The Macau Open is a men's professional
golf
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tournament on the
Asian Tour
The Asian Tour is the principal men's professional golf professional golf tours, tour in Asia except for Japan (which has its own Japan Golf Tour). It is also a full member of the International Federation of PGA Tours. Official money events on ...
which takes place in
Macau
Macau or Macao is a special administrative regions of China, special administrative region of the People's Republic of China (PRC). With a population of about people and a land area of , it is the most List of countries and dependencies by p ...
. It was founded in 1998. The venue is the
Macau Golf and Country Club at
Coloane
Coloane ( Chinese: 路環, Portuguese: ''Coloane'') is the southernmost area in Macau, connected to Taipa through the area known as Cotai, which is largely built from reclaimed land. Known as “''Lou Wan''” in Cantonese, Coloane forms the sou ...
. Past winners including international stars and multiple
European Tour
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Order of Merit champions
Colin Montgomerie
Colin Stuart Montgomerie (born 23 June 1963) is a Scottish professional golfer. He has won a record eight European Tour PGA European Tour#Order of Merit winners, Order of Merit titles, including a streak of seven consecutive ones from 1993 to 1 ...
and
Lee Westwood
Lee John Westwood (born 24 April 1973) is an English professional golfer. He is one of the few golfers who has won tournaments on five continents – Europe, North America, Asia, Africa and Oceania – including victories on the European Tour an ...
, as well as 6-time European Tour winner
Simon Dyson
Simon John Dyson (born 21 December 1977) is an English professional golfer. He played on the European Tour from 2001 to 2017, having played on the Asian Tour in 2000 and winning the Order of Merit. He had six wins on the European Tour, includin ...
. In 2016, the purse was US$1,100,000.
Having not been played since 2017, the event returned in 2023 to the Asian Tour's schedule.
Winners
See also
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Open golf tournament
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Notes
References
External links
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Coverage on Asian Tour's official site
Asian Tour events
Golf tournaments in Macau
Recurring sporting events established in 1998
1998 establishments in Macau
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