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VOLVO CHINA OPENRELATED STORIES

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| DATES: Thursday, April 12th - Sunday, April 15th |
| SITE: Shanghai Silport Golf Club, Shanghai, China |
| COURSE ARCHITECT: Beta Soong (1996) |
| Hole-By-Hole: |
1 - Par 5 561 Yds |
10 - Par 4 431 Yds |
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2 - Par 3 193 Yds |
11 - Par 3 188 Yds |
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3 - Par 4 468 Yds |
12 - Par 4 409 Yds |
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4 - Par 4 417 Yds |
13 - Par 4 346 Yds |
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5 - Par 4 414 Yds |
14 - Par 5 574 Yds |
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6 - Par 4 405 Yds |
15 - Par 4 392 Yds |
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7 - Par 4 408 Yds |
16 - Par 4 373 Yds |
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8 - Par 3 185 Yds |
17 - Par 3 185 Yds |
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9 - Par 5 570 Yds |
18 - Par 5 554 Yds |
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36 3,621 Yds |
36 3,452 Yds |
| Annual: |
13th (4th year as part of European Tour) |
| Defending Champion: |
Jeev Milkha Singh (Not defending) |
| Runner-Up: |
Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano |
| Tournament Record: |
269 (Prayad Marksaeng, 1996; Edward Fryatt, 1998) |
| 54-Hole Record: |
201 (David Gleeson, James Kingston, 2002) |
| 36-Hole Record: |
132 (David Gleeson, 2002; Chawalit Plaphol, 2006) |
| Course Record: |
64 (Nico Van Rensburg, 1998, James Kingston, 2002, |
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Gwang-soo Choi, 2003 - Shanghai Silport Golf Club) |
| 18-Hole Record: |
64 (Nico Van Rensburg, 2006 - Honghua International Golf Club) |
| Total Purse: |
$2,671,768 |
| Payouts: |
1st Place - $332,800; 2nd Place - $221,869; 3rd Place - $125,002 |
| 2006 Finish |
| Player |
Score |
Player |
Score |
| Jeev Milkha Singh |
278 |
Paul Casey |
281 |
| G. Fernandez-Castano |
279 |
Jarrod Lyle |
281 |
| David Lynn |
280 |
Ter-Chang Wang |
282 |
| Simon Wakefield |
281 |
Peter O'Malley |
282 |
| Peter Fowler |
281 |
Four players at |
283 |
| Past Volvo China Open Winners |
| Year |
Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up |
| 2006 |
Jeev Milkha Singh (278) -- Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano |
| 2006 |
*Paul Casey (275) -- Oliver Wilson |
| 2005 |
Stephen Dodd (276) -- Thomas Bjorn |
| 2003 |
Lian-Wei Zhang (277) -- Thaworn Wiratchant |
| 2002 |
David Gleeson (272) -- Pablo Del Olmo |
| 2001 |
Charlie Wi (272) -- Thongchai Jaidee |
| 2000 |
Simon Dyson (275) -- Jyoti Randhawa |
| 1999 |
Kyi Hla Han (273) -- Christian Pena |
| 1998 |
Edward Fryatt (269) -- Takeshi Ohyama |
| 1997 |
Jun Cheng (280) -- Adrian Percey |
| 1996 |
Prayad Marksaeng (269) -- Yu-Shu Hsieh |
| 1995 |
Raul Fretes (277) -- Ying-Juh Lai |
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