Volvo China Open

Tournament information
Location	Shenzhen, China
Established	1995
Course(s)	Hidden Grace Golf Club
Par	72
Length	7,147 yards (6,535 m)
Tour(s)	European Tour Asian Tour China Tour Asia Golf Circuit OneAsia Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$1,500,000
Month played	October
Tournament record score
Aggregate	264 Nicolas Colsaerts (2011)
To par	−24 as above
Current champion
Sarit Suwannarut
Location Map
Hidden Grace GC Location in China

The Volvo China Open is a men's golf tournament that has been held annually in China since 1995. The event is organised by the China Golf Association and was co-sanctioned by the European Tour from 2004 until 2019. It has also featured as part of the Asian Tour, the OneAsia Tour, the China Tour and the Asia Golf Circuit.

History

The first event was played in 1995 as the China Open and featured on the Asia Golf Circuit. Raúl Fretes was the inaugural champion. The following year the event moved to the Asian Tour's schedule and continued to through 2008. The event joined the European Tour in 2004. Stephen Dodd won the first edition on the European Tour.^[1]

Changes occurred in 2009 with the announcement of the OneAsia Tour, a new golf tour set up by the China Golf Association in partnership with the PGA Tour of Australasia, the Japan Golf Tour, the Korean PGA and the Korean Golf Association. Having been involved in the early stages, the Asian Tour withdrew from the OneAsia Tour. As a result, four events, the Volvo China Open, Pine Valley Beijing Open, Korea Open and Midea China Classic were removed from the schedule and subsequently became the founding events of the new tour. In addition, the Asian Tour stated that they would not allow their members to play in those events unless already qualified via membership of the European Tour, promising stiff penalties for those that ignored this ruling.^[2][3]

In 2011, Nicolas Colsaerts broke the tournament scoring record, shooting an aggregate of 264 (24 under par). He won by four shots.^[4]

Wu Ashun won the 2015 event by one shot over David Howell. He made history as he became the first Chinese player to win a European Tour event on home soil.^[5] Li Haotong won the event the following year, shooting a final-round 64 to win by three shots. He also became the second successive winner on home soil.^[6]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 and 2021 events were not sanctioned by the European Tour and proceeded as sole-sanctioned China Tour events.^[7][8][9] Zhang Jin won the 2021 event by making birdie at the final hole to beat Li Haotong by one shot.^[10] The 2022 event was scheduled to take place at the end of April on the European Tour but was postponed as restrictions due to the pandemic persisted in China,^[11] and ultimately not played. In 2023, it returned to the Asian Tour schedule as part of the International Series, and in 2024 will return to the European Tour.^[12]

Venues

The following venues have been used since the founding of the Volvo China Open in 1995.

Winners

Year	Tour(s)[a]	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue
2023	ASA, CHN	Sarit Suwannarut	269	−19	6 strokes	Chen Guxin Kho Taichi	Hidden Grace
2022	EUR	No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	CHN, EUR[b]	Zhang Jin	280	−8	1 stroke	Li Haotong	Genzon
2020	ASA, CHN, EUR[b]	Zhang Huilin	269	−19	9 strokes	Ding Wenyi (a)	Genzon
2019	ASA, EUR	Mikko Korhonen	268	−20	Playoff	Benjamin Hébert	Genzon
2018	ASA, EUR	Alexander Björk	270	−18	1 stroke	Adrián Otaegui	Topwin
2017	EUR, ONE	Alexander Lévy (2)	271	−17	Playoff	Dylan Frittelli	Topwin
2016	EUR, ONE	Li Haotong	266	−22	3 strokes	Felipe Aguilar	Topwin
2015	EUR, ONE	Wu Ashun	279	−9	1 stroke	David Howell	Tomson Shanghai Pudong
2014	EUR, ONE	Alexander Lévy	269	−19	4 strokes	Tommy Fleetwood	Genzon
2013	EUR, ONE	Brett Rumford	272	−16	4 strokes	Mikko Ilonen	Binhai Lake
2012	EUR, ONE	Branden Grace	267	−21	3 strokes	Nicolas Colsaerts	Binhai Lake
2011	EUR, ONE	Nicolas Colsaerts	264	−24	4 strokes	Søren Kjeldsen Peter Lawrie Danny Lee Pablo Martín	Luxehills International
2010	EUR, ONE	Yang Yong-eun	273	−15	2 strokes	Rhys Davies Stephen Dodd	Suzhou Jinji Lake
2009	EUR, ONE	Scott Strange	280	−8	1 stroke	Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño	Beijing CBD International
2008	ASA, EUR	Damien McGrane	278	−10	9 strokes	Simon Griffiths Mike Lorenzo-Vera Oliver Wilson	Beijing CBD International
2007	ASA, EUR	Markus Brier	274	−10	5 strokes	Scott Hend Graeme McDowell Andrew McLardy	Shanghai Silport
2006	ASA, EUR	Jeev Milkha Singh	278	−10	1 stroke	Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño	Beijing Honghua International
2005	ASA, EUR	Paul Casey	275	−13	Playoff	Oliver Wilson	Shenzhen
2004	ASA, EUR	Stephen Dodd	276	−12	3 strokes	Thomas Bjørn	Shanghai Silport
2003	ASA	Zhang Lianwei	277	−11	2 strokes	Thaworn Wiratchant	Shanghai Silport
2002	ASA	David Gleeson	272	−16	1 stroke	Pablo del Olmo	Shanghai Silport
2001	ASA	Charlie Wi	272	−16	1 stroke	Thongchai Jaidee	Shanghai Silport
2000	ASA	Simon Dyson	275	−13	1 stroke	Jyoti Randhawa	Shanghai Silport
1999	ASA	Kyi Hla Han	273	−15	7 strokes	Christian Peña	Shanghai Silport
1998	ASA	Ed Fryatt	269	−19	2 strokes	Takeshi Ohyama	Shanghai Sun Island International
1997	ASA	Cheng Jun	280	−8	5 strokes	Adrian Percey	Beijing International
1996	ASA	Prayad Marksaeng	269	−19	9 strokes	Hsieh Yu-shu	Beijing International
1995	AGC	Raúl Fretes	277	−11	3 strokes	Lai Ying-juh	Beijing International