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.

Czech Open
Tournament information
LocationBeroun, Czech Republic
Established1990
Course(s)Royal Beroun Golf Club
Par71
Tour(s)European Tour
Alps Tour
Czech PGA Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund600,000 
Month playedAugust
Tournament record score
Aggregate252 Filip Mrůzek (2024)
To par−32 as above
Current champion
Czech Republic Filip Mrůzek
Location map
Royal Beroun GC is located in Czech Republic
Royal Beroun GC
Royal Beroun GC
Location in the Czech Republic

History

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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

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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[4]
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
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

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Notes

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

References

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  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. Archived from the original on October 9, 2008. Retrieved 14 November 2008.
  3. ^ "Euro Tour's Czech Open canceled; funds cited". ESPN. 18 May 2012.
  4. ^ 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.
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