Russian Open
title: "Russian Open" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["former-european-tour-events", "former-challenge-tour-events", "golf-tournaments-in-russia", "sports-competitions-in-moscow", "recurring-sporting-events-established-in-1993", "recurring-sporting-events-disestablished-in-2015", "1993-establishments-in-russia", "2015-disestablishments-in-russia", "defunct-sports-competitions-in-russia"] topic_path: "geography/russia" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Open" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | M2M Russian Open |
| location | Moscow, Russia |
| establishment | 1993 |
| final_year | 2015 |
| course | Skolkovo Golf Club |
| par | 71 |
| yardage | 7025 yd |
| tour | European Tour |
| Challenge Tour | |
| format | Stroke play |
| purse | |
| month_played | September |
| aggregate | 265 Per-Ulrik Johansson (2007) |
| to-par | −23 as above |
| final_champion | ENG Lee Slattery |
| coordinates | |
| map | Russia#Russia Central Federal District |
| map_label | Skolkovo GC |
| map_caption | Location in Russia##Location in Central Federal District |
| map_relief | yes |
| map_size | 200 |
| :: |
::callout[type=note] the regular golf tournament ::
| name = M2M Russian Open | image = | location = Moscow, Russia | establishment = 1993 | final_year = 2015 | course = Skolkovo Golf Club | par = 71 | yardage = 7025 yd | tour = European Tour Challenge Tour | format = Stroke play | purse = | month_played = September | aggregate = 265 Per-Ulrik Johansson (2007) | to-par = −23 as above | final_champion = ENG Lee Slattery | coordinates = | map = Russia#Russia Central Federal District | map_label = Skolkovo GC | map_caption = Location in Russia##Location in Central Federal District | map_relief = yes | map_label_position = | map_size = 200 The Russian Open was a golf tournament on the European Tour. The event was established in 1993, and was first held at the Moscow Country Club in Nakhabino, just outside Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, Russia.
History
Originally contested over the first nine holes at the Moscow Country Club as an amateur tournament while the rest of the course was still under construction, the Russian Open became Russia's first professional golf tournament in 1994. It became an event on the second-tier Challenge Tour 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 Challenge Tour. 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 Challenge Tour 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.
Winners
::data[format=table] | Year | Tour(s) | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up||Winner's share (€) | M2M Russian Open | Inteco Russian Open Golf Championship | Russian Open Golf Championship | Imperial Collection Russian Open | Cadillac Russian Open | BMW Russian Open | Moscow Country Club Russian Open | Sovereign Russian Open | Russian Open | General Motors Russian Open | Phillips Russian Open | Russian Open | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 2015 | EUR | ENG Lee Slattery | 269 | −15 | 1 stroke | ARG Estanislao Goya | 166,660 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2014 | EUR | ENG David Horsey | 275 | −13 | Playoff | IRL Damien McGrane | 166,660 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2013 | EUR | NIR Michael Hoey | 272 | −16 | 4 strokes | FRA Alexandre Kaleka ENG Matthew Nixon | 166,660 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2009–2012: No tournament | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2008 | EUR | SWE Mikael Lundberg (2) | 267 | −21 | 2 strokes | ESP José Manuel Lara | 210,237 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2007 | EUR | SWE Per-Ulrik Johansson | 265 | −23 | 6 strokes | NLD Robert-Jan Derksen | 244,251 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2006 | EUR | ESP Alejandro Cañizares | 266 | −22 | 4 strokes | SCO David Drysdale | 130,642 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2005 | CHA, EUR | SWE Mikael Lundberg | 273 | −15 | Playoff | ENG Andrew Butterfield | 67,600 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2004 | CHA, EUR | ENG Gary Emerson | 272 | −16 | 2 strokes | AUT Markus Brier | 67,903 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2003 | CHA, EUR | AUS Marcus Fraser | 269 | −19 | Playoff | AUT Martin Wiegele | 66,660 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2002 | CHA | ENG Iain Pyman (2) | 269 | −19 | 1 stroke | ENG Benn Barham NLD Guido van der Valk | 30,000 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2001 | CHA | WAL Jamie Donaldson | 270 | −18 | 3 strokes | ENG Michael Archer FIN Mikael Piltz | 27,147 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2000 | CHA | ITA Marco Bernardini | 269 | −19 | 3 strokes | DEU Erol Şimşek | 26,396 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1999 | CHA | ENG Iain Pyman | 273 | −15 | 1 stroke | ZAF Hennie Otto | 20,467 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1998 | CHA | ENG Warren Bennett | 270 | −18 | 7 strokes | SWE Max Anglert ARG Ricardo González | 20,467 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1997 | CHA | ITA Michele Reale | 280 | −8 | Playoff | DEU Heinz-Peter Thül | 20,467 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1996 | CHA | ENG Carl Watts | 203 | −13 | 2 strokes | ENG John Mellor | 14,624 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1995 | | ENG Simon Clough | 294 | +6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1994 | | USA Steve Schroeder | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1993 | | RUS Konstantin Lifanov | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ::
Notes
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References
- [http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2015/tournamentid=2015068/news/newsid=269802.html Inspirational Pavlov the Pride of Russia]
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