BMW Masters

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.

BMW Masters

Tournament information
Location	Luodian, Shanghai, China
Established	2011
Course(s)	Lake Malaren Golf Club
Par	72
Length	7,594 yards (6,944 m)
Tour(s)	European Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$7,000,000
Month played	November
Final year	2015
Tournament record score
Aggregate	267 Peter Hanson (2012)
To par	−21 as above
Final champion
Kristoffer Broberg
Location map
Lake Malaren GC Location in China

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