SINGAPORE – The SMBC Singapore Open will return in 2022 with an elevated prize purse of US$1.25 million (S$1.7 million), up from the US$1 million beforehand on supply in 2020, the final time it was held.
The Serapong Course on the Sentosa Golf Membership will once more host the occasion, which can be held from Jan 20-23.
In a media launch on Thursday (Dec 16), occasion organiser Sportfive stated it’s “unlikely” spectators can be allowed “however restricted hospitality is being deliberate”.
Sportfive stated it has been working carefully with authorities to make sure that all public well being and security protocols can be adopted. Extra particulars can be shared later, it added.
The Singapore Open was not held in 2021 as a result of pandemic. The upcoming version of the event would be the closing occasion of the 2020-21 Asian Tour season.
Collectively sanctioned by the Asian Tour and Japan Golf Tour Organisation, the Singapore Open will resolve who can be topped the Asian Tour’s Order of Benefit winner.
Asian Tour commissioner and chief govt officer Cho Minn Thant stated: “The event has all the time been standard amongst gamers and followers, and we’re assured that occasion organisers and companions are working laborious to place collectively a high-quality occasion that’s secure for all concerned.”
Ross Tan, president of the Singapore Golf Affiliation, stated: “The SMBC Singapore Open has all the time been a spotlight on the native sporting calendar, and organisers have labored with the related authorities to create a very unrivalled expertise underneath the circumstances and within the most secure attainable method.
“We look ahead to welcoming the gamers again to Singapore and are assured of staging one other profitable version of the SMBC Singapore Open.”
Andy Johnston, basic supervisor and director of agronomy for Sentosa Golf Membership stated Serapong, named the most effective course on the Asian Tour in 2019, was prepared for Singapore’s premier males’s championship.
“Since we final hosted the event, now we have made many enhancements to the Serapong and we’re very a lot wanting ahead to the gamers experiencing and having fun with the adjustments now we have made,” he stated.
The SMBC Singapore Open has attracted a number of the high stars of golf, together with then-world No. 1 Jordan Spieth in 2016, and 2017 Masters champion Sergio Garcia, who received the 2018 title.
Organisers stated on Wednesday that updates on gamers who will function in 2022 can be shared quickly.
The final version of the SMBC Singapore Open noticed American Matt Kuchar, the bronze medallist on the 2016 Olympic Video games, pull off a surprising comeback within the closing spherical to win the event with an 18-under par whole, turning the tables on Rio Olympics gold medallist Justin Rose, who completed second, three pictures behind.