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Kazakhstan Open

Kazakhstan Open
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Tournament information
LocationAlmaty, Kazakhstan
Established2005
Course(s)Zhailjau Golf Club
Par72
Length7,197 yards (6,581 m)
Tour(s)Challenge Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund450,000
Month playedSeptember
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 Liam Johnston (2018)
To par−24 Liam Johnston (2018)
Current champion
Scotland Liam Johnston

The Kazakhstan Open is 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. Since 2010 it has alternated between Nurtau and Zhailjau.

Since 2014 the Kazakhstan Open has had a prize fund of €450,000, which makes it one of the richest event on the tour. The first prize is €72,000.

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

Year Winner Country Venue Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
2018 Liam Johnston Scotland Zhailjau 264 −24 2 strokes England Tom Murray
2017 Tapio Pulkkanen Finland Nurtau 271 −17 Playoff United States Chase Koepka
2016 Sam Walker England Zhailjau 270 −18 1 stroke England Jordan Smith
2015 Sébastien Gros France Nurtau 274 −14 1 stroke Denmark Mads Søgaard
2014 Sam Hutsby England Zhailjau 269 −19 2 strokes England Andrew Johnston
2013 Johan Carlsson Sweden Nurtau 270 −18 7 strokes England Tyrrell Hatton
Spain Adrián Otaegui
Scotland Duncan Stewart
2012 Scott Henry Scotland Zhailjau 269 −19 Playoff Austria HP Bacher
2011 Tommy Fleetwood England Nurtau 273 −15 2 strokes Norway Knut Børsheim
2010 Álvaro Velasco Spain Zhailjau 267 −21 5 strokes Italy Federico Colombo
Scotland Scott Jamieson
Argentina Julio Zapata
2009 Edoardo Molinari Italy Zhailjau 268 −20 3 strokes England Chris Gane
2008 Gary Lockerbie England Nurtau 273 −15 2 strokes England Stuart Davis
2007 Leif Westerberg Sweden Nurtau 279 −9 1 stroke England Ross McGowan
2006 Mark Pilkington Wales Nurtau 272 −16 2 strokes England Shaun P. Webster
2005 Stephen Browne Ireland Nurtau 273 −15 1 stroke England Lee S. James
Sweden Steven Jeppesen
Republic of Ireland Colm Moriarty
Spain Carl Suneson
England Tom Whitehouse

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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