Since its inception in 1998, the SJM Macao Open has grown to become a hallmark championship on the Asian Tour and one of its longest running events.

Satoshi Oide was the first winner in 1998, with Lee Westwood (1999) and Colin Montgomerie (2003) two of the more notable past champions.

Rattanon Wannasrichan is the defending champion while Zhang Lianwei is the only player to successfully defend his title in 2002 after winning in 2001.

The SJM Macao Open is jointly organised by the Sports Bureau of Macao SAR Government, title sponsor SJM Resorts, S.A (SJM) and IMG. It is co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and Macau Golf Association.

Tournament Information

• Tournament: SJM Macao Open
• Date: 16th – 19th October 2025
• Venue: Macau Golf & Country Club, Macao, China
• Par/Yards: 70 / 6,713 yards
• Purse: US$1million (US$180,000)
• Asian Tour leg: 14^th
• Edition of tournament: 22^nd
• Previous winner: Rattanon Wannasrichan (THA)
• Previous winning score: 260 (-20)
• 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 #SJMMacaoOpen

Field Breakdown

• Order of Merit winners: John Catlin (2024), Sihwan Kim (2022), Liang Wenchong (2007)
• Nationalities: 29
• Top contenders: Sungjae Im (KOR), Lee Westwood (ENG), Haotong Li (CHN), Rattanon Wannasrichan (THA), Poom Saksansin (THA), Taichi Kho (HKG), Suteepat Prateeptienchai (THA), Wang Wei-hsuan (TPE)
• Highest ranked player on OWGR: Sungjae Im (KOR) #35
• Highest ranked player on 2025 Asian Tour Order of Merit: Rattanon Wannasrichan (THA) #6
• Number of amateurs: 8
• Number of Macau players in the field: 6

(L-R) – David Rollo, COO, Asian Tour, Daisy Ho Managing Director of SJM Resorts S.A., Mok Chi Hang, Acting President of MSB, Grant Slack, Executive Vice President & MD, IMG Golf, and Johnny Senna Fernandes, President, Macau Golf Association.

Tournament Notes

• Korean star Sungjae Im is making his debut in the SJM Macao Open and he is the highest ranked player on the OWGR in the field this week at number 35. The 27-year-old has won two tournaments on the PGA Tour, the 2021 Shriners Children’s Open and the 2020 Honda Classic, as well as two events on the Korn Ferry Tour in 2018. Im has four top 10s in Majors on his resume, three of them coming at the Masters Tournament where he was T2 in 2020, T5 in 2025 and T8 in 2022. He also was also T7 at the 2024 Open Championship. He has represented the International Team at the Presidents Cup in 2019, 2022 and 2024.
• Legendary English player Lee Westwood is no stranger to the Asian Tour where he has won eight tournaments, including the second edition of this one back in 1999. He has also won 25 titles on the DP World Tour, two on the PGA Tour and four on the Japan Tour. Westwood has amassed 19 top 10s in Majors during his career and has three runners-up as his highest finishes. He is second on the Career Money List on the DP World Tour with 38,825,014 Euros, behind only Rory McIlroy with 66,248,322 Euros, and topped the Race to Dubai Rankings in 2000, 2009 and 2020. Westwood reached number one in the world on the OWGR in late October of 2010 and held the top spot for 17 weeks. He would regain the position in 2011 after winning the Indonesian Masters in April of 2011. He represented Europe in the Ryder Cup 11 times between 1997 and 2021, which together with only Nick Faldo is one short of Phil Mickelson’s record 12 appearances. Currently plays for the Majestics GC on the LIV Golf League.
• China’s number one Haotong Li is having his best season since 2018 on the DP World Tour, that was the year he won the Omega Dubai Desert Classic by one shot over Rory McIlroy and finished ninth in the race to Dubai Rankings. Currently again in ninth place in the DP World Tour rankings after a win at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters and four other top-fives, including a T4 at this year’s Open Championship, he is at the moment in line for a promotion to the PGA Tour for 2026. During his career on the DP World Tour Li has won four titles and has two top results in The Open – a third in 2017 being his highest finish. OWGR #79.
• Recent Mercuries Taiwan Masters winner Rattanon Wannasrichan from Thailand is the highest ranked player on the Order of Merit this week at number six, after having won the Mercuries Taiwan Masters three weeks ago, finished T2 at the Yeangder TPC the previous week and T7 at the Mandiri Indonesia Open in late August. The three-time Asian Tour champion is the defending champion this week after having won the title last year by two shots over countryman Gunn Charoenkul.
• Fellow Thai Poom Saksansin has been playing very well lately with a T3, T7 and T15 in his last three events, the Jakarta International Championship, Mercuries Taiwan Masters and Yeangder TPC. Earlier in the season he finished runner-up to countryman Sadom Kaewkanjana in the Kolon Korea Open and T5 at the season opening Smart Infinity Philippine Open. The four-time Asian Tour winner was runner-up to Minwoo Lee in this tournament in 2023. Order of Merit (OoM) #10.
• Hong Kong’s Taichi Kho has posted six top-10 finishes this season, with a runner-up at the Mandiri Indonesia Open as his best result. He also finished T4 at the Shinhan Donghae Open and the Kolon Korea Open, T6 at the International Series Macau Presented by Wynn, T8 at the New Zealand Open presented by Sky Sport and T10 at the International Series Morocco. OOM #13.
• Four-time Asian Tour winner Suteepat Prateeptienchai from Thailand is entering this week with three straight top-10s, as well as a win at the Mandiri Indonesia Open in late August in his last five events. He is #11 on OOM .
• Wang Wei-hsuan from Chinese Taipei is very much in form this season, and recently finished third and T2 in the Mercuries Taiwan Masters and Yeangder TPC respectively in his home country. He has also had a great season on the local tour at home, racking up three wins and a runner-up to lead the TPGA Order of Merit. He is #9 on the OOM.
• China’s Zhang Lianwei is the only player in the field that has won the SJM Macau Open on more than one occasion, taking the title in back-to-back years in 2001 and the year after.
• Other previous champions in the field this week are Thailand’s Pavit Tangkamolprasert (2016) and David Gleeson from Australia (2008).

Pictures by Paul Lakatos/IMG.