Pakistan Open

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Pakistan Open
Tournament information
Location	Karachi, Pakistan
Established	1967
Course(s)	Karachi Golf Club
Par	72
Yardage	6,895
Tour(s)	Asian Tour
Format	Stroke play
Purse	$330,000
Month Played	January
Tournament record score
Aggregate	269 Airil Rizman (2007)
To-par	-19 Airil Rizman (2007)
Current champion
Airil Rizman

The Pakistan Open golf tournament was first played in 1967, and is played at the Karachi Golf Club in Karachi. It is the first tournament on the Asian Tour calendar.

Pakistan has a number of golf courses from pre and post independence. As the Asian Tour continued to expand, Pakistan was chosen to host a tournament. In 2006 it was part of the Asian Tour schedule for the first time, on an initial three year deal.

Chris Rodgers of England won the inaugural event, and in doing so claiming his maiden Asian Tour title. He finished 15 under par, 4 ahead of Indian's Jeev Milkha Singh and Amandeep Johl.

In 2007 Malaysia’s Airil Rizman claimed his maiden Asian Tour title with a two stroke triumph over Scott Hend of Australia.

The 2008 Open was postponed due to trouble within Pakistan at the time the event was scheduled to go ahead and maybe rescheduled at a later date.

[edit] Winners (as an Asian Tour event)

Year	Champion	Country	To-Par	Margin of victory	Runners up
2007	Airil Rizman	Malaysia	-19	2 strokes	Scott Hend
2006	Chris Rodgers	England	-15	4 strokes	Jeev Milkha Singh, Amandeep Johl

[edit] External links

• Offical Pakistan Open Homepage

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