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).
Year | Tours | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | |
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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 |