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Magical Kenya Open
Tournament information
LocationNairobi, Kenya
Established1967
Course(s)Karen Country Club
Par71
Length6,922 yards (6,329 m)
Tour(s)Challenge Tour (1991–1993; 1995–2018)
European Tour (2019)
FormatStroke play
Prize fund€1,100,000
Month playedMarch
Tournament record score
Aggregate265 James Lee (1995)
265 Maarten Lafeber (1999)
265 Lee S. James (2002)
To par−19 as above
Current champion
Italy Guido Migliozzi
Karen CC is located in Kenya
Karen CC
Karen CC
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Location in Kenya

The Magical Kenya Open is a golf tournament in Kenya founded in 1967.[1] In 2019, the Kenya Open became a European Tour event and was played in mid-March during the same week as the Players Championship on the PGA Tour.[2]

For the early part of its history, the Kenya Open was part of the Safari Circuit, a collection of tournaments in Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Zambia and Zimbabwe visited by British and European professionals during their winter off-season.[3] The European Tour, who had taken over running of the Safari Tour in the late 1970s, began to expand globally through the 1980s and those events formally became part of the second tier Challenge Tour in 1991. With the exception of the 1994 event, the Kenya Open remained on the Challenge Tour schedule until 2019 when it was elevated to the elite European Tour schedule.

The Kenya Open has always been held near Nairobi, at Muthaiga Golf Club (1967, 1969–2002, 2009–2012, 2017–2018) and at Karen Country Club (1968, 2004–2008, 2013–2016, 2019).

The title has been won by some of Europe's Ryder Cup golfers, including Seve Ballesteros, Ian Woosnam, Ken Brown, Edoardo Molinari and Christy O'Connor Jnr, as well as future Masters champion Trevor Immelman. The most successful player is England's Maurice Bembridge, who recorded three victories between 1968 and 1979.

