BMW Masters
Tournament information | |
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Location | Luodian, Shanghai, China |
Established | 2011 |
Course(s) | Lake Malaren Golf Club |
Par | 72 |
Length | 7,594 yards (6,944 m) |
Tour(s) | European Tour (since 2012) |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | US$7.0 million |
Month played | November |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 267 Peter Hanson (2012) |
To par | −21 Peter Hanson (2012) |
Current champion | |
Kristoffer Broberg |
The BMW Masters is a golf tournament played annually at Lake Malaren Golf Club, in Luodian, Shanghai, China.[1] The tournament began in 2011 and became a European Tour event in 2012. It was dropped from the European Tour in 2016.
In 2011, the tournament was called the Lake Malaren Shanghai Masters. The event had a small-field consisting of 30 top players from the European Tour and the Asian Tour. The winner received US$2 million, the largest first prize in golf,[2] coming from an overall prize fund of $5 million.
In 2012, it became a European Tour event and was renamed the BMW Masters.[3] The field was expanded to 78 players and the purse was increased to US$7 million. From 2013 to 2015, the tournament was part of the European Tour Final Series.
Winners
Year | Winner | Country | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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BMW Masters | ||||||
2015 | Kristoffer Broberg | Sweden | 271 | −17 | Playoff | Patrick Reed |
2014 | Marcel Siem | Germany | 272 | −16 | Playoff | Ross Fisher Alexander Lévy |
2013 | Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño | Spain | 277 | −11 | 1 stroke | Francesco Molinari Thongchai Jaidee |
2012 | Peter Hanson | Sweden | 267 | −21 | 1 stroke | Rory McIlroy |
Lake Malaren Shanghai Masters (Non-sanctioned tour event) | ||||||
2011 | Rory McIlroy | Northern Ireland | 270 | −18 | Playoff | Anthony Kim |
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