Kazakhstan Open

Template:Short description 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.

In 2017 Tapio Pulkkanen beat Chase Koepka at the third playoff hole after Koepka took a bogey 5.

Winners

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

See also

• Open golf tournament

External links

• Coverage on the Challenge Tour's official site