Euro Challenge. Muthaiga G.C., Nairobi, Kenya. The Kenya Open is a golf tournament in Kenya and has been an event on the European based Challenge Tour schedule since 1991. It was founded in 1967, and has been held at Muthaiga Golf Club near Nairobi every year except 1968 and between 2004 and 2008, when the tournament was held at Karen Country Club. The title has been won by some of Europe's biggest Ryder Cup stars, including Severiano Ballesteros, Ian Woosnam, Ken Brown and Christy O'Connor Jnr, as well as future Masters champion Trevor Immelman. The most successful player is England's Maurice Bembridge, who recorded three victories between 1968 and 1979. There is also an annual Kenya Open Tennis tournament. Past Winners Tusker Kenya Open 2009 Gary Boyd 2008 Iain Pyman 2007 Edoardo Molinari 2006 Johan Axgren 2005 Daniel Vancsik Kenya Open 2004 Marc Cayeux 2003 No tournament Sameer Kenya Open 2002 Lee S. James Tusker Kenya Open 2001 Ashley Roestoff 2000 Trevor Immelman 1999 Maarten Lafeber 1998 Ricardo González Lonrho Kenya Open 1997 Jorge Berendt Standard Chartered Kenya Open 1996 Mike Miller 1995 James Lee 1994 Paul Carman 1993 Craig Maltman 1992 André Bossert 555 Kenya Open 1990 Christy O'Connor Jnr 1989 FDavid Jones 1988 Chris Platts 1987 Carl Mason 1986 Ian Woosnam 1985 Garry Harvey 1984 José Maria Cañizares Benson & Hedges Kenya Open 1983 Ken Brown 1982 Eamonn Darcy 1981 Brian Barnes 1980 Brian Waites 1979 Maurice Bembridge Kenya Open 1978 Severiano Ballesteros 1977 Liam Higgins 1976 No tournament 1975 Gary Smith 1974 David Jagger 1973 Jan Dorrestein 1972 David Llewellyn 1971 Ernie Jones 1970 Jan Dorrestein 1969 Maurice Bembridge 1968 Maurice Bembridge 1967 Guy Wolstenholme
