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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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BMW Masters

The BMW Masters was a golf tournament played annually at Lake Malaren Golf Club, in Luodian, Shanghai, China. The tournament began in 2011 and became 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, coming from an overall prize fund of $5 million.

In 2012, it became a European Tour event and was renamed the BMW Masters. 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 Sweden Kristoffer Broberg 271 −17 Playoff United States Patrick Reed
4th 2014 Germany Marcel Siem 272 −16 Playoff England Ross Fisher
France Alexander Lévy
3rd 2013 Spain Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño 277 −11 1 stroke Italy Francesco Molinari
Thailand Thongchai Jaidee
2nd 2012 Sweden Peter Hanson 267 −21 1 stroke Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy
Lake Malaren Shanghai Masters
1st 2011 Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy 270 −18 Playoff United States Anthony Kim