Winners

Year Winner Country Venue Score To par Margin
of victory		 Runners-up Ref
Magical Kenya Open
2019 Guido Migliozzi  Italy Karen 268 −16 1 stroke Spain Adri Arnaus
South Africa Louis de Jager
South Africa Justin Harding		 [4]
Barclays Kenya Open
2018 Lorenzo Gagli  Italy Muthaiga 273 −11 Playoff Sweden Jens Fahrbring [5]
2017 Aaron Rai  England Muthaiga 267 −17 3 strokes France Adrien Saddier [6]
2016 Sebastian Söderberg  Sweden Karen 270 −18 3 strokes France Romain Langasque [7]
2015 Haydn Porteous  South Africa Karen 271 −17 Playoff South Africa Brandon Stone
2014 Jake Roos  South Africa Karen 278 −10 1 stroke France Adrien Bernadet
Denmark Lasse Jensen
Spain Pedro Oriol		 [8]
2013 Jordi García Pinto  Spain Karen 272 −12 1 stroke France Tim Sluiter [9]
2012 Seve Benson  England Muthaiga 274 −10 Playoff Denmark Lasse Jensen [10]
2011 Michiel Bothma  South Africa Muthaiga 270 −14 2 strokes South Africa Tyrone Ferreira [11]
Kenya Open
2010 Robert Dinwiddie  England Muthaiga 272 −12 3 strokes Argentina Julio Zapata [12]
Tusker Kenya Open
2009 Gary Boyd  England Muthaiga 271 −13 4 strokes England Andrew Butterfield
England Philip Golding		 [13]
2008 Iain Pyman  England Karen 272 −12 3 strokes Austria Thomas Feyrsinger [14]
2007 Edoardo Molinari  Italy Karen 274 −6 1 stroke South Africa James Kamte [15]
2006 Johan Axgren  Sweden Karen 270 −10 4 strokes England James Hepworth
England Gary Lockerbie		 [16]
2005 Daniel Vancsik  Argentina Karen 272 −8 3 strokes South Africa Michael Kirk [17]
Kenya Open
2004 Marc Cayeux  Zimbabwe Karen 270 −10 Playoff Sweden Leif Westerberg [18]
2003 No tournament
Sameer Kenya Open
2002 Lee S. James  England Muthaiga 265 −19 3 strokes South Africa Titch Moore [19]
Tusker Kenya Open
2001 Ashley Roestoff  South Africa Muthaiga 271 −13 Playoff England Andrew Sherborne [20]
2000 Trevor Immelman  South Africa Muthaiga 270 −14 4 strokes Sweden Henrik Stenson [21]
1999 Maarten Lafeber  Netherlands Muthaiga 265 −19 3 strokes Sweden Erik Andersson [22]
1998 Ricardo González  Argentina Muthaiga 272 −12 Playoff Kenya Jacob Okello
Lonrho Kenya Open
1997 Jorge Berendt  Argentina Muthaiga 268 −16 4 strokes South Africa Sammy Daniels
Kenya Open
1996 Mike Miller  Scotland Muthaiga 272 −12 Playoff England Phil Harrison
England Robert Lee
1995 James Lee  Wales Muthaiga 265 −19 5 strokes Denmark Thomas Bjørn
South Africa Chris Williams
1994 Paul Carman  England Muthaiga 276 −8 Playoff England Glenn Ralph
1993 Craig Maltman  Scotland Muthaiga 276 −8 Playoff England Peter Harrison
Sweden Daniel Westermark
Standard Chartered Kenya Open
1992 André Bossert  Switzerland Muthaiga 272 −12 1 stroke Scotland Craig Maltman
1991 Jeremy Robinson  England Muthaiga 269 −15 5 strokes Wales Paul Affleck
England Philip Golding
Scotland Sandy Stephen
555 Kenya Open
1990 Christy O'Connor Jnr  Ireland Muthaiga 271 −13 2 strokes England Chris Platts [23]
1989 David Jones  Northern Ireland Muthaiga 271 −13 3 strokes Wales Mark Mouland [24]
1988 Chris Platts  England Muthaiga 271 −13 1 stroke Wales Mark Mouland [25]
1987 Carl Mason  England Muthaiga 275 −9 Playoff England Gordon J. Brand
England Roger Chapman
England Martin Poxon		 [26]
1986 Ian Woosnam  Wales Muthaiga 273 −11 Playoff Scotland Bill Longmuir [27]
1985 Garry Harvey  Scotland Muthaiga 278 −6 1 stroke England Brian Waites [28]
1984 José Maria Cañizares  Spain Muthaiga 277 −7 Playoff England David J. Russell [29]
Benson & Hedges Kenya Open
1983 Ken Brown  Scotland Muthaiga 274 −10 1 stroke England Jeff Hall [30]
1982 Eamonn Darcy  Ireland Muthaiga 274 −10 1 stroke England David Jagger [31]
1981 Brian Barnes  Scotland Muthaiga 274 −10 1 stroke Scotland Bernard Gallacher
Scotland Sandy Lyle		 [32]
1980 Brian Waites  England Muthaiga 271 −13 1 stroke Scotland Bill Longmuir [33][34]
1979 Maurice Bembridge  England Muthaiga 271 −13 Playoff Scotland Bernard Gallacher [35]
Kenya Open
1978 Seve Ballesteros  Spain Muthaiga 274 −10 1 stroke Scotland Bernard Gallacher [36]
1977 Liam Higgins  Ireland Muthaiga 283 −1 1 stroke England Gary Smith
England Bob Wynn		 [37]
1976 No tournament due to economic problems[1]
1975 Gary Smith  England Muthaiga 276 −12 Playoff Australia Jack Newton [38]
1974 David Jagger  England Muthaiga 274 −14 1 stroke England Malcolm Gregson [39]
1973 Jan Dorrestein  Netherlands Muthaiga 276 −12 1 stroke England David Jagger [40]
1972 David Llewellyn  Wales Muthaiga 279 −9 2 strokes England Peter Tupling [41]
1971 Ernie Jones  Ireland Muthaiga 283 −5 Playoff England Russell Meek [42]
1970 Jan Dorrestein  Netherlands Muthaiga 273 −15 14 strokes England Malcolm Gregson
Scotland Ronnie Shade
Australia Bob Tuohy		 [43]
1969 Maurice Bembridge  England Muthaiga 279 −9 5 strokes Scotland Bernard Gallacher [44]
1968 Maurice Bembridge  England Karen 289 +1 2 strokes South Africa Terry Westbrook [45]
1967 Guy Wolstenholme  England Muthaiga 279 −9 4 strokes Australia Peter Thomson [46][47]

