Iskandar Johor Open

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Iskandar Johor Open
Tournament information
LocationJohor Bahru, Malaysia
Established2007
Course(s)Horizon Hills Golf & Country Club
Par72
Length6,941 yards (6,347 m)
Tour(s)European Tour
Asian Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$2,000,000
Month playedDecember
Final year2012
Tournament record score
Aggregate268 Pádraig Harrington (2010)
To par−20 as above
Final champion
Spain Sergio García
Location map
Horizon Hills G&CC is located in Malaysia
Horizon Hills G&CC
Horizon Hills G&CC
Location in Malaysia

The Iskandar Johor Open was a golf tournament held in Malaysia and part of the Asian Tour. It was first held in 2007 when it was played at the Royal Johor Country Club in Johor Bahru.

The 2008 purse was US$500,000. In 2009, Johor Open's purse was doubled to a size of US$1 million. The prize fund in 2010 was US$1.25 million, the joint richest event sanctioned solely by the Asian Tour, alongside the Hero Honda Indian Open, and 8th richest event of the Asian Tour. The 2011 Johor Open was added to the European Tour and the purse increased to US$2 million. In 2012, the Johor Open was no longer a European Tour event but the prize money remained at US$2 million. The tournament was discontinued after 2012.

The Championship was supported by the Johor state government and the Iskandar Region Development Authority (IRDA).

Winners

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Year Tour(s)[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
2012 ASA Spain Sergio García 198[b] −18 3 strokes United States Jonathan Moore
2011 ASA, EUR Netherlands Joost Luiten 198[b] −15 1 stroke Sweden Daniel Chopra
2010 ASA Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington 268 −20 3 strokes South Korea Noh Seung-yul
2009 ASA South Korea K. J. Choi 196[b] −20 4 strokes Thailand Chapchai Nirat
2008 ASA South Africa Retief Goosen 276 −12 2 strokes Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant
2007 ASA Philippines Artemio Murakami 279 −5 1 stroke Philippines Antonio Lascuña
Scotland Simon Yates

Notes

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  1. ^ ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour.
  2. ^ a b c Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
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