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Ballantine's Championship


FieldValue
nameThe Championship at Laguna National
locationSingapore
establishment2008
courseLaguna National Golf & Country Club
par72
yardage7206 yd
tourEuropean Tour
Asian Tour
Korean Tour
formatStroke play
purse
month_playedMay
final_year2014
aggregate264 Graeme McDowell (2008)
264 Jeev Milkha Singh (2008)
to-par−24 *as above*
final_championCHL Felipe Aguilar
mapSingapore
map_labelLaguna National G&CC
map_captionLocation in Singapore
map_reliefyes
map_size200
coordinates

Asian Tour Korean Tour 264 Jeev Milkha Singh (2008) | to-par = −24 as above The Ballantine's Championship (known as The Championship at Laguna National in its final year) was a European Tour golf tournament which was played from 2008 to 2014. It was the first European Tour event to be staged in South Korea.

From 2008 to 2010, the tournament was played at Pinx Golf Club on the island of Jeju. From 2011 to 2013, the tournament was played at Blackstone Golf Club. In 2014, the event has moved to Laguna National Golf & CC in Singapore and titled as The Championship at Laguna National.

The tournament was announced in July 2007 by the European Tour in partnership with the Korean PGA, marking a continuation of the European Tour's expansion into Asia. The Asian Tour, which had not been offered the co-sanctioning rights to which it felt it was entitled, responded by calling the event an "invasive" action that "colonised" Asia in "blatant disregard" of the "principles of the International Federation of PGA Tours", but six months later it agreed terms to co-sanction the event. The prize fund in the first year was €2 million (circa US$2.9 million).

Winners

YearToursWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victoryRunner(s)-upThe Championship at Laguna NationalBallantine's Championship
2014[ASA](2014-asian-tour), [EUR](2014-european-tour)CHL Felipe Aguilar266−221 strokeDNK Anders Hansen
USA David Lipsky
2013[ASA](2013-asian-tour), [EUR](2013-european-tour), [KOR](2013-korean-tour)AUS Brett Rumford277−11PlayoffAUS Marcus Fraser
SCO Peter Whiteford
2012[ASA](2012-asian-tour), [EUR](2012-european-tour), [KOR](2012-korean-tour)AUT Bernd Wiesberger270−185 strokesSCO Richie Ramsay
2011[ASA](2011-asian-tour), [EUR](2011-european-tour), [KOR](2011-korean-tour)ENG Lee Westwood276−121 strokeESP Miguel Ángel Jiménez
2010[ASA](2010-asian-tour), [EUR](2010-european-tour), [KOR](2010-korean-tour)AUS Marcus Fraser204−124 strokesNIR Gareth Maybin
AUS Brett Rumford
2009[ASA](2009-asian-tour), [EUR](2009-european-tour), [KOR](2009-korean-tour)THA Thongchai Jaidee284−4PlayoffESP Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño
KOR Kang Sung-hoon
2008[ASA](2008-asian-tour), [EUR](2008-european-tour), [KOR](2008-korean-tour)NIR Graeme McDowell264−24PlayoffIND Jeev Milkha Singh

Notes

References

References

  1. (10 April 2014). "Laguna National to host 'The Championship'". PGA European Tour.
  2. (3 July 2007). "Ballantine's brings first European Tour event to Korea". [[PGA European Tour]].
  3. Garrod, Mark. (3 July 2007). "Asian Tour left fuming". [[Sporting Life (British newspaper).
  4. (16 January 2008). "Asian Tour co-sanctions Indian Masters". [[The Telegraph (Kolkata).
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