Czech Open
Tournament information
LocationCzech Republic
Established1990
Course(s)Prosper Golf Resort
Par72
Length7,452 yards (6,814 m)
Tour(s)European Tour
Alps Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund€1,500,000
Month playedAugust
Final year2011
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 Bernhard Langer (1997)
To par−20 as above
Final champion
England Oliver Fisher
Location Map
Prosper Golf Resort is located in Czech Republic
Prosper Golf Resort
Prosper Golf Resort
Location in the Czech Republic

The Czech Open was a professional golf tournament on the European Tour which was held annually in the Czech Republic.

The tournament first appeared on the European Tour schedule between 1994 and 1997 as the Chemapol Trophy Czech Open, and was the first European Tour event staged east of the former Iron Curtain after the fall of the Berlin Wall. The first three of those events were held at the Golf Club Mariánské Lázně in Mariánské Lázně, before moving to the Prague Karlstein Golf Club, overlooked by Karlštejn Castle, just outside Prague. Germany's former World Number 1 Bernhard Langer was much the most distinguished of the four champions.

Following flood disasters in the Czech Republic in 1997, the Czech Open in the following year was canceled at the request of the sponsors, and lost its place on the European Tour schedule as a result.[1] In its final year, the prize fund was £804,788, which was above average for a European Tour event at that time.

Having been contested on the satellite Alps Tour in 2008, the Czech Open returned to the European Tour schedule for the 2009 season, when it was played at the Miguel Ángel Jiménez designed Prosper Golf Resort in Čeladná towards the end of July with a prize fund of €2.5 million.[2] It was titled as the Moravia Silesia Open in 2009, and retitled again in 2010 to the Czech Open. The 2011 Czech Open was the last one held, with the 2012 edition being scheduled, but ultimately canceled due to a lack of funds.[3]

Winners

YearTour[lower-alpha 1]WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
Czech Open
2012EURCancelled due to lack of funding
2011EUREngland Oliver Fisher275−132 strokesSweden Mikael Lundberg
2010EURSweden Peter Hanson278−10PlayoffEngland Gary Boyd
Republic of Ireland Peter Lawrie
Moravia Silesia Open
2009EURSweden Oskar Henningsson275−132 strokesEngland Sam Little
England Steve Webster
Czech Golf Open
2008ALPAustria Clemens Prader203−137 strokesAustria Michael Moser
Chemapol Trophy Czech Open
1999–2007: No tournament
1998EURCancelled due to flooding
1997EURGermany Bernhard Langer264−204 strokesSweden Niclas Fasth
Spain Ignacio Garrido
Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez
1996EUREngland Jonathan Lomas272−121 strokeSweden Daniel Chopra
1995EURUnited States Peter Teravainen268−161 strokeEngland Howard Clark
1994EURSweden Per-Ulrik Johansson237[lower-alpha 2]−113 strokesSweden Klas Eriksson
Czech Open
1993: No tournament
1992Germany Alex Čejka (2)
1991: No tournament
1990Germany Alex Čejka

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ ALP − Alps Tour; EUR − European Tour.
  2. ↑ Shortened to 66 holes due to frost.

References

  1. ↑ "Sporting Digest: Golf". The Independent. 19 March 1998. Retrieved 14 November 2008.
  2. ↑ "Golf-Czech Open back on European Tour schedule". Reuters UK. 10 July 2008. Retrieved 14 November 2008.
  3. ↑ "Euro Tour's Czech Open canceled; funds cited". ESPN. 18 May 2012.
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