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
Final year	2018
Tournament record score
Aggregate	264 Liam Johnston (2018)
To par	−24 as above
Final champion
Liam Johnston
Location map
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.

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]

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

• Open golf tournament

• Coverage on the Challenge Tour's official site