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Kenya Open

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Magical Kenya Open
Tournament information
LocationNairobi, Kenya
Established1967
CourseMuthaiga Golf Club
Par71
Length7,228 yards (6,609 m)
Tour(s)European Tour
Challenge Tour
Safari Circuit
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$2,500,000
Month playedFebruary
Tournament record score
Aggregate263 Justin Harding (2021)
To par−21 as above
Current champion
South Africa Jacques Kruyswijk
Location map
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The Kenya Open, currently titled as the Magical Kenya Open for sponsorship reasons, is a professional golf tournament in Kenya founded in 1967.[1]

History

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The Kenya Open was an associate event on the Far East Circuit in 1967 and 1968,[2][3] after which it became a cornerstone of the emerging Safari Circuit – a collection of tournaments initially in Kenya and Zambia, and then later in Nigeria, Ivory Coast and Zimbabwe.[4] The European Tour, who had taken over running of the Safari Tour in the late 1970s, began to expand globally through the 1980s and those events formally became part of the second tier Challenge Tour in 1991. With the exception of the 1994 event, the Kenya Open remained on the Challenge Tour schedule until 2019 when it was elevated to the elite European Tour schedule.

In 2019, the tournament became a European Tour event and was played in mid-March during the same week as The Players Championship on the PGA Tour.[5]

The tournament has always been held near Nairobi, either at Muthaiga Golf Club (1967, 1969–2002, 2009–2012, 2017–2018, 2022–2023) or at Karen Country Club (1968, 2004–2008, 2013–2016, 2019, 2021).

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 Maurice Bembridge, who recorded three victories between 1968 and 1979.

