The Moutai Singapore Open makes its long-awaited return this week – marking a bold new chapter for one of Asia’s most historic golf tournaments.

The tournament was first held at The Singapore Island Country Club (SICC), in 1961, and returns blending tradition with fresh momentum.

This year marks the debut of Kweichow Moutai as title sponsor – a partnership that aligns the tournament’s rich heritage with the brand’s global prestige and cultural resonance.  It’s a partnership that has also extended to the support of the International Series Japan and the Link Hong Kong Open.

Singapore’s National Open has long been one of the most iconic events on the Asian Tour calendar, and its return is one of the highlights of the year.

Wade Ormsby.

Tournament Information

• Tournament: Moutai Singapore Open
• Date: 6th – 9th November 2025
• Venue: The Singapore Island Country Club (New Course: Millennium & Peirce)
• Par/Yards: 72 / 7,295 yards
• Purse: US$2million (winner US$360,000)
• Previous winner: Sadom Kaewkanjana (2022)
• Asian Tour leg: 17^th
• International Series leg: Eighth
• Edition of tournament: 56^th
• Total number of players: 144
• Format: Stroke play tournament over four rounds of 18 holes with a cut after 36 holes to leading 65 pros plus ties.
• Social media hashtags: #TimeToRise # InternationalSeries #ThisIsEverything

Miguel Tabuena.

Field Breakdown

• Order of Merit winners: John Catlin (2024), Sihwan Kim (2022), Jazz Janewattananond (2019), Scott Hend (2016), Kiradech Aphibarnrat (2013)
• Nationalities: 29
• Top contenders: Scott Vincent (ZIM), Kazuki Higa (JPN), Miguel Tabuena (PHI), Seonghyeon Kim (KOR), Talor Gooch (USA), Charles Howell III (USA), Paul Casey (ENG)
• Highest ranked player on OWGR: Kazuki Higa #113
• Highest ranked player on 2025 Asian Tour Order of Merit: Kazuki Higa (JPN) #1
• Highest ranked player in 2025 International Series Rankings: Scott Vincent (ZIM) #1
• Number of amateurs: 4
• Number of Singapore players in the field: 11

Kiradech Aphibarnrat.

Tournament Notes

• Japan’s Kazuki Higa has led the Order of Merit since his T2 at the International Series Philippines two weeks ago, after earlier winning the Yeangder TPC and Shinhan Donghae Open in back-to-back weeks in September. He also had a strong start to his 2025 campaign, going T8, T5 and T2 in the Smart Infinity Philippine Open, International Series India Presented by DLF and New Zealand Open presented by Sky Sports respectively. On the Japan Tour he has recorded six top 10’s this season, including wins at the Shinhan Donghae Open and at the ISPS HANDA Explosion in the Summer in mid-August.
• Scott Vincent from Zimbabwe tops The International Series Rankings after a win at the International Series Morocco in July, a runner-up at the Jakarta International Championship three weeks ago and a T10 at the International Series India presented by DLF earlier this season. He now sits in second place on the Order of Merit after Kazuki Higa passed him with a T2 in the Philippines, and among Vincent’s other strong finishes are T2 at the Shinhan Donghae Open in September, T4 in the Kolon Korea Open and T8 at the Smart Infinity Philippine Open. In addition to his good results on the Asian Tour this season he has also posted three top-fives on the Japan Tour, the most recent at the Sansan KBC Augusta Golf Tournament in late August.
• Miguel Tabuena from the Philippines had a story-book week at home a fortnight ago, winning the International Series Philippines on his home course for his fourth Asian Tour victory. Starting out the 2025 season with a T5 in the Smart Infinity Philippine Open he also added another T5 at the Yeangder TPC in September. With his win at Sta Elena two weeks ago, along with a T11 in the Jakarta International Championship a T14 in the International Series Macau presented by Wynn and a T21 in last week’s Link Hong Kong Open, Tabuena sits in second place in The International Series Rankings.
• Korean Seonghyeon Kim, who played on the PGA Tour in 2023 and 2024, finished eighth on this year’s Korn Ferry Tour Points List to secure his ticket back to the PGA Tour for next year. In his lone appearance on the Asian Tour this year he finished sixth at the Shinhan Donghae Open in September.
• Talor Gooch from the U.S., who plays in the LIV Golf league as part of Brooks Koepka’s Smash GC team, has won in Singapore before when he took the LIV Golf Singapore title in 2023. It was his second consecutive win after winning in Adelaide the previous event, and that season he topped LIV’s individual standings after three wins and a runner-up. This season he recorded a win at LIV Golf Andalucia at the famous Valderrama course in Spain and finished sixth in the individual rankings.
• American Charles Howell III won three times on the PGA Tour before moving to the LIV Golf League in 2022, and he has posted one win there at the 2023 LIV Golf Mayakoba in Mexico. Now a member Bryson DeChambeau’s Crushers GC team, he also played on the American Presidents Cup team in 2003 and 2007.
• Fellow Crushers team mate Paul Casey from England had a long career on the DP World Tour and PGA Tour before jumping to LIV in 2022, and during that time he recorded 15 and three wins on those tours respectively. He represented Europe in the Ryder Cup in 2004, 2006, 2008, 2018 and 2021 and was part of the winning side on three of those occasions. Casey has a good record in the four Majors with 12 top 10’s with his best result a T2 in the 2020 PGA Championship. This season he came close to winning at LIV Golf Dallas, just losing out in a playoff which was won by Patrick Reed.
• Past Champions of the Moutai Singapore Open in the field this week: Jazz Janewattananond (2019)

Pictures by Graham Uden/Asian Tour.