Kazakhstan Open

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Kazakhstan Open
Kazakhstan Open (golf).svg
Tournament information
Location Almaty, Kazakhstan
Established2005
Course(s)Zhailjau Golf Club
Par72
Length7,197 yards (6,581 m)
Tour(s) Challenge Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund €450,000
Month playedSeptember
Final year2018
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 Liam Johnston (2018)
To par−24 as above
Final champion
Flag of Scotland.svg Liam Johnston
Location map
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Icona golf.svg
Zhailjau GC
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.

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History

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]

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upVenue
2018 Flag of Scotland.svg Liam Johnston 264−242 strokes Flag of England.svg Tom Murray Zhailjau
2017 Flag of Finland.svg Tapio Pulkkanen 271−17Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Chase Koepka Nurtau
2016 Flag of England.svg Sam Walker 270−181 stroke Flag of England.svg Jordan Smith Zhailjau
2015 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Gros 274−141 stroke Flag of Denmark.svg Mads Søgaard Nurtau
2014 Flag of England.svg Sam Hutsby 269−192 strokes Flag of England.svg Andrew Johnston Zhailjau
2013 Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Carlsson 270−187 strokes Flag of England.svg Tyrrell Hatton
Flag of Spain.svg Adrián Otaegui
Flag of Scotland.svg Duncan Stewart 		Nurtau
2012 Flag of Scotland.svg Scott Henry 269−19Playoff Flag of Austria.svg HP Bacher Zhailjau
2011 Flag of England.svg Tommy Fleetwood 273−152 strokes Flag of Norway.svg Knut Børsheim Nurtau
2010 Flag of Spain.svg Álvaro Velasco 267−215 strokes Flag of Italy.svg Federico Colombo
Flag of Scotland.svg Scott Jamieson
Flag of Argentina.svg Julio Zapata 		Zhailjau
2009 Flag of Italy.svg Edoardo Molinari 268−203 strokes Flag of England.svg Chris Gane Zhailjau
2008 Flag of England.svg Gary Lockerbie 273−152 strokes Flag of England.svg Stuart Davis Nurtau
2007 Flag of Sweden.svg Leif Westerberg 279−91 stroke Flag of England.svg Ross McGowan Nurtau
2006 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mark Pilkington 272−162 strokes Flag of England.svg Shaun P. Webster Nurtau
2005 Flag of Ireland.svg Stephen Browne 273−151 stroke Flag of England.svg Lee S. James
Flag of Sweden.svg Steven Jeppesen
Flag of Ireland.svg Colm Moriarty
Flag of Spain.svg Carl Suneson
Flag of England.svg Tom Whitehouse 		Nurtau

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Great Scott seals dramatic Kazakhstan triumph". PGA European Tour. 16 September 2012.
  2. ↑ "Pulkkanen wins thriller in Kazakhstan". PGA European Tour. 24 September 2017.
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