The Russian Open was a

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tournament on the

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. The event was established in 1993, and was first held at the Moscow Country Club in Nakhabino, just outside Krasnogorsk,

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History

Originally contested over the first nine holes at the Moscow Country Club as an amateur tournament while the rest of the

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was still under construction, the Russian Open became Russia's first professional golf tournament in 1994. It became an event on the second-tier

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in 1996, and was added to the European Tour schedule from 2003. Between 2003 and 2005, it was an official money event on both tours, and from 2006 to 2008, it was solely an event on the European Tour calendar. The 2005 prize fund of $500,000 was around a tenth of those of the leading events on the European Tour, even leaving aside the major championships and World Golf Championships. However, it was one of the richest tournaments of the season on the

. In 2006, when it became a European Tour only event, the prize fund doubled to $1 million, doubling again the following year, to $2 million. The tournament was not played from 2009 to 2012 but returned in 2013 at the Tseleevo Golf & Polo Club. Tseleevo had hosted a

event, the M2M Russian Challenge Cup, from 2010 to 2012. The Russian Open moved to the Skolkovo Golf Club in 2015 where Andrey Pavlov made history when he became the first Russian to make the cut in a European Tour event. He finished 71st, last of those who made the cut.Inspirational Pavlov the Pride of Russia
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Winners

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External links

Russian Open Golf Championship
– official site

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History

Winners

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