Czech Open (golf)

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Czech Open
Tournament information
Location Czech Republic
Established1990
Course(s) Prosper Golf Resort
Par72
Length7,452 yards (6,814 m)
Tour(s) European Tour
Alps Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund 1,500,000
Month playedAugust
Final year2011
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 Bernhard Langer (1997)
To par−20 as above
Final champion
Flag of England.svg Oliver Fisher
Location Map
Relief Map of Czech Republic.png
Icona golf.svg
Prosper Golf Resort
Location in the Czech Republic

The Czech Open was a professional golf tournament on the European Tour which was held annually in the Czech Republic.

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The tournament first appeared on the European Tour schedule between 1994 and 1997 as the Chemapol Trophy Czech Open, and was the first European Tour event staged east of the former Iron Curtain after the fall of the Berlin Wall. The first three of those events were held at the Golf Club Mariánské Lázně in Mariánské Lázně, before moving to the Prague Karlstein Golf Club, overlooked by Karlštejn Castle, just outside Prague. Germany's former World Number 1 Bernhard Langer was much the most distinguished of the four champions.

Following flood disasters in the Czech Republic in 1997, the Czech Open in the following year was canceled at the request of the sponsors, and lost its place on the European Tour schedule as a result. [1] In its final year, the prize fund was £804,788, which was above average for a European Tour event at that time.

Having been contested on the satellite Alps Tour in 2008, the Czech Open returned to the European Tour schedule for the 2009 season, when it was played at the Miguel Ángel Jiménez designed Prosper Golf Resort in Čeladná towards the end of July with a prize fund of 2.5 million. [2] It was titled as the Moravia Silesia Open in 2009, and retitled again in 2010 to the Czech Open. The 2011 Czech Open was the last one held, with the 2012 edition being scheduled, but ultimately canceled due to a lack of funds. [3]

Winners

YearTour [lower-alpha 1] WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Czech Open
2012 EUR Cancelled due to lack of funding
2011 EUR Flag of England.svg Oliver Fisher 275−132 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Lundberg
2010 EUR Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Hanson 278−10Playoff Flag of England.svg Gary Boyd
Flag of Ireland.svg Peter Lawrie
Moravia Silesia Open
2009 EUR Flag of Sweden.svg Oskar Henningsson 275−132 strokes Flag of England.svg Sam Little
Flag of England.svg Steve Webster
Czech Golf Open
2008 ALP Flag of Austria.svg Clemens Prader 203−137 strokes Flag of Austria.svg Michael Moser
Chemapol Trophy Czech Open
1999–2007: No tournament
1998 EUR Cancelled due to flooding
1997 EUR Flag of Germany.svg Bernhard Langer 264−204 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Niclas Fasth
Flag of Spain.svg Ignacio Garrido
Flag of Spain.svg Miguel Ángel Jiménez
1996 EUR Flag of England.svg Jonathan Lomas 272−121 stroke Flag of Sweden.svg Daniel Chopra
1995 EUR Flag of the United States.svg Peter Teravainen 268−161 stroke Flag of England.svg Howard Clark
1994 EUR Flag of Sweden.svg Per-Ulrik Johansson 237 [lower-alpha 2] −113 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Klas Eriksson
Czech Open
1993: No tournament
1992 Flag of Germany.svg Alex Čejka (2)Flag placeholder.svg
1991: No tournament
1990 Flag of Germany.svg Alex Čejka Flag placeholder.svg

See also

Notes

  1. ALP − Alps Tour; EUR − European Tour.
  2. Shortened to 66 holes due to frost.

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