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Merlion Masters

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Merlion Masters
Tournament information
LocationSingapore
Established1995
Course(s)SAFRA Resort
Par72
Tour(s)Asian Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$200,000
Month playedNovember
Final year1996
Tournament record score
Aggregate278 Zaw Moe (1996)
278 Peter Teravainen (1996)
To par−10 as above
Final champion
United States Peter Teravainen
Location map
SAFRA Resort is located in Singapore
SAFRA Resort
SAFRA Resort
Location in Singapore

The Merlion Masters was a golf tournament that was held in Singapore in 1995 and 1996. It was an event on the Asian Tour.

The Merlion Masters was hosted at Laguna National Golf and Country Club in 1995,[1] when it was won by South African Nico van Rensburg, and the SAFRA Resort in 1996, when Singapore resident Peter Teravainen won the title in a sudden-death playoff.

Winners

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner-up Venue Ref.
1996 United States Peter Teravainen 278 −10 Playoff[a] Myanmar Zaw Moe SAFRA Resort [2]
1995 South Africa Nico van Rensburg 279 −9 1 stroke Australia Don Fardon Laguna National [3]

Notes

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  1. ^ Teravainen won on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff

References

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  1. ^ "The Golf". Laguna National. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  2. ^ "1996 Merlion Masters". Where 2 Golf. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  3. ^ "National and International – Golf – Asian PGA Merlion Masters". The Canberra Times. 17 October 1995. p. 25. Retrieved 16 June 2019.