Czech Open (golf)
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Beroun, Czech Republic |
| Established | 1990 |
| Course(s) | Royal Beroun Golf Club |
| Par | 71 |
| Tour(s) | European Tour Alps Tour Czech PGA Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | 600,000 Kč |
| Month played | August |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 252 Filip Mrůzek (2024) |
| To par | −32 as above |
| Current champion | |
| Filip Mrůzek | |
| Location map | |
Royal Beroun GC Location in the Czech Republic | |
The Czech Open is a professional golf tournament, currently played on the Czech PGA Tour. It was formerly played on the European Tour between 1994−1998 and 2009−2012.
History
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]
Since 2014, the tournament has been part of the Czech PGA Tour.[4]
Winners
| Year | Tour[a] | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Czech Open | |||||||
| 2024 | CZE | Filip Mrůzek (4) | 252 | −32 | 7 strokes | Jakub Hrinda | |
| 2023 | CZE | Bence Bertényi | 270 | −18 | 2 strokes | Matěj Bača | |
| 2022 | CZE | Julien Brun | 265 | −23 | Playoff | Aleš Kořínek | |
| GolfAdvisor.golf Czech Open | |||||||
| 2021 | CZE | Filip Mrůzek (3) | 264 | −24 | 3 strokes | Matěj Bača | |
| WGM Czech Open | |||||||
| 2020 | CZE | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[5] | |||||
| 2019 | CZE | Jan Cafourek | 267 | −21 | 5 strokes | Štefan Páleník | |
| 2018 | CZE | Filip Mrůzek (2) | 266 | −22 | 1 stroke | Tiago Cruz | |
| 2017 | CZE | Petr Nič | 270 | −18 | 2 strokes | Filip Mrůzek | |
| 2016 | CZE | Ondřej Lieser | 282 | −6 | Playoff | Luke Groves | |
| 2015 | CZE | Filip Mrůzek | 282 | −6 | 1 stroke | Ondřej Lieser | |
| 2014 | CZE | Martin Příhoda | 278 | −10 | 2 strokes | Jan Cafourek Lukáš Tintěra | |
| Czech Open | |||||||
| 2013: No tournament | |||||||
| 2012 | EUR | Cancelled due to lack of funding[6] | |||||
| 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
Notes
- ^ ALP − Alps Tour; CZE − Czech PGA Tour; EUR − European Tour.
- ^ Shortened to 66 holes due to frost.
References
- ^ "Sporting Digest: Golf". The Independent. 19 March 1998. Retrieved 14 November 2008.
- ^ "Golf-Czech Open back on European Tour schedule". Reuters UK. 10 July 2008. Archived from the original on October 9, 2008. Retrieved 14 November 2008.
- ^ "Euro Tour's Czech Open canceled; funds cited". ESPN. 18 May 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
- ^ "WGM Beroun Czech Open napomůže Čechům na Czech Masters" [WGM Beroun Czech Open will help the Czechs at the Czech Masters] (in Czech). PGA of Czech Republic. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
- ^ Žatkuliak, Alois (29 April 2020). "WGM Czech Open v Berouně se neuskuteční" [WGM Czech Open in Beroun will not take place]. golf.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 4 September 2024.
- ^ "Czech Open canceled for 2012". Golf Channel. 18 May 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
External links
- Official website
- Coverage on the European Tour's official site – 2011 event
- Coverage on the Alps Tour's official site Archived 7 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine – 2008 event