Singapore Masters Explained

Clariden Leu Singapore Masters
Location:Singapore
Establishment:2001
Course:Laguna National Golf and Country Club
Par:72
Yardage:7206yd
Tour:European Tour
Asian Tour
Format:Stroke play
Purse:1,000,000
Month Played:February
Final Year:2007
Aggregate:263 Vijay Singh (2001)
To-Par:−21 as above
Final Champion: Liang Wenchong
Map:Singapore
Map Label:Laguna National G&CC
Map Relief:yes
Map Size:200
Coordinates:1.324°N 103.963°W

The Singapore Masters was an annual men's professional golf tournament which was played in Singapore from 2001 to 2007. It was co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the European Tour, and was one of many European Tour events established in East Asia since the early 1990s.

There have been two important firsts at the Singapore Masters. At the 2002 event, Arjun Atwal became the first Indian golfer to win on the European Tour, and the following year Zhang Lianwei became the first golfer from the People's Republic of China to do so when he overcame then world number 2 Ernie Els on the final hole. In 2006 the prize fund was $1,000,000, which is one of the smaller purses on the European Tour.

There is also a Singapore Open golf tournament, which is part of the Asian Tour's schedule. It is the Asian Tour's flagship event and carries higher prize money than the Singapore Masters.

The 2008 event was canceled following a failure to find a sponsor for the event.[1]

Winners

YearToursWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Singapore Masters
2008 Cancelled due to lack of sponsorship
Clariden Leu Singapore Masters
2007 277 −11 Playoff Iain Steel
OSIM Singapore Masters
2006 276 −12 1 stroke Nick Dougherty
Caltex Masters presented by Carlsberg
2005 270 −18 5 strokes Maarten Lafeber
Colin Montgomerie
2004 272 −16 3 strokes Gregory Hanrahan
2003 278 −10 1 stroke Ernie Els
Caltex Singapore Masters
2002 274 −14 5 strokes Richard Green
2001 263 −21 2 strokes Warren Bennett

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Notes and References

  1. News: Singapore Masters cancelled . Irish Examiner . 10 January 2008 . 12 September 2023.