Having a long history, the Open is one of the most important professional golf championships in Asia. Remarkably, nine major winners have won the tournament, including golfing legends Peter THOMSON, Greg NORMAN, Bernhard LANGER, Tom WATSON and Jose Maria OLAZABAL - a list of champions unrivalled by any other tournaments in the region. Recent winners are also golf stars, including Padraig HARRINGTON, Colin MONTGOMERIE, Miguel Angel JIMENEZ, Rory MCILROY and Justin ROSE, the champion coming to defend his title this year.
In 2001, the Open was sanctioned by the European PGA Tour on top of the Asian one. Since then, it has become the leg of two PGA tours and attracts quite a number of the world's best golfers to compete at the Hong Kong Golf Club in Fanling every year.
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The above information is provided by the Hong Kong Golf Association.