Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship
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Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location |  Abu Dhabi,United Arab Emirates |
| Established | 2006 |
| Course(s) | Abu Dhabi Golf Club |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7,600 yards (6,934 m) |
| Tour(s) | European Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | $2,700,000 |
| Month played | January |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 264 Martin Kaymer (2011) |
| To par | -24 Martin Kaymer (2011) |
| Current champion | |
| Robert Rock | |
The Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship is a European Tour golf tournament that was staged for the first time in January 2006. It is played at the Abu Dhabi Golf Club by Sheraton in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.
The creation of this event is part of the European Tour's continuing expansion into Asia, and it makes up a trio of European Tour events in the Gulf States alongside the Dubai Desert Classic (founded in 1989) and the Qatar Masters (founded in 1998). Unlike most European Tour events staged in Asia it is not co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour. The prize fund for each of the first five editions was US$2 million.
Winners
| Year | Winner | Country | Score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship | ||||||
| 2012 | Robert Rock |  England |
275 (−13) | 1 stroke | Rory McIlroy |  Northern Ireland |
| 2011 | Martin Kaymer (3) |  Germany |
264 (−24) | 8 strokes | Rory McIlroy | Northern Ireland |
| Abu Dhabi Golf Championship | ||||||
| 2010 | Martin Kaymer (2) | Germany |
267 (−21) | 1 stroke | Ian Poulter | England |
| 2009 | Paul Casey (2) | England |
267 (−21) | 1 stroke | Martin Kaymer | Germany |
| Louis Oosthuizen |  South Africa |
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| 2008 | Martin Kaymer (1) | Germany |
273 (−15) | 4 strokes | Henrik Stenson |  Sweden |
| Lee Westwood | England |
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| 2007 | Paul Casey (1) | England |
271 (−17) | 1 stroke | Peter Hanson | Sweden |
| Miguel Ángel Jiménez |  Spain |
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| 2006 | Chris DiMarco |  United States |
268 (−20) | 1 stroke | Henrik Stenson | Sweden |
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