Myanmar Open
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The Myanmar Open was a professional golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

 tournament on the Asian Tour
Asian Tour
The Asian Tour is the principal men's professional golf tour in Asia except for Japan, which has its own Japan Golf Tour, which is also a full member of the International Federation of PGA Tours. The Asian Tour is administered from offices in Singapore...

. It was founded in 1996, and was played every year until 2005. After a four year hiatus, the event returned to the Asian Tour schedule in 2010.

Winners

YearWinnerCountryWinning scoreMargin of victoryRunner(s)-up
2010 Tetsuji Hiratsuka
Tetsuji Hiratsuka
is a Japanese professional golfer.Hiratsuka was born in Kyoto, Japan. He has won six times on the Japan Golf Tour. He represented Japan at the 2007 Omega Mission Hills World Cup with Hideto Tanihara.-Japan Golf Tour wins :*2003 Golf Nippon Series JT Cup...

 
264 (−24) 10 strokes Prayad Marksaeng
Prayad Marksaeng
Prayad Marksaeng is a Thai professional golfer.Prayad was a member of Thailand's winning golf team at the 1987 South East Asian Games and turned professional in 1991. He has been a member of the Asian Tour since it began in its modern form in 1995. He was won six events on the tour, becoming one...

2006–09 No tournament
2005 Scott Strange
Scott Strange
Scott Strange is an Australian professional golfer who competes on the European Tour and the Asian Tour.Prior to turning Professional, Strange frequently represented the Western Australia amateur team in Australian Golf Union events...

 
277 (−11) 2 strokes Rick Gibson
Rick Gibson (golfer)
Rick Gibson is a Canadian professional golfer who plays primarily in Asia.Gibson was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He played college golf at Brigham Young University, where he was an All-American in 1984....

2004 Thongchai Jaidee
Thongchai Jaidee
Thongchai Jaidee is a Thai professional golfer who plays on the Asian Tour and the European Tour. He holds the record for most career victories and most career earnings on the Asian Tour....

 
276 (−12) 3 strokes Andrew Pitts
2003 Lin Keng-chi
Lin Keng-chi
Lin Keng-chi is a Taiwanese professional golfer.Lin has won five tournaments on the Asian Tour and topped the Tour's money list in 1995. He has also played extensively on the Japan Golf Tour, where he had won three titles. In 2001 he reached the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings...

 
275 (−13) 3 strokes Thongchai Jaidee
Thongchai Jaidee
Thongchai Jaidee is a Thai professional golfer who plays on the Asian Tour and the European Tour. He holds the record for most career victories and most career earnings on the Asian Tour....

2002 Thongchai Jaidee
Thongchai Jaidee
Thongchai Jaidee is a Thai professional golfer who plays on the Asian Tour and the European Tour. He holds the record for most career victories and most career earnings on the Asian Tour....

 
277 Playoff (1st hole) Edward Loar
2001 Anthony Kang
Anthony Kang
Anthony Kang is a Korean-American professional golfer.Kang was born in South Korea, moving to live in the United States at the age of 10, where he attended Oregon State University.Kang turned professional in 1996...

 
282 2 strokes Charlie Wi
Charlie Wi
Charlie Wi is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He has also previously played on both the European and Asian Tours.Wi was born in Seoul, and moved to Los Angeles, California, United States at the age of 10...

2000 James Kingston
James Kingston
James Hubert Kingston is a South African professional golfer.Kingston was born in Ottosdal, South Africa. He turned professional in 1988, and is currently a member of the European Tour and the Sunshine Tour...

 
269 (−19) 10 strokes Craig Kamps
1999 Wang Ter-chang
Wang Ter-chang
Wang Ter-chang is a Taiwanese golfer who plays mainly on the Asian Tour. He turned professional in 1985 and has won four Asian Tour titles.-Asian Tour wins :*1997 Ta Shee Open Championship *1999 Myanmar Open*2005 Macau Open...

 
271 3 strokes Koichi Nogami, Frankie Miñoza
Frankie Miñoza
Frankie Miñoza is a Filipino professional golfer.Miñoza has won a number of events in Asia and Japan, but has spent most of his prime, and had his most notable success, on the Japan Golf Tour...

1998 Taimur Hussain
Taimur Hussain
Taimur Hussain is a Pakistani professional golfer. In 1998 he became the first Pakistani to win on the Asian Tour when he captured the Myanmar Open.-Asian Tour wins :- External links :*...

 
280 1 stroke Zhang Lian-wei
Zhang Lian-Wei
Zhang Lian-wei is a Chinese professional golfer.Zhang was the first golfer from the People's Republic of China to achieve substantial success on the international professional circuit...

1997 Boonchu Ruangkit
Boonchu Ruangkit
Boonchu Ruangkit is a Thai professional golfer who plays on the Champions Tour.As a young man, Boonchu tried for a career in kick boxing, but he gave it up after being knocked out cold in his third bout. He made his mark in golf when he won the 1985 Australian Amateur and he turned professional...

 
273 Playoff (1st hole) John Senden
John Senden
John Gerard Senden is an Australian professional golfer.Senden was born in Brisbane, Queensland and turned pro in 1992....

1996 Boonchu Ruangkit
Boonchu Ruangkit
Boonchu Ruangkit is a Thai professional golfer who plays on the Champions Tour.As a young man, Boonchu tried for a career in kick boxing, but he gave it up after being knocked out cold in his third bout. He made his mark in golf when he won the 1985 Australian Amateur and he turned professional...


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