Winners

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Year Tour[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Venue Ref.
Magical Kenya Open
2025 EUR South Africa Jacques Kruyswijk 266 −18 2 strokes England John Parry Muthaiga [6]
2024 EUR Netherlands Darius van Driel 270 −14 2 strokes England Joe Dean
Spain Nacho Elvira		 Muthaiga [7]
2023 EUR Spain Jorge Campillo 266 −18 2 strokes Japan Masahiro Kawamura Muthaiga [8]
2022 EUR China Wu Ashun 268 −16 4 strokes Canada Aaron Cockerill
South Africa Thriston Lawrence
Germany Hurly Long		 Muthaiga [9]
2021 EUR South Africa Justin Harding 263 −21 2 strokes United States Kurt Kitayama Karen [10]
2020 EUR Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [11]
2019 EUR Italy Guido Migliozzi 268 −16 1 stroke Spain Adri Arnaus
South Africa Louis de Jager
South Africa Justin Harding		 Karen [12]
Barclays Kenya Open
2018 CHA Italy Lorenzo Gagli 273 −11 Playoff Sweden Jens Fahrbring Muthaiga [13]
2017 CHA England Aaron Rai 267 −17 3 strokes France Adrien Saddier Muthaiga [14]
2016 CHA Sweden Sebastian Söderberg 270 −18 3 strokes France Romain Langasque Karen [15]
2015 CHA South Africa Haydn Porteous 271 −17 Playoff South Africa Brandon Stone Karen [16]
2014 CHA South Africa Jake Roos 278 −10 1 stroke France Adrien Bernadet
Denmark Lasse Jensen
Spain Pedro Oriol		 Karen [17]
2013 CHA Spain Jordi García Pinto 272 −12 1 stroke Netherlands Tim Sluiter Karen [18]
2012 CHA England Seve Benson 274 −10 Playoff Denmark Lasse Jensen Muthaiga [19]
2011 CHA South Africa Michiel Bothma 270 −14 2 strokes South Africa Tyrone Ferreira Muthaiga [20]
Kenya Open
2010 CHA England Robert Dinwiddie 272 −12 3 strokes Argentina Julio Zapata Muthaiga [21]
Tusker Kenya Open
2009 CHA England Gary Boyd 271 −13 4 strokes England Andrew Butterfield
England Philip Golding		 Muthaiga [22]
2008 CHA England Iain Pyman 272 −12 3 strokes Austria Thomas Feyrsinger Karen [23]
2007 CHA Italy Edoardo Molinari 274 −6 1 stroke South Africa James Kamte Karen [24]
2006 CHA Sweden Johan Axgren 270 −10 4 strokes England James Hepworth
England Gary Lockerbie		 Karen [25]
2005 CHA Argentina Daniel Vancsik 272 −8 3 strokes South Africa Michael Kirk Karen [26]
Kenya Open
2004 CHA Zimbabwe Marc Cayeux 270 −10 Playoff Sweden Leif Westerberg Karen [27]
2003: No tournament
Sameer Kenya Open
2002 CHA England Lee S. James 265 −19 3 strokes South Africa Titch Moore Muthaiga [28]
Tusker Kenya Open
2001 CHA South Africa Ashley Roestoff 271 −13 Playoff England Andrew Sherborne Muthaiga [29]
2000 CHA South Africa Trevor Immelman 270 −14 4 strokes Sweden Henrik Stenson Muthaiga [30]
1999 CHA Netherlands Maarten Lafeber 265 −19 3 strokes Sweden Erik Andersson Muthaiga [31]
1998 CHA Argentina Ricardo González 272 −12 Playoff Kenya Jacob Okello Muthaiga
Lonrho Kenya Open
1997 CHA Argentina Jorge Berendt 268 −16 4 strokes South Africa Sammy Daniels Muthaiga
Kenya Open
1996 CHA Scotland Mike Miller 272 −12 Playoff England Phil Harrison
England Robert Lee		 Muthaiga
1995 CHA Wales James Lee 265 −19 5 strokes Denmark Thomas Bjørn
South Africa Chris Williams		 Muthaiga
1994 England Paul Carman 276 −8 Playoff England Glenn Ralph Muthaiga
1993 CHA Scotland Craig Maltman 276 −8 Playoff England Peter Harrison
Sweden Daniel Westermark		 Muthaiga [32]
Standard Chartered Kenya Open
1992 CHA Switzerland André Bossert 272 −12 1 stroke Scotland Craig Maltman Muthaiga [33]
1991 CHA England Jeremy Robinson 269 −15 5 strokes Wales Paul Affleck
England Philip Golding
Scotland Sandy Stephen		 Muthaiga
555 Kenya Open
1990 SAF Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Jnr 271 −13 2 strokes England Chris Platts Muthaiga [34]
1989 SAF Northern Ireland David Jones 271 −13 3 strokes Wales Mark Mouland Muthaiga [35]
1988 SAF England Chris Platts 271 −13 1 stroke Wales Mark Mouland Muthaiga [36]
1987 SAF England Carl Mason 275 −9 Playoff England Gordon J. Brand
England Roger Chapman
England Martin Poxon		 Muthaiga [37]
1986 SAF Wales Ian Woosnam 273 −11 Playoff Scotland Bill Longmuir Muthaiga [38]
1985 SAF Scotland Garry Harvey 278 −6 1 stroke England Brian Waites Muthaiga [39]
1984 SAF Spain José María Cañizares 277 −7 Playoff England David J. Russell Muthaiga [40]
Benson & Hedges Kenya Open
1983 SAF Scotland Ken Brown 274 −10 1 stroke England Jeff Hall Muthaiga [41]
1982 SAF Republic of Ireland Eamonn Darcy 274 −10 1 stroke England David Jagger Muthaiga [42]
1981 SAF Scotland Brian Barnes 274 −10 1 stroke Scotland Bernard Gallacher
Scotland Sandy Lyle		 Muthaiga [43]
1980 SAF England Brian Waites 271 −13 1 stroke Scotland Bill Longmuir Muthaiga [44][45]
1979 SAF England Maurice Bembridge (3) 271 −13 Playoff Scotland Bernard Gallacher Muthaiga [46]
Kenya Open
1978 SAF Spain Seve Ballesteros 274 −10 1 stroke Scotland Bernard Gallacher Muthaiga [47]
1977 SAF Republic of Ireland Liam Higgins 283 −1 1 stroke England Gary Smith
England Bob Wynn		 Muthaiga [48]
1976: No tournament due to economic problems [1]
1975 England Gary Smith 276 −12 Playoff Australia Jack Newton Muthaiga [49]
1974 England David Jagger 274 −14 1 stroke England Malcolm Gregson Muthaiga [50]
1973 Netherlands Jan Dorrestein (2) 276 −12 1 stroke England David Jagger Muthaiga [51]
1972 Wales David Llewellyn 279 −9 2 strokes England Peter Tupling Muthaiga [52]
1971 Republic of Ireland Ernie Jones 283 −5 Playoff England Russell Meek Muthaiga [53]
1970 Netherlands Jan Dorrestein 273 −15 14 strokes England Malcolm Gregson
Scotland Ronnie Shade
Australia Bob Tuohy		 Muthaiga [54]
1969 England Maurice Bembridge (2) 279 −9 5 strokes Scotland Bernard Gallacher
Zambia Simon Hobday (a)		 Muthaiga [55]
1968 AGC[b] England Maurice Bembridge 289 +1 2 strokes South Africa Terry Westbrook Karen [56]
1967 FEC[b] England Guy Wolstenholme 279 −9 4 strokes Australia Peter Thomson Muthaiga [57][58]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ AGC/FEC − Asia Golf Circuit/Far East Circuit. CHA − Challenge Tour; EUR − European Tour; SAF − Safari Circuit.
  2. ^ a b In 1967 and 1968 the event was sanctioned by the Asia Golf Circuit, however it was an unofficial money event; therefore the win is considered unofficial on that tour.

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