Magical Kenya Open Winners and History

Magical Kenya Open Winners and History

In 2019, the Kenya Open became the newest event on the European Tour. It is not, however, a new event. The Kenya Open has been that country’s national open since 1967. Since 1991, it has been a part of the European Tours’ Challenge Tour schedule.

The 2019 edition will be played at the Karen CC opposite the PGA TOUR’S Players Championship.

Among the notable winners of the Kenya Open are Edoardo Molinari, Trevor Immelman, Ian Woosnam, Seve Ballesteros and Jose Maria Canizares.

Since 2019, the tournament has been called the Magical Kenya Open presented by Absa. Magical Kenya is that country’s tourism board. Absa is an African bank.

A complete list of Kenya Open Winners and History Follows:

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin
Magical Kenya Open	(European Tour)
2023	Jorge Campillo	266	-18	2 strokes
2022	Ashun Wu	268	-16	4 strokes
2021	Justin Harding	263	-21	2 stroke
2020	Cancelled: COVID
2019	Guido Migliozzi	268	−16	1 stroke
Barclays Kenya Open	(Challenge Tour)
2018	Lorenzo Gagli	273	−11	Playoff
2017	Aaron Rai	267	−17	3 strokes
2016	Sebastian Söderberg	270	−18	3 strokes
2015	Haydn Porteous	271	−17	Playoff
2014	Jake Roos	278	−10	1 stroke
2013	Jordi García Pinto	272	−12	1 stroke
2012	Seve Benson	274	−10	Playoff
2011	Michiel Bothma	270	−14	2 strokes
Kenya Open	(Challenage Tour)
2010	Robert Dinwiddie	272	−12	3 strokes
Tusker Kenya Open	(Challenge Tour)
2009	Gary Boyd	271	−13	4 strokes
2008	Iain Pyman	272	−12	3 strokes
2007	Edoardo Molinari	274	−6	1 stroke
2006	Johan Axgren	270	−10	4 strokes
2005	Daniel Vancsik	272	−8	3 strokes
Kenya Open	(Challenge Tour)
2004	Marc Cayeux	270	−10	Playoff
2003	No tournament
Sameer Kenya Open	(Challenge Tour)
2002	Lee S. James	265	−19	3 strokes
Tusker Kenya Open	(Challenge Tour)
2001	Ashley Roestoff	271	−13	Playoff
2000	Trevor Immelman	270	−14	4 strokes
1999	Maarten Lafeber	265	−19	3 strokes
1998	Ricardo González	272	−12	Playoff
Lonrho Kenya Open	(Challenge Tour)
1997	Jorge Berendt	268	−16	4 strokes
Kenya Open	(Challenge Tour)
1996	Mike Miller	272	−12	Playoff
1995	James Lee	265	−19	5 strokes
1994	Paul Carman	276	−8	Playoff
1993	Craig Maltman	276	−8	Playoff
Standard Chartered Kenya Open	(Challenge  Tour)
1992	André Bossert	272	−12	1 stroke
1991	Jeremy Robinson	269	−15	5 strokes
555 Kenya Open	(Safari Tour)
1990	Christy O’Connor Jnr	271	−13	2 strokes
1989	David Jones	271	−13	3 strokes
1988	Chris Platts	271	−13	1 stroke
1987	Carl Mason	275	−9	Playoff
1986	Ian Woosnam	273	−11	Playoff
1985	Garry Harvey	278	−6	1 stroke
1984	José María Cañizares	277	−7	Playoff
Benson & Hedges Kenya Open	(Safari Tour)
1983	Ken Brown	274	−10	1 stroke
1982	Eamonn Darcy	274	−10	1 stroke
1981	Brian Barnes	274	−10	1 stroke
1980	Brian Waites	271	−13	1 stroke
1979	Maurice Bembridge (3)	271	−13	Playoff
Kenya Open
1978	Seve Ballesteros	274	−10	1 stroke
1977	Liam Higgins	283	−1	1 stroke
1976	No tournament
1975	Gary Smith	276	−12	Playoff
1974	David Jagger	274	−14	1 stroke
1973	Jan Dorrestein (2)	276	−12	1 stroke
1972	David Llewellyn	279	−9	2 strokes
1971	Ernie Jones	283	−5	Playoff
1970	Jan Dorrestein	273	−15	14 strokes
1969	Maurice Bembridge (2)	279	−9	5 strokes
1968	Maurice Bembridge	289	1	2 strokes
1967	Guy Wolstenholme	279	−9	4 strokes