The Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship is a
European Tour
The European Tour (currently known as the DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons), legally the PGA European Tour is the leading men's professional golf tour in Europe. The organisation also operates the European Senior Tour (for players aged fift ...
golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...
tournament held in
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi (, ; ar, أَبُو ظَبْيٍ ' ) is the capital and second-most populous city (after Dubai) of the United Arab Emirates. It is also the capital of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the centre of the Abu Dhabi Metropolitan Area.
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United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...
. When founded in 2006, it was one of three European Tour events to be staged in the
Arabian Peninsula
The Arabian Peninsula, (; ar, شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّة, , "Arabian Peninsula" or , , "Island of the Arabs") or Arabia, is a peninsula of Western Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plate ...
, but at one point was one of six.
History
The prize fund for each of the first five editions was , and grew to reach in 2018. In 2019 it was elevated to be one of eight tournaments which are part of the
Rolex Series, which identifies it as one of the European Tour's premier events. As a Rolex series event, the prize fund currently stands at .
With the support of sponsor
HSBC
HSBC Holdings plc is a British multinational universal bank and financial services holding company. It is the largest bank in Europe by total assets ahead of BNP Paribas, with US$2.953 trillion as of December 2021. In 2021, HSBC had $10.8 tri ...
and the local organiser,
Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority
Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA) was a statutory body in the United Arab Emirates established in 2004 under the Government of Abu Dhabi’s economic diversification strategy. , it has historically had one of the strongest fields on the European Tour due to "promotional" money paid to top golfers.
A change of venue was announced for the 2022 event, with the tournament being played at Yas Links, Abu Dhabi, located on
Yas Island
Yas Island ( ar, جزيرة ياس) is an island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It occupies a total land area of . It is a popular leisure island and one of the top tourism projects in Abu Dhabi. Yas Island holds the Yas Marina Circuit, wh ...
. From 2006 to 2021 the tournament had been hosted at Abu Dhabi Golf Club.
Winners
References
External links
Coverage on the European Tour's official site
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European Tour events
Golf tournaments in the United Arab Emirates
Sports competitions in Abu Dhabi
Recurring sporting events established in 2006
2006 establishments in the United Arab Emirates
Winter events in the United Arab Emirates