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Hong Kong Open (golf)

Golf tournament

Summary

Golf tournament

Field	Value
name	Hong Kong Open
location	New Territories, Hong Kong
establishment	1959
course	Hong Kong Golf Club
par	70
yardage	6710 yd
tour	European Tour
Asian Tour
Asia Golf Circuit
format	Stroke play
purse
month_played	November
aggregate	253 Tom McKibbin (2025)
to-par	−27 as above
current_champion	NIR Tom McKibbin
coordinates
map	China#Hong Kong
map_label	Hong Kong GC
map_caption	Location in China##Location in Hong Kong
map_relief	yes
map_size	200

Asian Tour Asia Golf Circuit | to-par = −27 as above The Hong Kong Open is a golf tournament which is played on the Asian Tour, and formerly on the European Tour. It was founded in 1959 and in 1962 and was one of the five tournaments that made up the inaugural Far East Circuit, later known as the Asia Golf Circuit. It remained part of the circuit until 1996, before joining the Asian Tour, then known as the Omega Tour, in 1997. It became co-sanctioned by the European Tour in 2001, as part of the 2002 season.

The Hong Kong Open was played in spring from its inception until 1994, but since 1995 has usually been played towards the end of the year, in November or December, and as a result has often fallen into the following year's European Tour season.

Since taking its place on the European Tour the event has always been held at the Hong Kong Golf Club in Sheung Shui, New Territories. The Hong Kong Golf Association, Hong Kong PGA, and Chinese PGA receive a limited number of exemptions into the tournament for their members.

History

In 1958, Hong Kong Golf Club member Kim Hall wrote to Australian professional Eric Cremin to see if those players playing in the Philippine Open in 1959 would consider staying in the region to play in Hong Kong. Hall then approached Peter Plumley, secretary of South China Morning Post, who was also a golfer. Plumley then persuaded his boss to sponsor 1,000 Australian pounds in prize money in the name of South China Morning Post. Then, the first Hong Kong Open was launched in February 1959.

The first tournament was hosted by Sir Robert Black, the then-Governor of Hong Kong. Around one thousand spectators joined the tournament. Taiwanese golfer Lu Liang-Huan won the inaugural edition of the tournament. The success of the Hong Kong Open prompted first Singapore in 1961, and then Malaysia and Japan in 1962, to introduce their own tournaments and bring about the setting up of the Far East Golf Circuit. The circuit further expanded into a regular ten-tournament tour, called the Asia Golf Circuit, that existed until the end of the twentieth century.

Despite the SCMP's original agreement to maintain 1,000 pounds sponsorship of the Hong Kong Open, it was felt that prize money would need to be increased if the best players were to be attracted. To that end the 1963 event was jointly sponsored by the SCMP and British American Tobacco, with the purse being increased to 4,000 pounds as a result.

Due to poor weather conditions during the 1966 event, the Hong Kong Golf Club lost HK$10,442 as the money put up by the sponsors was insufficient to cover expenses. As a result, the club decided that in future it could not undertake to assist financially in any way, but would continued provide the courses and the general facilities.

In 1996, Hong Kong golfer Dominique Boulet finished fourth, the best result by a local golfer. In 2008, Florida-based Hong Kong amateur Shun Yat Hak became the youngest player ever to make the cut in a European Tour event, at 14 years and 304 days, eclipsing the record set by Sergio García at the Turespaña Open Mediterrania in 1995. At the other end of the age spectrum, Miguel Ángel Jiménez became the oldest golfer ever to win on the European Tour when he won in 2012 at age , and extended his record by defending his title in 2013 at age .

In 2013, organizers and potential sponsors raised concerns over the complex becoming enmeshed in a controversial redevelopment plan for Fan Ling. The tournament was played that year without a title sponsor.

In 2020, the Hong Kong Open organizers announced that the tournament would be postponed till 2021 due to COVID-19 restrictions.

In March 2023, it was confirmed that the Hong Kong Open would return after a two-year hiatus as an Asian Tour event. The tournament would also gain International Series status.

