Sentosa Golf Magazine Jan - Feb 2021

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SENTOSA GOLF CLUB MAGAZINE

OPEN SEASON

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In the first of a twopart series, we take a look at the history of the Singapore Open, a tournament founded in 1961 and hosted at Sentosa Golf Club since 2005… A Scott 271

A Scott 205 (54 holes)

2005

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ust 12 months ago Matt Kuchar went lower than any player had gone in the history of the SMBC Singapore Open at Sentosa. He missed just three fairways, averaged 310 yards off the tee and hit 15 of 18 greens – come the end of his third round he had gone round in just 62 shots, one better than the previous best

A Cabrera 267

2006

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2007

JM Singh 277

2008

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of 2007 champion Angel Cabrera, South Africa’s George Coetzee and Younghan Song of Korea, who won in 2016. The general perception of The Serapong course is that it’s a bit of a brute and at 7,400 yards these types of rounds simply don’t just happen. The next best effort last year were a small collection of 65s.

I Poulter 274

A Scott 267

2009

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G F-Castano 199 (54 holes)

2010

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