BMW Asian Open

BMW Asian Open
Tournament information
Location	Shanghai, China
Established	2001
Course(s)	Tomson Shanghai Pudong Golf Club
Par	72
Length	7,327 yards (6,700 m)
Tour(s)	Asian Tour; European Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	€2,300,000
Month played	April
Final year	2008
Tournament record score
Aggregate	262 Ernie Els (2005)
To par	−26 as above
Final champion
	Darren Clarke
Location map
	Tomson Shanghai Pudong GC Location in China

The BMW Asian Open was a men’s professional golf tournament that was co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the European Tour. The event was founded in 2001, as part of the European Tour’s drive to expand into Asia, and China in particular.

The first two editions were held at Ta Shee Golf and Country Club in Taiwan, before the tournament was moved to the People’s Republic of China in 2004, since when it was played at the Tomson Shanghai Pudong Golf Club in Pudong, Shanghai.

In 2005 Ernie Els set a new Asian Tour record for the biggest margin of victory when he triumphed by 13 strokes. In 2008 the prize fund was $2.3 million, an increase of more than fifty percent from the 2006 fund of $1.5 million.

Winners

Year	Tours	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
2008	ASA, EUR	Darren Clarke	280	−8	1 stroke	Robert-Jan Derksen
2007	ASA, EUR	Raphaël Jacquelin	278	−10	2 strokes	Søren Kjeldsen
2006	ASA, EUR	Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño	281	−7	Playoff	Henrik Stenson
2005	ASA, EUR	Ernie Els	262	−26	13 strokes	Simon Wakefield
2004	ASA, EUR	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	274	−14	3 strokes	Simon Dyson
2003: No tournament
2002	ASA, EUR	Pádraig Harrington	273	−15	1 stroke	Jyoti Randhawa
2001	ASA, EUR	Jarmo Sandelin	278	−10	1 stroke	Thongchai Jaidee José María Olazábal