BMW Masters
European Tour | |
| Format | Stroke play |
|---|---|
| Prize fund | US$7,000,000 |
| Month played | November |
| Final year | 2015 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 267 Peter Hanson (2012) |
| To par | −21 as above |
| Final champion | |
 Kristoffer Broberg | |
| Location map | |
  Lake Malaren GC Location in China | |
The BMW Masters was a
European Tour
event in 2012. It was dropped from the European Tour in 2016.
In 2011, the tournament was called the Lake Malaren Shanghai Masters. The event had a small field consisting of 30 top players from the
European Tour and the Asian Tour. The winner received US$2 million, the largest first prize in golf,[2]
coming from an overall prize fund of $5 million.
In 2012, it became a European Tour event and was renamed the BMW Masters.[3] The field was expanded to 78 players and the purse was increased to US$7 million. From 2013 to 2015, the tournament was part of the European Tour Final Series.
Winners
European Tour (Race to Dubai finals series)
|
2013–2015 | |
| European Tour (Regular) | 2012 | |
| Unofficial event | 2011 |
| # | Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BMW Masters | |||||||
| 5th | 2015 | Kristoffer Broberg |
271 | −17 | Playoff |  Patrick Reed
| |
| 4th | 2014 |  Marcel Siem |
272 | −16 | Playoff |  Ross Fisher Alexander Lévy
| |
| 3rd | 2013 |  Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño |
277 | −11 | 1 stroke |  Francesco Molinari Thongchai Jaidee
| |
| 2nd | 2012 | Peter Hanson |
267 | −21 | 1 stroke |  Rory McIlroy
| |
| Lake Malaren Shanghai Masters | |||||||
| 1st | 2011 | Rory McIlroy |
270 | −18 | Playoff | Anthony Kim
| |
References
- ^ "Shanghai golf tournament goes professional and international". China Daily. 24 October 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
- ^ "Shanghai Masters Golf Tournament 2011 Final Round". realsportingnews.com. 30 October 2011. Archived from the original on 1 November 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
- ^ "The European Tour, CGA and BMW Unveil BMW Masters". PGA European Tour. 23 April 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
External links
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