Singapore Masters
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The Singapore Masters is an annual men's professional golf tournament which has been played in Singapore since 2001. It is co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the European Tour, and is 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 Lian-Wei 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.
[edit] Winners
Clariden Leu Singapore Masters
OSIM Singapore Masters
- 2006 Mardan Mamat -
Singapore
Caltex Masters, presented by Carlsberg
- 2005 Nick Dougherty -
England - 2004 Colin Montgomerie -
Scotland - 2003 Zhang Lian-Wei -
People's Republic of China - 2002 Arjun Atwal -
India
Caltex Singapore Masters
- 2001 Vijay Singh -
Fiji
[edit] External links
- Coverage on the European Tour's official site - use the schedule browser on the left to access other years.
