Challenge Tour Grand Final
The Challenge Tour Grand Final is the season-ending tour championship on the Challenge Tour. The field currently consists of the top 45 players on the Challenge Tour rankings vying for fifteen European Tour cards. It has been played annually since 1995. Initially it was played in Portugal, but has since been held in Cuba, France, Italy, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Spain.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Calvià, Mallorca, Spain |
| Established | 1995 |
| Course(s) | T-Golf & Country Club |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 7,053 yards (6,449 m) |
| Tour(s) | Challenge Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | €350,000 |
| Month played | November |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 265 Espen Kofstad (2012) |
| To par | −21 Bernd Ritthammer (2016) |
| Current champion | |
 Ondřej Lieser | |
Since 2010, the Challenge Tour Grand Final has been designated by the Official World Golf Ranking as the Challenge Tour's flagship event. Initially awarding a minimum of 16 ranking points to the winner, compared to 12 for most events, this was increased to 17 points in 2014.[1]
Venues
T-Golf and Country Club
Location in Spain
| Venue | Location | First | Last | Times |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quinta do Peru | Sesimbra, Portugal | 1995 | 1996 | 2 |
| Clube de Golf do Montado | Setúbal, Portugal | 1997 | 1997 | 1 |
| Belas Clube de Campo | Sintra, Portugal | 1998 | 1998 | 1 |
| Varadero Golf Club | Varadero, Cuba | 1999 | 2000 | 2 |
| Golf du Médoc | Bordeaux, France | 2001 | 2004 | 4 |
| San Domenico Golf | Apulia, Italy | 2005 | 2012 | 8 |
| Al Badia Golf Club | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 2013 | 2014 | 2 |
| Al Mouj Golf | Muscat, Oman | 2015 | 2017 | 3 |
| Al Hamra Golf Club | Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates | 2018 | 2018 | 1 |
| Club de Golf Alcanada | Port d'Alcúdia, Mallorca, Spain | 2019 | 2019 | 1 |
| T-Golf & Country Club | Calvià, Mallorca, Spain | 2020 | 2020 | 1 |
Winners
| Year | Winner | Country | Venue | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Challenge Tour Grand Final | |||||||
| 2020 | