The Myanmar Open was a professional
golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various Golf club, clubs to hit a Golf ball, ball into a series of holes on a golf course, course in as few strokes as possible.
Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standa ...
tournament on the
Asian Tour
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. It was founded in 1996, and was played every year until 2005. Between 2006 and 2015 it was only contested in 2010, 2012 and 2013.
The tournament returned in February 2016, sponsored by
Leopalace21 and co-sanctioned by the
Asian Tour
The Asian Tour is the principal men's professional golf professional golf tours, tour in Asia except for Japan (which has its own Japan Golf Tour). It is also a full member of the International Federation of PGA Tours. Official money events on ...
and
Japan Golf Tour
The Japan Golf Tour () is a prominent professional golf tour. It was founded in 1973 and as of 2006, it offered the third-highest annual prize fund out of the regular (that is not for seniors) men's professional tours after the PGA Tour and the ...
.
Winners
See also
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Open golf tournament
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Notes
References
External links
Coverage on the Asian Tour's official siteCoverage on the Japan Golf Tour's official site
Former Asian Tour events
Former Japan Golf Tour events
Golf tournaments in Myanmar
Sport in Myanmar
1996 establishments in Myanmar
Recurring sporting events established in 1996
Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2018
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