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Hong Kong Open - Facts and Figures
Facts and Figures

Hong Kong Open - Facts and Figures

First played: 
1959 (Became part of The European Tour International Schedule in 2002)

Most wins:
4, Hsieh Yung-yo, 1963, 64, 75, 77

Consecutive wins:
Hsieh Yung-yo, 1963, 64

(Stats from 2002 onwards)

Past winners:
2002, José Maria Olazábal
2003, Fredrik Jacobson
2004, Padraig Harrington
2005, Miguel Angel Jiménez
2006, Colin Montgomerie
2007, José Manuel Lara
2008, Miguel Angel Jiménez
2009, Lin Weng-tang (Nov 2008)
2009, Grégory Bourdy (Nov 2009)
2010, Ian Poulter
2011, Rory McIlroy

Youngest winner: 
Rory McIlroy, 22 and 214 days, 2011

Oldest winner:
Miguel Angel Jiménez, 43 and 317 days, 2008

Lowest 18 hole score: 
60 (-10), Ian Poulter, 2010

Lowest first 18 hole score:
62 (-8), Richard McEvoy, 2004, K J Choi, 2008, Udorn Duangdecha, 2009 (Nov 2009), Mark Brown

Lowest first 36 hole score: 
127 (-13), Ian Poulter, 2010

Lowest first 54 hole score: 
191 (-19), Ian Poulter, 2010

Lowest 72 hole score:
258 (-22), Ian Poulter, 2010

Lowest under par winning score:
262 (-22), José Maria Olazábal, 2002

Lowest final round by a winner: 
64 (-7), José Maria Olazábal, 2002, 64 (-5), Fredrik Jacobson, 2003

Wire-to-wire-winners:
None

Largest 18 hole lead:
4 shots, Richard McEvoy, 2004

Largest 36 hole lead:
4 shots, Robert Karlsson, 2008

Largest 54 hole lead:
4 shots, Robert Karlsson, 2008

Largest winning margin:
2 shots, Fredrik Jacobson, 2003, Grégory Bourdy 2009 (Nov 2009), Rory McIlroy, 2011

Biggest final round comeback by a winner:
4 shots, Miguel Angel Jiménez, 2008

Play-offs:
LinWeng-tang beat Rory McIlroy and Francesco Molinari, 2009 (Nov 2008)

Holes-in-one:
Peter Lawrie, hole 8, round 2, 2003
Tyrol Auret, hole 2, round 1, 2004
Ted Oh, hole 5, round 3, 2006
Robert-Jan Derksen, hole 12, round 3, 2006
Liang Wen-chong, hole 12, round 4, 2007
Simon Griffiths, hole 12, round 1, 2009 (Nov 2008)
Jean-Francois Lucquin, hole 12, round 1, 2009 (Nov 2009)
Simon Dyson, hole 12, round 1, 2010
Gareth Maybin, hole 4, round 2, 2011
Anirban Lahiri, hole 11, round 3, 2011

Low cut:
138 (-2), 2009 (Nov 2009), 2010

High cut:
142 (+2), 2011

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