Location | Gödersdorf, Austria |
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Established | 2009 |
Course(s) | Golfclub Schloss Finkenstein |
Par | 71 |
Length | 6,932 yards (6,339 m) |
Tour(s) | Challenge Tour |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | €180,000 |
Month played | May |
Aggregate | 263 Nacho Elvira (2015) |
To par | −23 Edouard Dubois (2011) |
Nacho Elvira |
The Kärnten Golf Open is a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, played in Austria. It was held for the first time in 2009. It was contested over the Pete Dye designed course at the Golf Club Klagenfurt-Seltenheim in Klagenfurt from 2009 to 2012. In 2013 it moved to Jacques Lemans Golf Club in Sankt Georgen am Längsee. In 2014 it moved to the Golfclub Schloss Finkenstein in Gödersdorf.
The tournament was presented by European Tour player, and Austria's top ranked professional golfer, Markus Brier, who also played in the inaugural event to promote golf in the country and his charitable foundation.