Tournament information | |
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Location | Almaty, Kazakhstan |
Established | 2005 |
Course(s) | Zhailjau Golf Club |
Par | 72 |
Length | 7,197 yards (6,581 m) |
Tour(s) | Challenge Tour |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | €450,000 |
Month played | September |
Final year | 2018 |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 264 Liam Johnston (2018) |
To par | −24 as above |
Final champion | |
Liam Johnston | |
Location Map | |
Location in Kazakhstan |
The Kazakhstan Open was a men's professional golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, the official developmental tour of the European Tour. First played in 2005, it was held at the Nurtau Golf Club in Almaty, Kazakhstan for the first four editions before moving to the Zhailjau Golf Resort, also in Almaty. Between 2010 and 2018 it had alternated between Nurtau and Zhailjau.
Since 2014 the Kazakhstan Open had a prize fund of €450,000, making it one of the richest events on the tour at the time.
In 2012 Scott Henry beat HP Bacher at the second hole of a sudden-death playoff. Henry had holed a 25-foot putt at the final hole to force the playoff and won when Bacher failed to get a par at the second extra hole. [1]
In 2017 Tapio Pulkkanen beat Chase Koepka at the third playoff hole after Koepka took a bogey 5. [2]
Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Venue |
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2018 | Liam Johnston | 264 | −24 | 2 strokes | Tom Murray | Zhailjau |
2017 | Tapio Pulkkanen | 271 | −17 | Playoff | Chase Koepka | Nurtau |
2016 | Sam Walker | 270 | −18 | 1 stroke | Jordan Smith | Zhailjau |
2015 | Sébastien Gros | 274 | −14 | 1 stroke | Mads Søgaard | Nurtau |
2014 | Sam Hutsby | 269 | −19 | 2 strokes | Andrew Johnston | Zhailjau |
2013 | Johan Carlsson | 270 | −18 | 7 strokes | Tyrrell Hatton Adrián Otaegui Duncan Stewart | Nurtau |
2012 | Scott Henry | 269 | −19 | Playoff | HP Bacher | Zhailjau |
2011 | Tommy Fleetwood | 273 | −15 | 2 strokes | Knut Børsheim | Nurtau |
2010 | Álvaro Velasco | 267 | −21 | 5 strokes | Federico Colombo Scott Jamieson Julio Zapata | Zhailjau |
2009 | Edoardo Molinari | 268 | −20 | 3 strokes | Chris Gane | Zhailjau |
2008 | Gary Lockerbie | 273 | −15 | 2 strokes | Stuart Davis | Nurtau |
2007 | Leif Westerberg | 279 | −9 | 1 stroke | Ross McGowan | Nurtau |
2006 | Mark Pilkington | 272 | −16 | 2 strokes | Shaun P. Webster | Nurtau |
2005 | Stephen Browne | 273 | −15 | 1 stroke | Lee S. James Steven Jeppesen Colm Moriarty Carl Suneson Tom Whitehouse | Nurtau |
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