The Czech Open was a professional
golf tournament on the
European Tour which was held annually in the
Czech Republic.
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
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after the fall of the
Berlin Wall
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. 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. 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
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in 2008, the Czech Open returned to the European Tour schedule for the 2009 season, when it was played at the
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in
Čeladná towards the end of July with a prize fund of
€2.5 million. 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.
Winners
See also
*
D+D Real Czech Masters, a European Tour event in the Czech Republic, first played in 2014
Notes
References
External links
Coverage on the European Tour's official site– current event
Coverage on the Alps Tour website– 2008 event
{{Former European Tour Events
Former European Tour events
Golf tournaments in the Czech Republic
1994 establishments in the Czech Republic
Defunct sports competitions in the Czech Republic