BMW Masters

Golf tournament

Lake Malaren GC

Location in China

The BMW Masters was a golf tournament played annually at Lake Malaren Golf Club, in Luodian, Shanghai, China.^[1] 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,^[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.