Tournament information | |
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Location | Muscat, Oman |
Established | 2018 |
Course(s) | Al Mouj Golf |
Par | 72 |
Length | 7,365 yards (6,735 m) |
Tour(s) | European Tour |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | US$1,750,000 |
Month played | March |
Final year | 2020 |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 272 Joost Luiten (2018) |
To par | −16 as above |
Final champion | |
Sami Välimäki | |
Location Map | |
Location in Oman |
The Oman Open is a European Tour golf tournament, held at Al Mouj Golf in Muscat, Oman. [1] When founded in 2018, it was one of five European Tour events to be staged in the Arabian Peninsula, but is currently one of six. [2]
Though it was the first European Tour event in Oman, the course had previously hosted the Challenge Tour's National Bank of Oman Golf Classic from 2013 to 2014 and the NBO Golf Classic Grand Final from 2015 to 2017.
Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Purse (US$) | Winner's share ($) | |||
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Oman Open | ||||||||||
2021 | No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||||
2020 | Sami Välimäki | 275 | −13 | Playoff | Brandon Stone | 1,750,000 | 291,667 | |||
2019 | Kurt Kitayama | 281 | −7 | 1 stroke | Jorge Campillo Maximilian Kieffer Clément Sordet Fabrizio Zanotti | 1,750,000 | 291,667 | |||
NBO Oman Open | ||||||||||
2018 | Joost Luiten | 272 | −16 | 2 strokes | Chris Wood | 1,750,000 | 291,667 |
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