The Magical Kenya Open is one of the DP World Tour's events played in continental Africa.
The event, which was first played in 1967, has been played as a DP World Tour event sicne 2019. The tournament marks the start of the DP World Tour's swing through the continent of Africa in the early portion of the year.
The event has become a cult favorite among DP World Tour fans.
Marucie Bembridge is the lone three multi-time winner of this event, having won two of the first three played and another in 1979.
Magical Kenya Open format
The Magical Kenya Open is played over four days, and there is a cut for the qualifying field.
The field of 156 players is made up of the top available DP World Tour players based on their priority ranking on the current season. At the end of the 72-hole event, the lowest score wins.
Magical Kenya Open host courses
- 1967, 1969-2002, 2009-2012, 2017-2018, 2022-2025: Muthaiga Country Club
- 1968, 2003-2008, 2013-2016, 2019-2021, 2026-present: Karen Country Club
Magical Kenya Open past sponsors
Magical Kenya Open has had just one sponsor.
- 1967-1978, 1993-1996, 2004, 2010: Kenya Open
- 1979-1983: Benson and Hedges Kenya Open
- 1984-1990: 555 Kenya Open
- 1991-1992: Standard Chartered Kenya Open
- 1997: Lonrho Kenya Open
- 1998-2001, 2005-2009: Tusker Kenya Open
- 2002: Sameer Kenya Open
- 2011-2018: Barlcays Kenya Open
- 2019-present: Magical Kenya Open
Magical Kenya Open history & results
| YEAR | WINNER | TOT | TO PAR | BY | |
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| 2025 | Jacques Kruyswijk | 266 | −18 | 2 | |
| 2024 | Darius van Driel | 270 | −14 | 2 | |
| 2023 | Jorge Campillo | 266 | −18 | 2 | |
| 2022 | Wu Ashun | 268 | −16 | 4 | |
| 2021 | Justin Harding | 263 | −21 | 2 | |
| 2020 | Not Played | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| 2019 | Guido Migliozzi | 268 | −16 | 1 | |
| 2018 | Lorenzo Gagli | 273 | −11 | PO | |
| 2017 | Aaron Rai | 267 | −17 | 3 | |
| 2016 | Sebastian Söderberg | 270 | −18 | 3 | |
| 2015 | Haydn Porteous | 271 | −17 | PO | |
| 2014 | Jake Roos | 278 | −10 | 1 | |
| 2013 | Jordi GarcÃa Pinto | 272 | −12 | 1 | |
| 2012 | Seve Benson | 274 | −10 | PO | |
| 2011 | Michiel Bothma | 270 | −14 | 2 | |
| 2010 | Robert Dinwiddie | 272 | −12 | 3 | |
| 2009 | Gary Boyd | 271 | −13 | 4 | |
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| 2008 | Iain Pyman | 272 | −12 | 3 | |
| 2007 | Edoardo Molinari | 274 | −6 | 1 | |
| 2006 | Johan Axgren | 270 | −10 | 4 | |
| 2005 | Daniel Vancsik | 272 | −8 | 3 | |
| 2004 | Marc Cayeux | 270 | −10 | PO | |
| 2003 | Not Played | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| 2002 | Lee S. James | 265 | −19 | 3 | |
| 2001 | Ashley Roestoff | 271 | −13 | PO | |
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| 2000 | Trevor Immelman | 270 | −14 | 4 | |
| 1999 | Maarten Lafeber | 265 | −19 | 3 | |
| 1998 | Ricardo González | 272 | −12 | PO | |
| 1997 | Jorge Berendt | 268 | −16 | 4 | |
| 1996 | Mike Miller | 272 | −12 | PO | |
| 1995 | James Lee | 265 | −19 | 5 | |
| 1994 | Paul Carman | 276 | −8 | PO | |
| 1993 | Craig Maltman | 276 | −8 | PO | |
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| 1992 | André Bossert | 272 | −12 | 1 | |
| 1991 | Jeremy Robinson | 269 | −15 | 5 | |
| 1990 | Christy O'Connor Jnr | 271 | −13 | 2 | |
| 1989 | David Jones | 271 | −13 | 3 | |
| 1988 | Chris Platts | 271 | −13 | 1 | |
| 1987 | Carl Mason | 275 | −9 | PO | |
| 1986 | Ian Woosnam | 273 | −11 | PO | |
| 1985 | Garry Harvey | 278 | −6 | 1 | |
| 1984 | José MarÃa Cañizares | 277 | −7 | PO | |
| 1983 | Ken Brown | 274 | −10 | 1 | |
| 1982 | Eamonn Darcy | 274 | −10 | 1 | |
| 1981 | Brian Barnes | 274 | −10 | 1 | |
| 1980 | Brian Waites | 271 | −13 | 1 | |
| 1979 | Maurice Bembridge (3) | 271 | −13 | PO | |
| 1978 | Seve Ballesteros | 274 | −10 | 1 | |
| 1977 | Liam Higgins | 283 | −1 | 1 | |
| 1976 | Not Played | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| 1975 | Gary Smith | 276 | −12 | PO | |
| 1974 | David Jagger | 274 | −14 | 1 | |
| 1973 | Jan Dorrestein (2) | 276 | −12 | 1 | |
| 1972 | David Llewellyn | 279 | −9 | 2 | |
| 1971 | Ernie Jones | 283 | −5 | PO | |
| 1970 | Jan Dorrestein | 273 | −15 | 14 | |
| 1969 | Maurice Bembridge (2) | 279 | −9 | 5 | |
| 1968 | Maurice Bembridge | 289 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1967 | Guy Wolstenholme | 279 | −9 | 4 |