Winners

Year	Tour(s)	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of
victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref.	Link Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong Open	Honma Hong Kong Open	UBS Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong Open	UBS Hong Kong Open	Omega Hong Kong Open	Perrier Hong Kong Open	Andersen Consulting Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong Open	Kent Hong Kong Open	Hutchison Telecom Hong Kong Open	Martell Hong Kong Open	Johnnie Walker Hong Kong Open	Unisys Hong Kong Open	United Airlines Hong Kong Open	Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong Open
2025	ASA	NIR Tom McKibbin	253	−27	7 strokes	USA Peter Uihlein
2024	ASA	USA Patrick Reed	258	−22	3 strokes	NZL Ben Campbell
2023	ASA	NZL Ben Campbell	261	−19	1 stroke	AUS Cameron Smith
2021–22: No tournament
2020	ASA, EUR	AUS Wade Ormsby (2)	263	−17	4 strokes	IRL Shane Lowry
2019: No tournament
2018	ASA, EUR	ENG Aaron Rai	263	−17	1 stroke	ENG Matt Fitzpatrick
2017	ASA, EUR	AUS Wade Ormsby	269	−11	1 stroke	SWE Alexander Björk
ESP Rafa Cabrera-Bello
USA Paul Peterson
USA Julian Suri
2016	ASA, EUR	AUS Sam Brazel	267	−13	1 stroke	ESP Rafa Cabrera-Bello
2015	ASA, EUR	ENG Justin Rose	263	−17	1 stroke	DNK Lucas Bjerregaard
2014	ASA, EUR	AUS Scott Hend	267	−13	Playoff	PHL Angelo Que
2013	ASA, EUR	ESP Miguel Ángel Jiménez (4)	268	−12	Playoff	WAL Stuart Manley
THA Prom Meesawat
2012	ASA, EUR	ESP Miguel Ángel Jiménez (3)	265	−15	1 stroke	SWE Fredrik Andersson Hed
2011	ASA, EUR	NIR Rory McIlroy	268	−12	2 strokes	FRA Grégory Havret
2010	ASA, EUR	ENG Ian Poulter	258	−22	1 stroke	ENG Simon Dyson
ITA Matteo Manassero
2009	ASA, EUR	FRA Grégory Bourdy	261	−19	2 strokes	NIR Rory McIlroy
2008	ASA, EUR	TWN Lin Wen-tang	265	−15	Playoff	NIR Rory McIlroy
ITA Francesco Molinari
2007	ASA, EUR	ESP Miguel Ángel Jiménez (2)	265	−15	1 stroke	KOR K. J. Choi
THA Thongchai Jaidee
SWE Robert Karlsson
2006	ASA, EUR	ESP José Manuel Lara	265	−15	1 stroke	PHL Juvic Pagunsan
2005	ASA, EUR	SCO Colin Montgomerie	271	−9	1 stroke	KOR K. J. Choi
ZAF James Kingston
TWN Lin Keng-chi
USA Edward Loar
THA Thammanoon Sriroj
2004	ASA, EUR	ESP Miguel Ángel Jiménez	266	−14	1 stroke	IRL Pádraig Harrington
ZAF James Kingston
2003	ASA, EUR	IRL Pádraig Harrington	269	−11	1 stroke	ZAF Hennie Otto
2002	ASA, EUR	SWE Freddie Jacobson	260	−16	2 strokes	ARG Jorge Berendt
SWE Henrik Nyström
2001	ASA, EUR	ESP José María Olazábal	262	−22	1 stroke	NOR Henrik Bjørnstad
2000	ASA	ENG Simon Dyson	263	−21	3 strokes	AUS Kim Felton
USA John Kernohan
KOR Charlie Wi
1999	ASA	SWE Patrik Sjöland	269	−11	1 stroke	WAL Ian Woosnam
1998	ASA	KOR Kang Wook-soon	272	−12	2 strokes	ENG Ed Fryatt
1997	ASA	NZL Frank Nobilo	267	−17	5 strokes	KOR Kang Wook-soon
1996	AGC	PHL Rodrigo Cuello	275	−5	3 strokes	USA Scott Hoch
SCO Bill Longmuir
1995	AGC	USA Gary Webb	271	−13	2 strokes	MEX Rafael Alarcón
1994	AGC	ZAF David Frost	274	−10	Playoff	USA Craig McClellan
1993	AGC	USA Brian Watts	274	−10	1 stroke	TWN Chen Tze-chung
1992	AGC	USA Tom Watson	274	−10	3 strokes	NIR Ronan Rafferty
