Magical Kenya Open

DATE: Thursday 18th – Sunday 21st March 2021

CLOSING DATE: Thursday 25th February

FIELD: 156

TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR: Paul Carrigill (pcarrigill@europeantour.com)

ELIGIBILITY:

a) 12 national professionals to include the leading 4 available Professionals not otherwise exempt from the final 2020 Safari Tour Rankings.

b) 8* professional tournament invitations

c) 6 amateur tournament invitations

d) The leading 3 players not otherwise exempt from within the Top 110 Ranked European Tour or European Challenge Tour Members (and those Affiliate Members finishing within these positions) on the Final 2020 Race to Dubai Rankings.

e) The leading 5 players from the final 2020 Challenge Tour Rankings

f) The field will be completed in accordance with the 2021 European Tour Exemption Category list excluding Categories 6 and 8.

Eligibility Notes:

(i) Eligibilities (d) and (e) have been created by extending the field from 144 in 2020 to 156 this year.

(ii) If all of Category 17 are not exempt into the tournament as of 12 noon on Thursday 11th March this exemption will be removed and the 5 spots will return to (f) above.

(iii) If any of the spots in (d) above are unused they will return to (f) above.

(iv) The top 10 Regulation applies from the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters into this tournament.

(v) *A minimum of 2 to be European Tour Ranked Members

FORMAT:

72 holes stroke play with a cut after 2 rounds to the leading 65 professionals and ties

VENUE:

Karen Country Club

PO Box 24816

Nairobi

Kenya

Tel: +254 2088 4089

Location: 20 km south west of Nairobi

Nearest Airport: Jomo Kenyatta (Nairobi) International Airport (30 km)

Golf Course Website: www.karencountryclub.org

PROMOTER:

Kenya Golf Open Limited

Muthaiga Golf Club

Old Kiambu Road

PO Box 41651-00006

Nairobi

Kenya

Tel: +254 722 257 369 / +254 204 938 525 / +254 208 046 027

Contact: Patrick Obath

Mob: +254 722 513 548

Email: pobath@gmail.com / info@kenya-opengolf.com

Magical Kenya Open

Venue

Karen CC