Iskandar Johor Open

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Iskandar Johor Open
Tournament information
Location Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Established2007
Course(s)Horizon Hills Golf & Country Club
Par72
Length6,941 yards (6,347 m)
Tour(s) European Tour
Asian Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund US$2,000,000
Month playedDecember
Final year2012
Tournament record score
Aggregate268 Pádraig Harrington (2010)
To par−20 as above
Final champion
Flag of Spain.svg Sergio García
Location Map
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Horizon Hills G&CC
Location in Malaysia

The Iskandar Johor Open was a golf tournament held in Malaysia and part of the Asian Tour. It was first held in 2007 when it was played at the Royal Johor Country Club in Johor Bahru.

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The 2008 purse was US$500,000. In 2009, Johor Open's purse was doubled to a size of US$1 million. The prize fund in 2010 was US$1.25 million, the joint richest event sanctioned solely by the Asian Tour, alongside the Hero Honda Indian Open, and 8th richest event of the Asian Tour. The 2011 Johor Open was added to the European Tour and the purse increased to US$2 million. In 2012, the Johor Open was no longer a European Tour event but the prize money remained at US$2 million. The tournament was discontinued after 2012.

The Championship was supported by the Johor state government and the Iskandar Region Development Authority (IRDA).

Winners

YearTour(s) [lower-alpha 1] WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
2012 ASA Flag of Spain.svg Sergio García 198 [lower-alpha 2] −183 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Jonathan Moore
2011 ASA, EUR Flag of the Netherlands.svg Joost Luiten 198 [lower-alpha 2] −151 stroke Flag of Sweden.svg Daniel Chopra
2010 ASA Flag of Ireland.svg Pádraig Harrington 268−203 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Noh Seung-yul
2009 ASA Flag of South Korea.svg K. J. Choi 196 [lower-alpha 2] −204 strokes Flag of Thailand.svg Chapchai Nirat
2008 ASA Flag of South Africa.svg Retief Goosen 276−122 strokes Flag of Thailand.svg Thaworn Wiratchant
2007 ASA Flag of the Philippines.svg Artemio Murakami 279−51 stroke Flag of the Philippines.svg Antonio Lascuña
Flag of Scotland.svg Simon Yates

Notes

  1. ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour.
  2. 1 2 3 Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.


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