Omega Hong Kong Open
| Location | New Territories, Hong Kong |
|---|---|
| Established | 1959 |
| Course(s) | Hong Kong Golf Club |
| Par | 70 |
| Length | 6,699 yards (6,126 m) |
| Tour(s) |
European Tour Asian Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | $2,000,000 |
| Month played | December |
| Aggregate | 258 Ian Poulter (2010)* |
| To par |
−22 José María Olazábal (2002) |
 Sam Brazel
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−22 José María Olazábal (2002)
−22 Ian Poulter (2010)*
The Hong Kong Open is a golf tournament which is co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the European Tour. It was founded in 1959 and has been part of the European Tour's schedule since 2001. The Hong Kong Golf Association, Hong Kong PGA, and Chinese PGA also receive a limited number of exemptions into the tournament for their members.
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 title sponsor was Swiss banking giant, UBS, who signed a four-year sponsorship agreement to cover the 2005–2008 tournaments and sponsored the tournament through 2012.
The tournament is usually played towards the end of the year, in November or December, and as such, up to the 2008 event, it has fallen into the following season for European Tour purposes. For example, the Hong Kong Open played on the 2–5 December 2004 was part of the European Tour's 2005 season. When the European Tour switched to a calendar based season from 2010, the 2009 schedule contained two editions of the Hong Kong Open.
In 2008, Florida-based Hong Kong amateur, Jason 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 Turespana 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 48 years, 315 days, and extended his record by defending his title in 2013 at age 49 years, 337 days. Many of the worlds best known golfers have won the tournament, including Bernhard Langer, José María Olazábal, Kel Nagle, Greg Norman, Peter Thomson, Tom Watson, Pádraig Harrington, Colin Montgomerie, and Ian Woosnam.
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