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The
Czech Open is a golf tournament on
the European Tour which is held
annually in the Czech Republic.
The
tournament first appeared on the
European Tour schedule between 1994
to 1997 as the Chemapol Trophy Czech
Open, and was the first European
Tour event staged east of the former
Iron Curtain after the fall of the
Berlin Wall. 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.
The
Czech Open was cancelled in 1998 at
the request of the sponsors,
following flood disasters in the
Czech Republic the previous year,
and lost its place on the European
Tour schedule as a result. In its
final year, the prize fund was
Ł804,788, which was above average
for a European Tour event at that
time.
Having
been contested on the satellite Alps
Tour in 2008, the Czech Open
returned to the European Tour
schedule for the 2009 season, when
it was be played at the Miguel Ángel
Jiménez designed Prosper Golf Resort
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.
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