1991	AGC	DEU Bernhard Langer	269	−15	7 strokes	KOR Choi Sang-ho
TWN Lu Wen-teh
1990	AGC	USA Ken Green	205	−8	4 strokes	CAN Danny Mijovic
USA Brian Watts
1989	AGC	USA Brian Claar	274	−6	1 stroke	SWE Mats Lanner
USA Gary Rusnak
1988	AGC	TWN Hsieh Chin-sheng	274	−10	1 stroke	TWN Lu Chien-soon
1987	AGC	WAL Ian Woosnam	275	−9	4 strokes	NIR David Feherty
SCO Sam Torrance
1986	AGC	JPN Seiichi Kanai	285	+1	1 stroke	AUS Ian Baker-Finch
1985	AGC	USA Mark Aebli	270	−10	4 strokes	TWN Chen Tze-ming
1984	AGC	USA Bill Brask	268	−12	7 strokes	AUS Greg Norman
1983	AGC	AUS Greg Norman (2)	134	−6	3 strokes	ENG Mark James
1982	AGC	USA Kurt Cox	276	−4	Playoff	AUS Terry Gale
USA Tom Sieckmann
1981	AGC	TWN Chen Tze-ming	279	E	1 stroke	AUS Graham Marsh
1980	AGC	TWN Kuo Chie-Hsiung	274	−5	2 strokes	TWN Lu Liang-Huan
1979	AGC	AUS Greg Norman	273	−6	3 strokes	TWN Lu Hsi-chuen
TWN Chen Tze-ming
TWN Hsu Chi-san
1978	AGC	TWN Hsieh Yung-yo (4)	275	−4	1 stroke	KOR Kim Seung-hack
1977	AGC	TWN Hsieh Min-Nan	280	E	1 stroke	JPN Teruo Sugihara
1976	AGC	TWN Ho Ming-chung	279	−1	2 strokes	TWN Hsu Sheng-san
1975	AGC	TWN Hsieh Yung-yo (3)	288	+8	1 stroke	AUS Ted Ball
USA Gaylord Burrows
AUS Stewart Ginn
1974	AGC	TWN Lu Liang-Huan (2)	280	E	Playoff	AUS Graham Marsh
1973	AGC	AUS Frank Phillips (2)	278	−6	1 stroke	PHL Ben Arda
1972	AGC	NZL Walter Godfrey	272	−8	2 strokes	JPN Takashi Murakami
1971	AGC	USA Orville Moody	266	−14	2 strokes	JPN Haruo Yasuda
1970	AGC	JPN Isao Katsumata	274	−6	1 stroke	JPN Haruo Yasuda
1969	AGC	JPN Teruo Sugihara	274	−6	2 strokes	ENG Maurice Bembridge
1968	AGC	AUS Randall Vines	271	−9	1 stroke	JPN Teruo Sugihara
1967	FEC	AUS Peter Thomson (3)	273	−7	Playoff	WAL Brian Huggett
1966	FEC	AUS Frank Phillips	275	−5	2 strokes	JPN Hideyo Sugimoto
1965	FEC	AUS Peter Thomson (2)	278	−2	1 stroke	NZL Ross Newdick
1964	FEC	TWN Hsieh Yung-yo (2)	269	−15	Playoff	AUS Alan Murray
1963	FEC	TWN Hsieh Yung-yo	272	−16	3 strokes	JPN Tomoo Ishii
1962	FEC	AUS Len Woodward	271	−17	1 stroke	AUS Frank Phillips
AUS Bill Dunk
AUS Alan Murray
1961		AUS Kel Nagle	261		6 strokes	AUS Peter Thomson
1960		AUS Peter Thomson	272		10 strokes	AUS Kel Nagle
1959		TWN Lu Liang-Huan	281		1 stroke	AUS Bruce Crampton
AUS Kel Nagle

Source:

Scorecard

Hole	Name	Old Name	Yards	Metres	Par
1	Taipo	Trench	468	428	4
2	Sai Kung	The Trap	149	136	3
3	Shatin	Fearsome	551	504	5
4	Wong Tai Sin	Temptation	288	263	4
5	Kowloon City	Table Top	192	176	3
6	Kwun Tong	The Pimple	436	399	4
7	Eastern	The Narrows	380	347	4
8	Southern	Oasis	188	172	3
9	Wan Chai	The Bend	493	451	4
10	Central and Western	Holland	367	336	4
11	Yau Tsim Mong	The Paddy	466	426	4
12	Sham Shui Po	Short Hole	144	132	3
13	Kwai Tsing	The Long Hole	529	484	5
14	Tsuen Wan	The Bungalow	395	361	4
15	Islands	The Burn	426	390	4
16	Tuen Mun	The Road Hole	411	376	4
17	Yuen Long	The Graves	406	371	4
18	North	The Ultimate	410	375	4
Total			6710	6137	70

Notes

References

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(21 October 2015). "The last Happy Valley golf survivor: Willie Woo goes down memory lane". South China Morning Post.
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