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

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 fund1,500,000
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 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 edit

Year Tour[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Czech Open
2012 EUR Cancelled due to lack of funding
2011 EUR   Oliver Fisher 275 −13 2 strokes   Mikael Lundberg
2010 EUR   Peter Hanson 278 −10 Playoff   Gary Boyd
  Peter Lawrie
Moravia Silesia Open
2009 EUR   Oskar Henningsson 275 −13 2 strokes   Sam Little
  Steve Webster
Czech Golf Open
2008 ALP   Clemens Prader 203 −13 7 strokes   Michael Moser
Chemapol Trophy Czech Open
1999–2007: No tournament
1998 EUR Cancelled due to flooding
1997 EUR   Bernhard Langer 264 −20 4 strokes   Niclas Fasth
  Ignacio Garrido
  Miguel Ángel Jiménez
1996 EUR   Jonathan Lomas 272 −12 1 stroke   Daniel Chopra
1995 EUR   Peter Teravainen 268 −16 1 stroke   Howard Clark
1994 EUR   Per-Ulrik Johansson 237[b] −11 3 strokes   Klas Eriksson
Czech Open
1993: No tournament
1992   Alex Čejka (2)  
1991: No tournament
1990   Alex Čejka  

See also edit

Notes edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ "Sporting Digest: Golf". The Independent. 19 March 1998. Retrieved 14 November 2008. [dead link]
  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.

External links edit