- Pakistan Open
Infobox_Golf_Tournament
tournament_name = Pakistan Open
nickname =
location = flagicon|PAKKarachi ,Pakistan
establishment = 1967
course =Karachi Golf Club
par = 72
yardage = 6,895
tour =Asian Tour
format =Stroke play
purse = $330,000
month_played = January
aggregate = 269Airil Rizman (2007)
to-par = -19Airil Rizman (2007)
Current Champion =Airil Rizman The Pakistan Open golf tournament was first played in 1967, and is played at the
Karachi Golf Club inKarachi . 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 theAsian 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'sJeev Milkha Singh andAmandeep Johl .In 2007 Malaysia’s
Airil Rizman claimed his maiden Asian Tour title with a two stroke triumph overScott 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.
Winners (as an Asian Tour event)
External links
* [http://www.golftoday.co.uk/asian/tours/2007/Pakistan_Open/index.html Offical Pakistan Open Homepage]
* [http://www.golftoday.co.uk/news/yeartodate/news05/pakistan_open.html Pakistan Open to join Asian Tour]
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