The Mufulira Open was a men's professional

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tournament played at Mufulira Golf Club in

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between 1970 and 1984. It was one of three Zambian events on the

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schedule. The Mufulira Open was founded a year after the

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, but pre-dated the

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which was first contested in 1972. There was no tournament in 1974, as Mufulira Golf Club hosted the Zambia Open. From 1976 the tournament was only played every other year, alternating with the Cock o' the North tournament. An English golfer,

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, aged 22, was shot and killed during the 1976 tournament.

Winners

References

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