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Ballantine's Championship
Tournament information
Location South Korea Jeju Island, South Korea
Established 2008
Course(s) Pinx Golf Club
Par 72
Yardage 7,345
Tour(s) European Tour
Asian Tour
Format Stroke play
Purse € 2,100,000
Month played March
Tournament record score
Aggregate 264 Graeme McDowell & Jeev Milkha Singh (2008)
To-par -24 (as above)
Current champion
Thailand Thongchai Jaidee

The Ballantine's Championship is a European Tour golf tournament which was played for the first time from 13 to 16 March 2008 at Pinx Golf Club on the island of Jeju in South Korea. It was the first European Tour event to be staged in Korea.

The tournament was announced in July 2007 by the European Tour in partnership with the Korean PGA,[1] 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"[2], but six months later it agreed terms to co-sanction the event.[3] The prize fund in the first year was €2 million (circa US$2.9 million).

Contents

Winners

Year Winner Country Score
2009 Thongchai Jaidee  Thailand 284 (-4)PO
2008 Graeme McDowell  Northern Ireland 264 (-24)PO

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ballantine's brings first European Tour event to Korea". europeantour.com. July 3, 2007. http://www.europeantour.com/default.sps?pagegid=%7B5A258B31%2D8294%2D4C0E%2DB8B9%2DA796F6009E52%7D&newsid=441124. Retrieved 2008-11-22.  
  2. ^ "Asian Tour left fuming". sportinglife.com. http://www.sportinglife.com/golf/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=golf/07/07/03/GOLF_Korea.html. Retrieved 2008-11-22.  
  3. ^ "Asian Tour co-sanctions Indian Masters". Calcutta Telegraph. January 16, 2008. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080116/jsp/sports/story_8788249.jsp. Retrieved 2008-11-22.  

External links

European Tour Events
Other tournaments in playing order: Alfred Dunhill Championship · South African Open · Africa Open · Joburg Open · Abu Dhabi Golf Championship · Commercialbank Qatar Masters · Omega Dubai Desert Classic · Avantha Masters · Maybank Malaysian Open · Hassan II Golf Trophy · Open de Andalucia · Estoril Open de Portugal · Madeira Islands Open BPI - Portugal · Ballantine's Championship · Open de España · BMW Italian Open · Open Calla Millor Mallorca · BMW PGA Championship · Madrid Masters · Celtic Manor Wales Open · Austrian Golf Open · Saint-Omer Open · BMW International Open · Open de France · Barclays Scottish Open · Nordea Scandinavian Masters · 3 Irish Open · Celadna Czech Open · Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles · Omega European Masters · KLM Open · The Vivendi · Alfred Dunhill Links Championship · Portugal Masters · Castelló Masters Costa Azahar · Andalucia Masters · Barclays Singapore Open · UBS Hong Kong Open  · Dubai World Championship
Former events
Asian Tour Events
Team Events: Royal Trophy
(A) - co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia. (E) - co-sanctioned by the European Tour. (J) - co-sanctioned by the Japan Golf Tour. (S) - co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour.
(K) - co-sanctioned by the Korean Tour. (I) - co-sanctioned by the Professional Golf Tour of India.







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