Czech Open (golf)

Czech Open

Tournament information
Location	Czech Republic
Established	1994
Course(s)	Prosper Golf Resort
Par	72
Length	7,452 yards (6,814 m)
Tour(s)	European Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	€1,500,000
Month played	August
Tournament record score
Aggregate	237 Per-Ulrik Johansson (1994)
To par	-20 Bernhard Langer (1997) (European Tour events only)
Current champion
Oliver Fisher

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

The tournament first appeared on the European Tour schedule between 1994 to 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.

The Czech Open was cancelled in 1998 at the request of the sponsors, following flood disasters in the Czech Republic the previous year, 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 be 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.

Winners

Year	Winner	Score
Czech Open
2011	Oliver Fisher	275 (-13)
2010	Peter Hanson	278 (-10)
Moravia Silesia Open presented by ALO Diamonds
2009	Oskar Henningsson	275 (-13)
Czech Golf Open
2008	Clemens Prader	203 (-13)
Chemapol Trophy Czech Open
1997	Bernhard Langer	264 (-20)
1996	Jonathan Lomas	272 (-12)
1995	Peter Teravainen	268 (-16)
1994	Per-Ulrik Johansson	237 (-11)

References

1. ^ "Sporting Digest: Golf". The Independent. March 19, 1998. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_/ai_n14147346. Retrieved 2008-11-14. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ "Golf-Czech Open back on European Tour schedule". Reuters UK. July 10, 2008. http://uk.reuters.com/article/golfNews/idUKL1024298420080710. Retrieved 2008-11-14. 

External links

• Coverage on the European Tour's official site - current event
• Coverage on the Alps Tour website - 2008 event
• Coverage on the European Tour's official site - 1994–97 events