Kazakhstan Open

Kazakhstan Open
Tournament information
Location Almaty, Kazakhstan
Established 2005
Course(s) Zhailjau Golf Club
Par 72
Length 7,197 yards (6,581 m)
Tour(s) Challenge Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund €450,000
Month played September
Tournament record score
Aggregate 264 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

YearWinnerCountryVenueScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
2018Liam Johnston ScotlandZhailjau264−242 strokesEngland Tom Murray
2017Tapio Pulkkanen FinlandNurtau271−17PlayoffUnited States Chase Koepka
2016Sam Walker EnglandZhailjau270−181 strokeEngland Jordan Smith
2015Sébastien Gros FranceNurtau274−141 strokeDenmark Mads Søgaard
2014Sam Hutsby EnglandZhailjau269−192 strokesEngland Andrew Johnston
2013Johan Carlsson SwedenNurtau270−187 strokesEngland Tyrrell Hatton
Spain Adrián Otaegui
Scotland Duncan Stewart
2012Scott Henry ScotlandZhailjau269−19PlayoffAustria HP Bacher
2011Tommy Fleetwood EnglandNurtau273−152 strokesNorway Knut Børsheim
2010Álvaro Velasco SpainZhailjau267−215 strokesItaly Federico Colombo
Scotland Scott Jamieson
Argentina Julio Zapata
2009Edoardo Molinari ItalyZhailjau268−203 strokesEngland Chris Gane
2008Gary Lockerbie EnglandNurtau273−152 strokesEngland Stuart Davis
2007Leif Westerberg SwedenNurtau279−91 strokeEngland Ross McGowan
2006Mark Pilkington WalesNurtau272−162 strokesEngland Shaun P. Webster
2005Stephen Browne IrelandNurtau273−151 strokeEngland 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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