Tournament information | |
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Location | Hainan, China |
Established | 2014 |
Course(s) | Danzhou Ancient Saltern Golf Club |
Par | 72 |
Length | 7,372 yards (6,741 m) |
Tour(s) | Challenge Tour China Tour PGA Tour China |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | US$500,000 |
Month played | October |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 270 Erik van Rooyen (2017) |
To par | −18 as above |
Current champion | |
Ricardo Gouveia | |
Location Map | |
Location in China |
The Hainan Open is a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, beginning in 2016, held at the Sanya Luhuitou Golf Club in Hainan, China. [1]
An event of the same name was played in 2014 and 2015 as part of PGA Tour China. Since 2017 it has been part of the China Tour. The 2014 event was held at Sanya Luhuitou Golf Club while in 2015 it was held at Dragon Valley Golf Course. [2] [3]
Year | Tour(s) [lower-alpha 1] | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Ref. |
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2023 | CHA, CHN | Ricardo Gouveia | 272 | −16 | 3 strokes | Joel Girrbach | |
2022 | CHN | Bai Zhengkai | 271 | −17 | 3 strokes | Chen Zihao Ma Chengyao Xue Han | |
2021 | CHA, CHN | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | [4] | ||||
2020 | CHA, CHN | ||||||
2019 | CHA, CHN | Francesco Laporta | 274 | −14 | 1 stroke | Robin Roussel | |
2018 | CHA, CHN | Kalle Samooja | 273 | −15 | 2 strokes | Grant Forrest | |
2017 | CHA, CHN | Erik van Rooyen | 270 | −18 | 2 strokes | Grant Forrest Tapio Pulkkanen | |
2016 | CHA | Alexander Knappe | 135 [lower-alpha 2] | −9 | 2 strokes | Pep Anglès | |
2015 | PGATCHN | Zhang Huilin | 286 | −2 | 1 stroke | Yuan Tian | [3] |
2014 | PGATCHN | Li Haotong | 278 | −10 | 6 strokes | Kim Do-hyun | [2] |
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