Pakistan Open

UMA Pakistan Open

Tournament information
Location	Lahore, Pakistan
Established	1967
Course(s)	Defence Raya Golf and Country Club
Par	72
Length	7,165 yards (6,552 m)
Organized by	Pakistan Golf Federation
Tour(s)	Asian Tour Asian Development Tour Asia Golf Circuit
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$80,000
Month played	October
Tournament record score
Aggregate	269 Airil Rizman (2007)
To par	−19 as above
Current champion
Muhammad Shabbir
Location map
Defence Raya G&CC Location in Pakistan

The Pakistan Open is a golf tournament organised by the Pakistan Golf Federation that was first played in 1967. ^[1] In 1989, it was an included on the Asia Golf Circuit, ^[2] and in 2006, 2007, and 2018 was part of the Asian Tour. ^[3]

History

Pakistan has a number of golf courses from pre and post-Independence. As the Asian Tour continued to expand, Pakistan was chosen to host a tournament. In 2006, it was part of the Asian Tour schedule for the first time, on an initial three-year deal, ^[4] however the 2008 Open was postponed due to security concerns within Pakistan at the time the event was scheduled to go ahead. ^[1]

Chris Rodgers of England won the inaugural event, and in doing so claiming his maiden Asian Tour title. He finished 15 under par, 4 ahead of Indians Jeev Milkha Singh and Amandeep Johl. ^[5] In 2007 Malaysia's Airil Rizman claimed his maiden Asian Tour title with a two stroke triumph over Scott Hend of Australia. ^[6]

In May 2022, it was anticipated that the tournament would return in December 2022 on the Asian Tour as the CNS-Pakistan Open with a record prize fund of US$500,000. ^[7] However, this never came to fruition.

Winners

Year	Tour [a]	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue	Ref.
UMA Pakistan Open
2022		Muhammad Shabbir (4)	270	−14	4 strokes	Ahmad Baig	Karachi	[8] [9]
2020–21: No tournament
Raya Pakistan Open
2019	ADT	Tom Kim	271	−17	9 strokes	Muhammad Shabbir	Defence Raya	[10]
UMA CNS Open
2018	ASA	Tirawat Kaewsiribandit	276	−12	1 stroke	Jakraphan Premsirigorn Namchok Tantipokhakul	Karachi	[11]
Pakistan Open
2010–2017: No tournament
2009		Muhammad Shabbir (3)	272	−16	9 strokes	Mohammad Munir	Rawalpindi
2008: No tournament
2007	ASA	Airil Rizman	269	−19	2 strokes	Scott Hend	Karachi	[6]
2006	ASA	Chris Rodgers	273	−15	4 strokes	Amandeep Johl Jeev Milkha Singh	Karachi	[12]
2005: No tournament
2004		Nadeem Inayat				Imdad Hussain	Royal Palm
2003		Muhammad Shabbir (2)				Muhammad Munir	Karachi
2002 (Dec)		Muhammad Shabbir				Muhammad Munir	Karachi
2002 (Feb)		Matloob Ahmed				Shakeel Rehmati	Arabian Sea
2001		Taimur Hussain (2)				Abbas Ali	DHA, Karachi
2000		Muhammad Tahir				Muhammad Shabbir	Lahore Garrison
1999: No tournament
1998		Imdad Hussain (3)	275	−13		Muhammad Tahir	Lahore Garrison
1997		Ghulam Nabi (6)				Muhammad Munir	Karachi
1996		Imdad Hussain (2)				Muhammad Akram	Rawalpindi
1995		Taimur Hussain				Imdad Hussain	Peshawar
1994		Abdual Hamid				Nadeem Inayat	Islamabad
1993		Imdad Hussain				Muhammad Iqbal	Lahore Garrison
1992: No tournament
1991 (Nov)		Manzoor Ahmed				Muhammad Akram	Peshawar
1991 (May)		Ghulam Nabi (5)				Muhammad Ali	Rawalpindi
1990		Faisal Qureshi				Manzoor Ahmed	Karachi
1989	AGC	Frankie Miñoza	286	−2	1 stroke	Tray Tyner	Gymkhana
1988: No tournament
1987		Ghulam Nabi (4)				Muhammad Sajid (a)	Rawalpindi
1986 (Nov)		Taimur Hassan (a) (3)				Ghulam Nabi	Islamabad
1986 (Mar)		Muhammad Ali				Angoor Khan	Karachi
1985		Gul Muhammad				Abdual Rashid	Peshawar
1984		Ghulam Nabi (3)				Muhammad Shafique	Rawalpindi
1983		Ghulam Nabi (2)				Manzoor Ahmed	Gymkhana
1982		Ghulam Nabi				Muhammad Shafique	Peshawar
1981: No tournament
1980		Abdual Rashid				Taimur Hassan (a)	Rawalpindi
1979		Taimur Hassan (a) (2)				Muhammad Shafique	Pakistan Railways
1978		M. Ejaz Malik (3)				Taimur Hassan (a)	Rawalpindi
1977		M. Ejaz Malik (2)				M M Hashim Khan (a)	Pakistan Railways
1976		Taimur Hassan (a)				M. Ejaz Malik	Rawalpindi
1975		Angoor Khan				Muhammad Abbas (a)	Karachi
1974		Muhammad Shafique				Aameen Taqi Butt (a)	Peshawar
1973		Mahmood Hussain (5)				Pir Bakhsah	Gymkhana
1972		M. Ejaz Malik				Muhammad Shafique	Pakistan Railways
1971		Mahmood Hussain (4)				Pir Bakhsah	Rawalpindi
1970		Mahmood Hussain (3)				Gul Muhammad	Pakistan Railways
1969		Mahmood Hussain (a) (2)				Muhammad Nazir	Gymkhana
1968		Mahmood Hussain (a)				Taimur Hassan (a)	Rawalpindi
1967		Aameen Taqi Butt (a)				Lal Sadar	Gymkhana

See also

• Open golf tournament

Notes

1. ADT − Asian Development Tour; AGC − Asia Golf Circuit; ASA − Asian Tour.

References

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