BMW Asian Open
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| BMW Asian Open | |
| Tournament information | |
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| Location |  Shanghai, China |
| Established | 2001 |
| Course(s) | Tomson Shanghai Pudong Golf Club |
| Par | 72 |
| Yardage | 7,326 |
| Tour(s) | European Tour Asian Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Purse | $2,300,000 |
| Month Played | April |
| Tournament record scores | |
| Aggregate | 262 Ernie Els (2005) |
| To-par | -26 Ernie Els (2005) |
| Current champion | |
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The BMW Asian Open is a men's professional golf tournament. The tournament began in 2002 and was played in Taiwan for its first two years before moving to the People's Republic of China. It is co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the European Tour and is part of the European Tour's drive to expand into Asia in general and China in particular. The first two events were actually played in November of the previous year.
In 2008 the prize fund was $2.3 million, an increase of more than fifty percent from the 2006 fund of $1.5 million.
[edit] Winners
| Season | Winner | Country |
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| 2008 | Darren Clarke |  Northern Ireland |
| 2007 | Raphaël Jacquelin |  France |
| 2006 | Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño |  Spain |
| 2005 | Ernie Els |  South Africa |
| 2004 | Miguel Ángel Jiménez | Spain |
| 2003 | Pádraig Harrington |  Ireland |
| 2002 | Jarmo Sandelin |  Sweden |
[edit] External links
- Coverage on the European Tour's official site - use the schedule browser on the left to access other years
- Coverage on the Asian Tour's official site
- bmw-golfsport.com - Sponsor's tournament site
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