Kazakhstan Open

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Kazakhstan Open
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
Final year2018
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 Liam Johnston (2018)
To par−24 as above
Final champion
Scotland Liam Johnston
Location Map
Zhailjau GC is located in Kazakhstan
Zhailjau GC
Zhailjau GC
Location in Kazakhstan

The Kazakhstan Open was 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. Between 2010 and 2018 it had alternated between Nurtau and Zhailjau.

History[edit]

Since 2014 the Kazakhstan Open had a prize fund of €450,000, making it one of the richest events on the tour at the time.

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[edit]

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

References[edit]

  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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