Kazakhstan Open Explained

Kazakhstan Open
Location:Almaty, Kazakhstan
Establishment:2005
Course:Zhailjau Golf Club
Par:72
Yardage:7197yd
Tour:Challenge Tour
Format:Stroke play
Month Played:September
Final Year:2018
Aggregate:264 Liam Johnston (2018)
To-Par:−24 as above
Final Champion: Liam Johnston
Map:Kazakhstan
Map Label:Zhailjau GC
Map Relief:yes
Map Size:200
Coordinates:43.182°N 76.879°W

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

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

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upVenue
264 −24 2 strokes Zhailjau
271 −17 Playoff Nurtau
270 −18 1 stroke Zhailjau
274 −14 1 stroke Nurtau
269 −19 2 strokes Zhailjau
270 −18 7 strokes Nurtau
269 −19 Playoff Zhailjau
273 −15 2 strokes Nurtau
267 −21 5 strokes Zhailjau
268 −20 3 strokes Zhailjau
273 −15 2 strokes Nurtau
279 −9 1 stroke Nurtau
272 −16 2 strokes Nurtau
273 −15 1 stroke Nurtau

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Great Scott seals dramatic Kazakhstan triumph . PGA European Tour . 16 September 2012.
  2. Web site: Pulkkanen wins thriller in Kazakhstan . PGA European Tour . 24 September 2017.