References

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  2. ^ "European Tour Announces Expansive Global Schedule for 2019". European Tour. 29 October 2018.
  3. ^ Walubita, Moses Sayela (1990). Zambia Sporting Score. Multimedia Publications. p. 166. ISBN 9982300393 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "Migliozzi wins Kenya Open for first European Tour title". Golf Channel. Associated Press. 17 March 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Gagli triumphs in Kenya epic". European Tour. 25 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Tears and cheers as Rai wins in Kenya". European Tour. 26 March 2017.
  7. ^ "Soderberg reigns supreme to become Kenyan king". European Tour. 20 March 2016.
  8. ^ "Roos let loose to claim Kenyan title". European Tour. 9 March 2014.
  9. ^ "Garcia Pinto claims Kenyan title". European Tour. 17 February 2013.
  10. ^ "Benson wins play-off for Kenyan victory". European Tour. 1 April 2012.
  11. ^ "Bothma crowned the king of Kenya". European Tour. 3 April 2011.
  12. ^ "Hot putter paves the way for Dinwiddie's success". European Tour. 28 March 2010.
  13. ^ "Gary is Boyd by Tusker Kenya Open success". European Tour. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  14. ^ "Hot Pyman wins the Tusker Kenya Open". European Tour. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  15. ^ "Molinari Stages Remarkable Recovery to win in Kenya". European Tour. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  16. ^ "Axgren Moves to Number One with Victory at the Tusker Kenya Open". European Tour. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  17. ^ "Vancsik Charges through to Tusker Kenya Open Title". European Tour. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  18. ^ "Cayeux Continues his Comeback in Style at the Kenya Open". European Tour. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
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  20. ^ "Roestoff pips Sherborne in Kenya playoff". European Tour. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
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  23. ^ "Golf". The Glasgow Herald. 29 January 1990. p. 21.
  24. ^ "Jones in his prime - after 20 years". The Glasgow Herald. 13 February 1989. p. 17.
  25. ^ "Chris Platts". The Glasgow Herald. 15 February 1988. p. 12.
  26. ^ "Carl Mason". The Glasgow Herald. 2 March 1987. p. 11.
  27. ^ "Longmuir is pipped by Woosnam". The Glasgow Herald. 10 March 1986. p. 9.
  28. ^ "Kenya victory regains Harvey his tour card". The Glasgow Herald. 11 March 1985. p. 19.
  29. ^ "£3200 cost of Russell lapses". The Glasgow Herald. 12 March 1984. p. 21.
  30. ^ "Surprise win for Brown". The Glasgow Herald. 14 March 1983. p. 18.
  31. ^ "Ireland's Eamonn Darcy". The Glasgow Herald. 15 March 1982. p. 15.
  32. ^ "Scots trio finish top in Kenya". The Glasgow Herald. 16 March 1981. p. 19.
  33. ^ "Plaster puts out Lyle". The Guardian. 17 March 1980. p. 23.
  34. ^ "Golf". The Guardian. 17 March 1980. p. 25.
  35. ^ "Miss from three feet costs Bernie title". The Glasgow Herald. 19 March 1979. p. 20.
  36. ^ "Gallacher loses by one shot". The Glasgow Herald. 11 March 1978. p. 31.
  37. ^ "Torrance (78) crashes". The Glasgow Herald. 14 March 1977. p. 16.
  38. ^ "Gary Smith". The Glasgow Herald. 3 March 1975. p. 16.
  39. ^ "Jagger wins from Gregson". The Glasgow Herald. 5 March 1974. p. 4.
  40. ^ "Dorrestein 12 under par". The Glasgow Herald. 12 March 1973. p. 4.
  41. ^ "Shade third after a 7". The Glasgow Herald. 10 April 1972. p. 5.
  42. ^ "Nairobi". The Times. 19 April 1971. p. 7.
  43. ^ "Scotland's Ronnie Shade". The Evening Times. 6 April 1970. p. 13.
  44. ^ "Gallacher second to Bembridge". The Glasgow Herald. 14 April 1968. p. 5.
  45. ^ "Kenya Open". The Age. 23 April 1968. p. 24.
  46. ^ "Wolstenholme wins golf". The Age. 25 April 1967. p. 24.
  47. ^ "G. B. Wolstenholme". The Glasgow Herald. 24 April 1967. p. 6.

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