BMW Masters

{{Short description|Golf tournament}}

{{Infobox golf tournament

| name = BMW Masters

| image = File:Billboard Lake Malaren Shanghai Masters 2011.jpg

| location = Luodian, Shanghai, China

| establishment = 2011

| course = Lake Malaren Golf Club

| par = 72

| yardage = {{convert|7594|yd|m}}

| tour = European Tour

| format = Stroke play

| purse = {{currency|7,000,000|USD}}

| month_played = November

| final_year = 2015

| aggregate = 267 Peter Hanson (2012)

| to-par = −21 as above

| final_champion = {{flagicon|SWE}} Kristoffer Broberg

| map = China

| map_label = Lake Malaren GC

| map_caption = Location in China

| map_relief = yes

| map_label_position =

| map_size = 200

| coordinates = {{coord|31.404|121.370}}

}}

The BMW Masters was a golf tournament played annually at Lake Malaren Golf Club, in Luodian, Shanghai, China.{{cite news |title=Shanghai golf tournament goes professional and international |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2011-10/24/content_13958869.htm |work=China Daily |date=24 October 2011 |access-date=19 April 2012}} The tournament began in 2011 and became a European Tour event in 2012. It was dropped from the European Tour in 2016.

In 2011, the tournament was called the Lake Malaren Shanghai Masters. The event had a small field consisting of 30 top players from the European Tour and the Asian Tour. The winner received US$2 million, the largest first prize in golf,{{cite news|title=Shanghai Masters Golf Tournament 2011 Final Round |url=http://realsportingnews.com/shanghai-masters-golf-tournament-2011-final-round/824/ |work=realsportingnews.com |date=30 October 2011 |access-date=31 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111101112218/http://realsportingnews.com/shanghai-masters-golf-tournament-2011-final-round/824/ |archive-date=1 November 2011 }} coming from an overall prize fund of $5 million.

In 2012, it became a European Tour event and was renamed the BMW Masters.{{cite web |url=http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2012/tournamentid=2012082/news/newsid=158043.html |title=The European Tour, CGA and BMW Unveil BMW Masters |publisher=PGA European Tour |date=23 April 2012 |access-date=22 October 2012}} The field was expanded to 78 players and the purse was increased to US$7 million. From 2013 to 2015, the tournament was part of the European Tour Final Series.