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.

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

History

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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

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

See also

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References

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  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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