The Singapore Open is a professional golf tournament in Singapore that has been predominantly part of the Asian Tour schedule. The event is one of the regionâÂÂs most prestigious National Opens â having been played since the early 1960s. It is owned by the Singapore Golf Association (SGA) and is the countryâÂÂs flagship golf tournament. Since 2017 the event has been part of the Open Qualifying Series, giving up to three non-exempt players entry into The Open Championship.
The Singapore Open was first played in 1961 and was one of the tournaments on the first season of the Far East Circuit (later the Asia Golf Circuit) the following year. It remained part of the Asia circuit until 1993 when it became a fixture on the Australasian Tour. After just 3 seasons, it left the Australasian Tour to join the fledgling Asian Tour for that tour's second season in 1996. The event was also co-sanctioned with the European Tour from 2009 to 2012, and with the Japan Golf Tour since 2016. Since 2025 it has been part of The International Series, the upper-tier level of events on the Asian Tour that provide a pathway to the LIV Golf League.
The Singapore Open was founded in 1961 and was staged annually until 2001, when it was won by Thaworn Wiratchant. Other winners in the years leading up to this included American Shaun Micheel in 1998, who went on to win the 2003 PGA Championship. Other notable winners of the event who went on to win majors, include ÃÂngel Cabrera, Adam Scott and Sergio GarcÃÂa.
In 2002, the event was cancelled due to a lack of sponsorship. It was revived in 2005 with backing from Sentosa Leisure Group. The 2005 event was played in September and offered prize money of US$2 million, making it the richest tournament on the Asian Tour not co-sanctioned by the European Tour at the time, a status it retained until the event was first co-sanctioned by the European Tour in 2009.
The 2006 Singapore Open offered a purse of US$3 million with a winner's share of US$475,000. In May 2006, it was announced that Barclays Bank would sponsor the event for five years from 2006 and that the prize fund will be increased to US$4 million in 2007 and US$5 million in 2008. In 2011, the purse was US$6,000,000. The 2013 edition was cancelled due to lack of sponsorship.
After a three-year absence, the tournament returned in January 2016. The event was co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and Japan Golf Tour. Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation also became the new title sponsor of the event. Song Young-han won the revived event, beating current world number one Jordan Spieth by one shot in the weather-delayed event.
Matt Kuchar won the 2020 event, beating Justin Rose by three shots.
The tournament was not played in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kweichow Moutai became the tournament's title sponsor in 2025, while The Business Times was announced as the presenting sponsor for the 2026 edition.
The following venues have been used since the founding of the Singapore Open in 1961.