN Flag of New Zealand.svg Josh Geary 266−221 stroke Flag of Thailand.svg Gunn Charoenkul
2014 PGATCHN Flag of Thailand.svg Gunn Charoenkul 263−216 strokes Flag of Hong Kong.svg Shun Yat Hak

Notes

  1. CHA − Challenge Tour; CHN − China Tour; PGATCHN − PGA Tour China.

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References

  1. "2018 Belt & Road Colorful Yunnan Open". PGA Tour China. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  2. "2018 Belt & Road Colorful Yunnan Open". European Tour. 10 September 2020.