Singapore Open (golf)

The Singapore Open was founded in 1961^[4] and was staged annually until 2001, when it was won by Thaworn Wiratchant. Other winners in the years leading up to this included American Shaun Micheel in 1998, who went on to win the 2003 PGA Championship. Other notable winners of the event who went on to win majors, include Ángel Cabrera, Adam Scott and Sergio García.

In 2002, the event was cancelled due to a lack of sponsorship. It was revived in 2005 with backing from Sentosa Leisure Group.^[5] The 2005 event was played in September and offered prize money of US$2 million, making it the richest tournament on the Asian Tour not co-sanctioned by the European Tour at the time, a status it retained until the event was first co-sanctioned by the European Tour in 2009.^[5]

The 2006 Singapore Open offered a purse of US$3 million with a winner's share of US$475,000. In May 2006, it was announced that Barclays Bank would sponsor the event for five years from 2006 and that the prize fund will be increased to US$4 million in 2007 and US$5 million in 2008.^[6] In 2011, the purse was US$6,000,000. The 2013 edition was cancelled due to lack of sponsorship.^[7]

After a three-year absence, the tournament returned in January 2016. The event was co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and Japan Golf Tour.^[8] Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation also became the new title sponsor of the event. Song Young-han won the revived event, beating current world number one Jordan Spieth by one shot in the weather-delayed event.^[9]

Matt Kuchar won the 2020 event, beating Justin Rose by three shots.^[10]

The tournament was not played in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[11]

Kweichow Moutai became the tournament's title sponsor in 2025,^[12] while The Business Times was announced as the presenting sponsor for the 2026 edition.^[13]

The following venues have been used since the founding of the Singapore Open in 1961.

• Open golf tournament
• Singapore Masters