Overview

Having been inaugurated in 1998, when Japan’s Satoshi Oide recorded a surprise victory, the Macao Open has established itself as one of the Asian Tour’s longest running events.

It has been through several sponsorship cycles and welcomed SJM Resorts on board as title sponsor in 2023. Since then the tournament has enjoyed one of the most successful periods in its history. This has also been due to the incredible support provided by the other key stakeholders: the Sports Bureau of Macao SAR Government, Macau Golf & Country Club, Macau Golf Association, and IMG.

SJM Resorts is a leading force in Macau’s integrated tourism and leisure industry.

Some of the world’s finest players have won here, including Lee Westwood, Colin Montgomerie, and Min Woo Lee, as have many of the Asian Tour’s finest, Zhang Lianwei, Anirban Lahiri, Gaganjeet Bhullar, Thaworn Wiratchant, Pavit Tangkamolprasert, and Scott Hend. Zhang, Bhullar, and Hend all have the distinction of winning twice.

Some famous names have also finished second, Vijay Singh and Nick Price, in particular – moments that all add to the significance of the tournament.

Macau Golf & Country Club

Opened in 1993, Macau Golf & Country Club is one of the oldest established golf clubs in Southern China.

The club is a business unit of STDM – a major investment and hospitality company in Macau and the controlling parent company of SJM Holdings Limited.

It has been meticulously planned to combine a resort ambience with an 18-hole championship golf course, superb amenities, first–class management, attentive service, excellent food, and an array of activities specially focused on golf tournaments and tuition.

Tournament Information

• Tournament: SJM Macao Open
• Date: 15 – 18 October
• Venue: Macau Golf and Country Club, Macao, China
• Par / Yards: 70 / 6,713 yards
• Purse: US$1million
• Asian Tour leg: Twelfth
• Edition of tournament: 23rd
• Previous winner: Dominic Foos (GER)
• Previous winning score: 263 (-17)
• Total number of players: 144
• Format: Stroke play tournament over 4 rounds of 18 holes with a cut after 36 holes to leading 65 professionals plus ties.

Field Breakdown

• Order of Merit winners: Andy Ogletree (2023), Sihwan Kim (2022), Jazz Janewattananond (2019), Gavin Green (2017)
• Nationalities: 27
• Top contenders: Sungjae Im (KOR), Paul Casey (ENG), Pavit Tangkamolprasert (THA), Travis Smyth (AUS), Chien-yao Hung (TPE), Jazz Janewattananond (THA), Wei-hsuan WANG (TPE), Henrik Stenson (SWE)
• Highest ranked player on OWGR: Sungjae Im (KOR) #61
• Highest ranked player on the Order of Merit: Pavit Tangkamolprasert (THA) #1
• No. of amateurs in the field: 8
• No. of Macao Players in the field: 5

Tournament Notes

• Korean Sungjae Im is the highest ranked player in the World Rankings in the field this week at number 61. He currently has two PGA Tour victories on his resume, the 2021 Shriners Children’s Open and the 2020 Honda Classic. He has played on the International squad in the Presidents Cup in the last four editions of the event, including in 2026 at Medinah Country Club in the U.S. last month. In 2026 he has posted six top-10s on the PGA Tour, coming into this week with three straight, with the best result being a T4 at the Valspar Championship in March. This is the second time for Im playing in the SJM Macao Open and last year he finished T7 in the tournament.
• Paul Casey from England is a five-time Ryder Cup player, and during his 25-year professional career he has also collected 15 DP World Tour titles and three PGA Tour titles. He reached as high as number three on the OWGR in 2009 following his win at the BMW PGA Championship on the DP World Tour. He is a five-time Ryder Cupper representing Europe and was on the winning squad three times. His best result in 2026 has been at the Omega European Masters on the DP World Tour where he finished runner-up following a playoff loss to South African Thriston Lawrence.
• Thai Pavit Tangkamolprasert is having an outstanding season, since in addition to the victory at the Yeangder TPC four weeks ago he’s also had a runner-up at the season opening Philippine Golf Championship and a T2 at the International Series Japan this year early in the season. After these fine performances he now sits on top of the Asian Tour Order of Merit table. Won this tournament in 2016 for his first Asian Tour victory
• Travis Smyth from Australia won the International Series Japan in early April, and before that had a third-place finish at the Philippine Golf Championship and a solo-fifth at the New Zealand Open presented by Millbrook Resort. On the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia he early in the year won the ISPS HANDA Japan-Australasia Championship to wrap up the 2025/26 Order of Merit crown on that tour after that victory and two other top-fives. Currently second on the Asian Tour Order of Merit.
• Chien-yao Hung from Chinese Taipei won the Mercuries Masters on home soil three weeks ago, and came within two strokes of a playoff the previous week at the Yeangder TPC. Having won three times on the Asian Development Tour before, including once in 2026 at the Ambassador ADT Open, the win was his first in 181 starts and 14 years on the Asian Tour.
• His countryman Wei-hsuan Wang had his best Asian Tour season in 2025 when he finished ninth on the Order of Merit following a runner-up at this tournament following a playoff loss, and a T2 at the Yeangder TPC. He recently had a T4 at the Yeangder TPC after firing a final round 10-under-par 62.
• The 2019 Order of Merit champion Jazz Janewattananond from Thailand is coming into the week in fine form, having finished T3, T4 and T3 in his last three Asian Tour events, the Mercuries Msters, Yeangder TPC and International Series Morocco. He also had a T3 at the Singapore Open presented by The Business Times earlier in the season.
• The winner of the 2016 Open Championship Henrik Stenson from Sweden will be making his debut at Macau Golf & Country Club this week. He has 22 professional wins on his resume – six on the PGA Tour, including the 2009 Players Championship, and 11 on the DP World Tour. He has represented Europe in the Ryder Cup on five occasions and came out on the winning side three times. In 2013 he won the DP World Tour’s Race to Dubai, after already winning PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup in September, becoming the first player to win the FedEx Cup on the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour’s Race to Dubai. He also won both the DP World Tour Championship and the Tour Championship that same season. In 2016, the year he won the Open Championship, he claimed the Race to Dubai for the second time. He reached his highest ranking on the OWGR in 2014 as number two behind Australian Adam Scott.

Pictures by Graham Uden/Asian Tour.