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Revision as of 17:53, 11 February 2010
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Location | Beijing, China |
Established | 1995 |
Course(s) | Suzhou Jinji Lake Golf Club |
Tour(s) | European Tour OneAsia Tour |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | $2,500,000 |
Month played | April |
Current champion | |
Scott Strange |
The Volvo China Open is a men's golf tournament that has been held annually in China since 1995. The event is organised by the China Golf Association and has been co-sanctioned by the European Tour since 2003.
Through 2008, the Volvo China Open also featured on the Asian Tour schedule, but this changed in 2009 with the announcement of the OneAsia Tour, a new golf tour setup by the CGA in association with the PGA Tour of Australasia, the Japan Golf Tour, the Korean PGA and the Korean Golf Association. Having been involved in the early stages the Asian Tour withdrew from OneAsia, the result being that four events, the China Open, Pine Valley Beijing Open, Korea Open and China Classic, were removed from the schedule having been announced as founding events of the new tour. In addition the Asian Tour stated that they would not allow their members to play in those events unless already qualified via membership of the European Tour, promising stiff penalties for those that ignored this ruling.[1][2]
The European Tour sanctions several events in Asia, and has made a particular effort to expand its coverage in the Chinese market.
Winners
As a European Tour co-sanctioned event
- 2009 Scott Strange
As a European Tour/Asian Tour co-sanctioned event
- 2008 Damien McGrane
- 2007 Markus Brier
- 2006 Jeev Milkha Singh
- 2005 Paul Casey (2006 European Tour season)
- 2004 Stephen Dodd (2005 European Tour season)
Pre European Tour co-sanctioning
- 2003 Zhang Lian-wei
- 2002 David Gleeson
- 2001 Charlie Wi
- 2000 Simon Dyson
- 1999 Kyi Hla Han
- 1998 Ed Fryatt
- 1997 Cheng Jun
- 1996 Prayad Marksaeng
- 1995 Raúl Fretes
References
- ^ "$A3 million China Open golf tees off". The Sydney Morning Herald. 15 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
- ^ "Asians stay away from OneAsia Tour". Malaysia Star. 16 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
External links
- Official site in English and Chinese
- Coverage on the European Tour's official site - use schedule browser on the left to access other years.