Singapore Open Golf Back as $2.6 Million Event

Historic tournament returns to SICC with record purse, new sponsor after 2-year gap

- Kimberly Kwek

Golf's Singapore Open, the national men's professional competition, will return to the Republic when it tees off at the Singapore Island Country Club (SICC) from Nov 6 to 9.

Last played in 2022, the event will be sanctioned by the Singapore Golf Association (SGA) and Asian Tour, with Kweichow Moutai, a Chinese liquor company, coming on board as the new title sponsor in 2025.

Staged at the SICC's New Course, the Moutai Singapore Open will offer a prize purse of US$2 million (S$2.59 million) – an increase from the US$1.25 million for the 2022 edition – as one of 10 events on the International Series.

The International Series, which was launched in 2022, provides a pathway to the LIV Golf series.

Singaporean professional golfer James Leow welcomed the return of the event, which the 28-year-old has watched as a spectator and played in four times.

The 2019 SEA Games gold medallist said: "It's nice to have the event back after three years – everyone is constantly asking about it and it's such a special event.

"It has a long history and has had many big golfing stars competing in it and winning it... It's also the part that it's a life-changing dream for all the professionals and aspiring professionals."