Russian Open

The Russian Open was a golf tournament on the European Tour. The event was established in 1993, and was first held at the Moscow Country Club in Nakhabino, just outside Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, Russia.

History Originally contested over the first nine holes at the Moscow Country Club as an amateur tournament while the rest of the course was still under construction, the Russian Open became Russia's first professional golf tournament in 1994. It became an event on the second-tier Challenge Tour in 1996, and was added to the European Tour schedule from 2003. Between 2003 and 2005, it was an official money event on both tours, and from 2006 to 2008, it was solely an event on the European Tour calendar.

The 2005 prize fund of $500,000 was around a tenth of those of the leading events on the European Tour, even leaving aside the major championships and World Golf Championships. However, it was one of the richest tournaments of the season on the Challenge Tour. In 2006, when it became a European Tour only event, the prize fund doubled to $1 million, doubling again the following year, to $2 million.

The tournament was not played from 2009 to 2012 but returned in 2013 at the Tseleevo Golf & Polo Club. Tseleevo had hosted a Challenge Tour event, the M2M Russian Challenge Cup, from 2010 to 2012. The Russian Open moved to the Skolkovo Golf Club in 2015 where Andrey Pavlov made history when he became the first Russian to make the cut in a European Tour event. He finished 71st, last of those who made the cut.Inspirational Pavlov the Pride of Russia

Winners YearTour(s)WinnerScoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-upWinner'sshare (€)M2M Russian Open 2015 EUR Lee Slattery 269 −15 1 stroke Estanislao Goya 166,660 2014 EUR David Horsey 275 −13 Playoff Damien McGrane 166,660 2013 EUR Michael Hoey 272 −16 4 strokes Alexandre Kaleka Matthew Nixon 166,660 Inteco Russian Open Golf Championship2009–2012: No tournament 2008 EUR Mikael Lundberg (2) 267 −21 2 strokes José Manuel Lara 210,237 Russian Open Golf Championship 2007 EUR Per-Ulrik Johansson 265 −23 6 strokes Robert-Jan Derksen 244,251Imperial Collection Russian Open 2006 EUR Alejandro Cañizares 266 −22 4 strokes David Drysdale 130,642 Cadillac Russian Open 2005 CHA, EUR Mikael Lundberg 273 −15 Playoff Andrew Butterfield 67,600 BMW Russian Open 2004 CHA, EUR Gary Emerson 272 −16 2 strokes Markus Brier 67,903 2003 CHA, EUR Marcus Fraser 269 −19 Playoff Martin Wiegele 66,660 2002 CHA Iain Pyman (2) 269 −19 1 stroke Benn Barham Guido van der Valk 30,000 2001 CHA Jamie Donaldson 270 −18 3 strokes Michael Archer Mikael Piltz 27,147 2000 CHA Marco Bernardini 269 −19 3 strokes Erol Şimşek 26,396 1999 CHA Iain Pyman 273 −15 1 stroke Hennie Otto 20,467Moscow Country Club Russian Open 1998 CHA Warren Bennett 270 −18 7 strokes Max Anglert Ricardo González 20,467Sovereign Russian Open 1997 CHA Michele Reale 280 −8 Playoff Heinz-Peter Thül 20,467Russian Open 1996 CHA Carl Watts 203 −13 2 strokes John Mellor 14,624General Motors Russian Open 1995 Simon Clough 294 +6 Phillips Russian Open 1994 Steve Schroeder Russian Open 1993 Konstantin Lifanov

Russian Open

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