Ballantine's Championship Explained

The Championship at Laguna National
Location:Singapore
Establishment:2008
Course:Laguna National Golf & Country Club
Par:72
Yardage:7206yd
Tour:European Tour
Asian Tour
Korean Tour
Format:Stroke play
Month Played:May
Final Year:2014
Aggregate:264 Graeme McDowell (2008)
264 Jeev Milkha Singh (2008)
To-Par:−24 as above
Final Champion: Felipe Aguilar
Map:Singapore
Map Label:Laguna National G&CC
Map Relief:yes
Map Size:200
Coordinates:1.324°N 103.963°W

The Ballantine's Championship (known as The Championship at Laguna National in its final year) was a European Tour golf tournament which was played from 2008 to 2014. It was the first European Tour event to be staged in South Korea.

From 2008 to 2010, the tournament was played at Pinx Golf Club on the island of Jeju. From 2011 to 2013, the tournament was played at Blackstone Golf Club. In 2014, the event has moved to Laguna National Golf & CC in Singapore and titled as The Championship at Laguna National.[1]

The tournament was announced in July 2007 by the European Tour in partnership with the Korean PGA,[2] marking a continuation of the European Tour's expansion into Asia. The Asian Tour, which had not been offered the co-sanctioning rights to which it felt it was entitled, responded by calling the event an "invasive" action that "colonised" Asia in "blatant disregard" of the "principles of the International Federation of PGA Tours",[3] but six months later it agreed terms to co-sanction the event.[4] The prize fund in the first year was 2 million (circa US$2.9 million).

Winners

YearToursWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
The Championship at Laguna National
2014 266 −22 1 stroke Anders Hansen
David Lipsky
Ballantine's Championship
2013 277 −11 Playoff Marcus Fraser
Peter Whiteford
2012 270 −18 5 strokes Richie Ramsay
2011 276 −12 1 stroke Miguel Ángel Jiménez
2010 204 −12 4 strokes Gareth Maybin
Brett Rumford
2009 284 −4 Playoff Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño
Kang Sung-hoon
2008 264 −24 Playoff Jeev Milkha Singh

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Laguna National to host 'The Championship' . PGA European Tour . 10 April 2014 . 19 June 2020.
  2. Web site: Ballantine's brings first European Tour event to Korea . . 3 July 2007 . 22 November 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070930230042/http://www.europeantour.com/default.sps?pagegid=%7B5A258B31-8294-4C0E-B8B9-A796F6009E52%7D&newsid=441124 . 30 September 2007 . dead .
  3. News: Asian Tour left fuming . . Mark . Garrod . 3 July 2007 . 22 November 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110605021001/http://www.sportinglife.com/golf/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=golf%2F07%2F07%2F03%2FGOLF_Korea.html . 5 June 2011 . dead .
  4. News: Asian Tour co-sanctions Indian Masters . https://archive.today/20120914141121/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080116/jsp/sports/story_8788249.jsp . dead . September 14, 2012 . . 16 January 2008 . 22 November 2008.