Andy DevaneyThe historic national Open will return to the DP World Tour calendar in 2027, with Deutsche Bank signed through 2029 and The Serapong hosting a newly elevated co-sanctioned event.
The Singapore Open 2027 will put one of Asia’s established national championships back on the DP World Tour schedule — and this time the move comes with a multi-year title partner attached.
From 2027, the tournament will be jointly sanctioned by the DP World Tour and Asian Tour, form part of the DP World Tour’s Asian Swing and carry Deutsche Bank’s name under an agreement running through 2029.
For golf followers, the important detail is the combination. A historic national Open, The Serapong at Sentosa Golf Club and two Tours come together from 15-18 April 2027, giving Singapore a defined place in the first phase of the Race to Dubai while strengthening the tournament’s position within Asian professional golf.
A familiar event returns in a different position
First played in 1961, the Singapore Open has a history that comfortably predates the current structure of global golf. Four major champions appear on its roll of winners, and the tournament has traditionally been part of the Asian Tour schedule.
Its relationship with the DP World Tour is not entirely new, either. The two Tours previously co-sanctioned the event from 2009 to 2012.
The 2027 edition marks a return to that shared footing after the Singapore Open itself came back onto the Asian Tour schedule in 2025 following a two-year absence.
Defending champion Jeongwoo Ham underlined what the event can offer competitively when his victory delivered a maiden Asian Tour title and a place in The Open Championship in 2026.
The Serapong joins the Asian Swing
The Deutsche Bank Singapore Open will be played on The Serapong at Sentosa Golf Club and sit inside the DP World Tour’s Asian Swing, the third of five Global Swings making up the opening phase of the Race to Dubai.
That gives the Singapore date a specific place within the Tour’s season rather than leaving it as an isolated stop. For the Asian Tour, joint sanctioning gives one of its established national Opens a broader competitive platform.
Cho Minn Thant, Commissioner and CEO of the Asian Tour, described the step up plainly: “Partnering with Deutsche Bank will also give even greater prominence to what is one of the high points of the golfing year in Asia.”
Deutsche Bank returns to golf sponsorship
Deutsche Bank is not entering top-level golf for the first time.
The bank was title partner of the Deutsche Bank Players’ Championship of Europe from 1995 to 2007. Its Singapore agreement now runs until 2029, providing continuity across multiple editions as the Open returns to the DP World Tour.
Claudio de Sanctis, Deutsche Bank Management Board Member and Head of Private Bank, said: “Deutsche Bank is proud to be working with the DP World Tour to bring leading international talent in professional golf to Asia in the new Singapore Open.”
The corporate language is predictable enough. The more relevant point for the tournament is that this is not a one-year naming deal attached to a one-year return.
More than a new name above the leaderboard
DP World Tour CEO Guy Kinnings has linked the Singapore Open’s return with the Tour’s wider three-party relationship with the Asian Tour and PGA Tour.
“The return of the Singapore Open to our schedule is also an important milestone in our new tri-partite partnership with the Asian Tour and the PGA Tour. Deutsche Bank’s investment will provide the foundation to grow this historic national Open, enhance the experience on and off the course, and maximise the economic impact of the event for many years to come.”
That is ultimately what makes the 2027 move more interesting than the addition of another sponsor’s name to a tournament title.
The Singapore Open is returning to a wider Tour structure, at The Serapong, with joint sanctioning and commercial backing already secured through 2029.
For a national Open first contested in 1961, the significant development is not simply that it has found another partner. It has found a route back onto a bigger stage.
