Kenya Open
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Nairobi, Kenya |
| Established | 1967 |
| Course(s) | Muthaiga Golf Club or Karen Country Club |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 7,228 yards (6,609 m) |
| Tour(s) | Challenge Tour (1991–1993; 1995–2018) European Tour (2019) |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | €500,000 |
| Month played | March |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 265 James Lee (1995) 265 Maarten Lafeber (1999) 265 Lee S. James (2002) |
| To par | −19 (as above) |
| Current champion | |
 Lorenzo Gagli | |
The Kenya Open is a golf tournament in Kenya and has been an event on the European-based Challenge Tour schedule since 1991, with the exception of the 1994 event. It was founded in 1967, and has been held at Muthaiga Golf Club near Nairobi every year except 1968, 2004–08, and 2013–16, when the tournament was held at Karen Country Club.
Starting in 2019, the Kenya Open will move to the European Tour and will be played at Karen CC in mid-March the week of the 2019 Players Championship on the PGA Tour.[1]
The title has been won by some of Europe's Ryder Cup golfers, including Seve Ballesteros, Ian Woosnam, Ken Brown, Edoardo Molinari and Christy O'Connor Jnr, as well as future Masters champion Trevor Immelman. The most successful player is England's Maurice Bembridge, who recorded three victories between 1968 and 1979.
Winners
| Year | Winner | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Barclays Kenya Open | ||
| 2018 | Lorenzo Gagli | 273 (−11)PO |
| 2017 |  Aaron Rai | 267 (−17) |
| 2016 |  Sebastian Söderberg | 270 (−18) |
| 2015 |  Haydn Porteous | 271 (−17) |
| 2014 | Jake Roos | 278 (−10) |
| 2013 |  Jordi García Pinto | 272 (−12) |
| 2012 | Seve Benson | 274 (−10) |
| 2011 | Michiel Bothma | 270 (−14) |
| Kenya Open | ||
| 2010 | Robert Dinwiddie | 272 (−12) |
| Tusker Kenya Open | ||
| 2009 | Gary Boyd | 271 (−13) |
| 2008 | Iain Pyman | 272 (−12) |
| 2007 | Edoardo Molinari | 274 (−6) |
| 2006 | Johan Axgren | 270 (−10) |
| 2005 |  Daniel Vancsik | 272 (−8) |
| Kenya Open | ||
| 2004 |  Marc Cayeux | 270 (−10)PO |
| 2003 | No tournament | |
| Sameer Kenya Open | ||
| 2002 | Lee S. James | 265 (−19) |
| Tusker Kenya Open | ||
| 2001 | Ashley Roestoff | 271 (−13)PO |
| 2000 | Trevor Immelman | 270 (−14) |
| 1999 |  Maarten Lafeber | 265 (−19) |
| 1998 | Ricardo González | 272 (−12)PO |
| Lonrho Kenya Open | ||
| 1997 | Jorge Berendt | 272 (−12) |
| Standard Chartered Kenya Open | ||
| 1996 |  Mike Miller | 271 (−13) |
| 1995 |  James Lee | 265 (−19) |
| 1994 | Paul Carman | 276 (−8)PO |
| 1993 | Craig Maltman | 276 (−8) |
| 1992 |  André Bossert | 272 (−12) |
| 1991 | Jeremy Robinson | 269 (−15) |
| 555 Kenya Open | ||
| 1990 |  Christy O'Connor Jnr | 271 (−13) |
| 1989 |  David Jones | 271 (−13) |
| 1988 | Chris Platts | 271 (−13) |
| 1987 | Carl Mason | 275 (−9) |
| 1986 | Ian Woosnam | 273 (−11) |
| 1985 | Garry Harvey | 278 (−6) |
| 1984 | José Maria Cañizares | 277 (−7) |
| Benson & Hedges Kenya Open | ||
| 1983 | Ken Brown | 274 (−10) |
| 1982 | Eamonn Darcy | 274 (−10) |
| 1981 | Brian Barnes | 274 (−10) |
| 1980 | Brian Waites | 271 (−13) |
| 1979 | Maurice Bembridge | 271 (−13) |
| Kenya Open | ||
| 1978 | Seve Ballesteros | 274 (−10) |
| 1977 | Liam Higgins | 283 (−1) |
| 1976 | No tournament | |
| 1975 | Gary Smith | 276 (−8) |
| 1974 | David Jagger | 274 (−10) |
| 1973 | Jan Dorrestein | 276 (−8) |
| 1972 | David Llewellyn | 279 (−5) |
| 1971 | Ernie Jones | 283 (−1) |
| 1970 | Jan Dorrestein | 273 (−11) |
| 1969 | Maurice Bembridge | 279 (−5) |
| 1968 | Maurice Bembridge | 289 (+5) |
| 1967 | Guy Wolstenholme | 279 (−5) |
References
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External links
- Coverage on the Challenge Tour's official site
Kenya Golf Union home page at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 November 2009)
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