{"id":80023,"date":"2025-08-19T01:14:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T01:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/80023\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T01:14:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T01:14:08","slug":"sjm-macao-open-returns-with-us1-million-prize-and-golf-elite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/80023\/","title":{"rendered":"SJM Macao Open returns with US$1 million prize and golf elite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 22nd edition of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sjmmacaoopen.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">SJM Macao Open<\/a> will take place between 16-19 October at the Macau Golf and Country Club in Hac Sa, organisers announced at a press conference yesterday at Grand Lisboa Palace in Cotai.<\/p>\n<p>The four-day tournament, co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and Macau Golf Association, will offer a total prize purse of US$1 million (8.045 million patacas). SJM Resorts has served as title sponsor since 2023 and announced it will continue sponsoring the event for two additional years.<\/p>\n<p>[See more: <a href=\"https:\/\/macaonews.org\/life\/sports\/macau-wtt-champions-2025-table-tennis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Macao to host WTT Champions 2025 featuring world\u2019s top table tennis players<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Several high-profile golfers have confirmed their participation, including Liang Wenchong, the first Chinese player to claim the Asian Tour Order of Merit, and Macao\u2019s own Kelvin Si Ngai. The field also features former world number one Lee Westwood, who previously won the tournament in 1999, South Korean PGA Tour player Sungjae Im, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sjmmacaoopen.com\/news\/thailands-rattanon-wannasrichan-wins-sjm-macao-open-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">defending champion Rattanon Wannasrichan from Thailand<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the announcement, Sports Bureau Acting Vice President See Lei highlighted the tournament\u2019s significance since its 1998 launch, describing it as \u201ca hallmark championship on the Asian Tour\u201d that demonstrates \u201cMacao\u2019s capability to host major international sporting events.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SJM Managing Director Daisy Ho Chiu Fung, appearing via video link, emphasised the company\u2019s commitment to supporting golf development in Macao through the extended partnership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 22nd edition of the SJM Macao Open will take place between 16-19 October at the Macau Golf&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80024,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-80023","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-golf","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}