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Barclays Singapore Open Championship
The Singapore Open is a golf tournament in Singapore that has been sanctioned by the Asian Tour from that tour's inception in 1995 and by the European Tour since 2009. It was founded in 1961 and was staged annually until 2001, when it was won by Thaworn Wiratchant. It was then cancelled for lack of sponsorship. Other winners in the years leading up to this included American Shaun Micheel in 1998, who went on to win the 2003 PGA Championship.
The Singapore Golf Association initially hoped to revive the event after skipping only one year, but the tournament was not resuscitated until 2005, when sponsorship was secured from the Sentosa Leisure Group. The 2005 prize fund was $2 million, which made the Singapore Open by far the richest tournament exclusive to the Asian Tour that was not co-sanctioned by the European Tour, a status it retained until the European Tour first co-sanctioned the event in 2009. Asian Tour chief executive Louis Martin claimed when the revival of the tournament was announced, "Competing for a prize purse of two million US dollars will give our playing membership a huge boost and elevate the Asian Tour to a new level." The 2005 event was played in September.
The 2006 Singapore Open offered a purse of US$3 million with a winner's share of US$475,000. In May 2006 it was announced that Barclays Bank would sponsor the event for five years from 2006 and that the prize fund will be increased to US$4 million in 2007 and US$5 million in 2008. In 2010, the purse was US$6,000,000.
Singapore, Oct 3, 2011: Former US Open champion Graeme McDowell believes the US$6 million Barclays Singapore Open has all the necessary ingredients to be elevated to Major status.
The debate on the creation of a fifth Major to join the Masters, US Open, British Open and PGA Championship was re-ignited recently by world number two Lee Westwood who said the tournament should be held in Asia-Pacific.
McDowell will join a star-studded field for the Barclays Singapore Open at Sentosa Golf Club from November 10-13 looking to improve on his third place finish last year.
Singapore Open |
| Tournament information |
| Location |
Singapore |
| Established |
1961 |
| Course(s) |
Sentosa Golf Club |
| Par |
71 |
| Length |
7,300 yards (6,700 m) |
| Tour(s) |
Asian Tour
European Tour |
| Format |
Stroke play |
| Prize fund |
US$6,000,000 |
| Month played |
November |
| Current champion |
| Adam Scott |
2011 Schedule
| November 7th |
Monday 7th November
1.30pm Pro-Am (Serapong Course)
Official practice day on Serapong Course and Tanjong Course |
| November 8th |
Tuesday 8th November
Official practice day on Serapong Course and Tanjong Course |
| November 9th |
Wednesday 9th November
7.30am Pro-Am (Serapong Course)
1.30pm Pro-Am (Serapong Course)
Official practice day on Tanjong Course |
| November 10th |
Thursday 10th November
First Round (Serapong Course, Tanjong Course)
Play to commence at approximately 7.30am |
| November 11th |
Friday 11th November
Second Round (Serapong Course, Tanjong Course)
Play to commence at approximately 7.30am
Halfway cut to be made upon completion of play
Top 65 plus ties to qualify for the weekend |
| November 12th |
Saturday 12th November
Third Round (Serapong Course)
Play to commence at 7.30am |
| November 13th |
Sunday 13th November
Final Round (Serapong Course)
Play to start at approximately 7.30am
Prize Presentation on 18th green at 4.30pm |
Barclays Singapore Past Winners
Ernie Els tees off on the 2nd hole on the Serapong course at Sentosa Golf Club, Singapore in round 1 of the 2007 Singapore Open. Angel Cabrera (who went on to win the 2007 event) looks on from the left.
2010 Adam Scott - Australia
2009 Ian Poulter - England
2008 Jeev Milkha Singh - India
2007 Angel Cabrera - Argentina
2006 Adam Scott - Australia
2005 Adam Scott - Australia
2002-04 No tournament
2001 Thaworn Wiratchant - Thailand
2000 Jyoti Randhawa - India
1999 Kenny Druce - Australia
1998 Shaun Micheel - United States
1997 Zaw Moe - Myanmar
1996 John Kernohan - United States
1995 Steven Conran - Australia
1994 Kyi Hla Han - Myanmar
1993 Paul Moloney - Australia
1992 Bill Israelson - United States
1991 Jack Kay - Canada
1990 Antolin Fernando - Philippines
1989 Lu Chien-soon - Taiwan
1988 Greg Bruckner - United States
1987 Peter Fowler - Australia
1986 Greg Turner - New Zealand |
1985 Tze-Ming Chen - Taiwan
1984 Tom Sieckmann - United States
1983 Lu Chien-soon - Taiwan
1982 Hsu Sheng-san - Taiwan
1981 Mya Aye - Myanmar
1980 Kurt Cox - United States
1979 Lu Hsi-chuen - Taiwan
1978 Terry Gale - Australia
1977 Hsu Chi-san - Taiwan
1976 Kesahiko Uchida - Japan
1975 Yutaka Suzuki - Japan
1974 Eleuterio Nival - Philippines
1973 Ben Arda - Philippines
1972 Takaaki Kono - Japan
1971 Haruo Yasuda - Japan
1970 Hsieh Yung-yo - Taiwan
1969 Tomio Kamada - Japan
1968 Hsieh Yung-yo - Taiwan
1967 Ben Arda - Philippines
1966 Ross Newdick - New Zealand
1965 Frank Phillips - Australia
1964 Ted Ball - Australia
1963 Alan Brookes - South Africa
1962 Brian Wilkes - South Africa
1961 Frank Phillips - Australia |
2010 Barclays Singapore Open Results
| Final results and earnings |
| Position |
Player |
Total |
Score |
Earning |
| 1 |
Adam SCOTT (AUS) |
267 |
-17 |
$1,000,000.00 |
| 2 |
Anders HANSEN (DEN) |
270 |
-14 |
$666,660.00 |
| 3 |
Graeme MCDOWELL (NIR) |
271 |
-13 |
$337,800.00 |
| 3 |
Rikard KARLBERG (SWE) |
271 |
-13 |
$337,800.00 |
| 5 |
KANG Kyung-nam (KOR) |
272 |
-12 |
$254,400.00 |
| 6 |
Ian POULTER (ENG) |
273 |
-11 |
$195,000.00 |
| 6 |
Jamie DONALDSON (WAL) |
273 |
-11 |
$195,000.00 |
| 8 |
Keith HORNE (RSA) |
274 |
-10 |
$142,200.00 |
| 8 |
Miguel Angel JIMENEZ (ESP) |
274 |
-10 |
$142,200.00 |
| 10 |
Prayad MARKSAENG (THA) |
275 |
-9 |
$107,550.00 |
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