Qatar Masters

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Commercial Bank Qatar Masters
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Tournament information
Location Doha, Qatar
Established1998
Course(s) Doha Golf Club
Par72
Length7,466 yards (6,827 m)
Tour(s) European Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund US$2,500,000
Month playedFebruary
Tournament record score
Aggregate268 Paul Lawrie (1999)
268 Adam Scott (2008)
To par−20 as above
Current champion
Flag of Japan.svg Rikuya Hoshino
Location Map
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Doha GC
Location in Qatar
Branden Grace, winner in 2015 and 2016, here posing with the trophy after his second victory. Branden Grace 2016 Qatar Masters Champion ,photos by Hanson K Joseph.jpg
Branden Grace, winner in 2015 and 2016, here posing with the trophy after his second victory.

The Qatar Masters is a European Tour golf tournament held at Doha Golf Club in Doha, Qatar. When founded in 1998, it was one of two European Tour events to be staged in the Arabian Peninsula, but was at one point, one of six. [1] From 2005 to 2007 the tournament was co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour.

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The tournament had modest fields in its early years, but with the aid of "promotional" money paid to top golfers to appear, and being scheduled within a three-week period that included events in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, it developed to have one of the European Tour's strongest fields.

In 2018, due to travel restrictions between the United Arab Emirates and Qatar as a result of the ongoing diplomatic dispute in the Arab World, it was moved to later in the year, and is no longer held at the same time as the Abu Dhabi and Dubai events. The date change coincided with a reduction in prize money, and resulted in a lower field strength than previous editions. [2]

Winners

YearTour(s) [lower-alpha 1] WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upVenue
Commercial Bank Qatar Masters
2024 EUR Flag of Japan.svg Rikuya Hoshino 274−141 stroke Flag of France.svg Ugo Coussaud Doha
2023 EUR Flag of Finland.svg Sami Välimäki 270−18Playoff Flag of Spain.svg Jorge Campillo Doha
2022 EUR Flag of Scotland.svg Ewen Ferguson 281−71 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Chase Hanna Doha
2021 EUR Flag of France.svg Antoine Rozner 276−81 stroke Flag of India.svg Gaganjeet Bhullar
Flag of South Africa.svg Darren Fichardt
Flag of Italy.svg Guido Migliozzi 		Education City
2020 EUR Flag of Spain.svg Jorge Campillo 271−13Playoff Flag of Scotland.svg David Drysdale Education City
2019 EUR Flag of South Africa.svg Justin Harding 275−132 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Christiaan Bezuidenhout
Flag of Spain.svg Jorge Campillo
Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Jin-ho
Flag of South Africa.svg George Coetzee
Flag of Spain.svg Nacho Elvira
Flag of Sweden.svg Anton Karlsson
Flag of France.svg Mike Lorenzo-Vera
Flag of South Africa.svg Erik van Rooyen
Flag of England.svg Oliver Wilson 		Doha
2018 EUR Flag of England.svg Eddie Pepperell 270−181 stroke Flag of England.svg Oliver Fisher Doha
2017 EUR Flag of South Korea.svg Wang Jeung-hun 272−16Playoff Flag of Sweden.svg Joakim Lagergren
Flag of South Africa.svg Jaco van Zyl 		Doha
2016 EUR Flag of South Africa.svg Branden Grace (2)274−142 strokes Flag of Spain.svg Rafa Cabrera-Bello
Flag of Denmark.svg Thorbjørn Olesen 		Doha
2015 EUR Flag of South Africa.svg Branden Grace 269−191 stroke Flag of Scotland.svg Marc Warren Doha
2014 EUR Flag of Spain.svg Sergio García 272−16Playoff Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Ilonen Doha
2013 EUR Flag of England.svg Chris Wood 270−181 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg George Coetzee
Flag of Spain.svg Sergio García 		Doha
Commercialbank Qatar Masters
2012 EUR Flag of Scotland.svg Paul Lawrie (2)201 [lower-alpha 2] −154 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Day
Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Hanson 		Doha
2011 EUR Flag of Denmark.svg Thomas Bjørn 274−144 strokes Flag of Spain.svg Álvaro Quirós Doha
2010 EUR Flag of Sweden.svg Robert Karlsson 273−153 strokes Flag of Spain.svg Álvaro Quirós Doha
2009 EUR Flag of Spain.svg Álvaro Quirós 269−193 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Louis Oosthuizen
Flag of Sweden.svg Henrik Stenson 		Doha
2008 EUR Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adam Scott (2)268−203 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Henrik Stenson Doha
2007 ASA, EUR Flag of South Africa.svg Retief Goosen 273−151 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick O'Hern Doha
2006 ASA, EUR Flag of Sweden.svg Henrik Stenson 273−153 strokes Flag of England.svg Paul Broadhurst Doha
Qatar Masters
2005 ASA, EUR Flag of South Africa.svg Ernie Els 276−121 stroke Flag of Sweden.svg Henrik Stenson Doha
2004 EUR Flag of Sweden.svg Joakim Haeggman 272−161 stroke Flag of Japan.svg Nobuhito Sato Doha
2003 EUR Flag of South Africa.svg Darren Fichardt 275−13Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg James Kingston Doha
2002 EUR Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adam Scott 269−196 strokes Flag of England.svg Nick Dougherty
Flag of France.svg Jean-François Remésy 		Doha
2001 EUR Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Tony Johnstone 274−142 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Robert Karlsson Doha
2000 EUR Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rolf Muntz 280−85 strokes Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Ian Woosnam Doha
1999 EUR Flag of Scotland.svg Paul Lawrie 268−207 strokes Flag of Denmark.svg Søren Kjeldsen
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Phillip Price 		Doha
1998 EUR Flag of Scotland.svg Andrew Coltart 270−182 strokes Flag of England.svg Andrew Sherborne
Flag of Sweden.svg Patrik Sjöland 		Doha

Notes

  1. ↑ ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour.
  2. ↑ Shortened to 54 holes due to strong winds.

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References

  1. ↑ "European Tour - Qatar Masters - History". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  2. ↑ "European Tour changes Desert Swing schedule to have Abu Dhabi and Dubai back-to-back". The National. 7 September 2017.

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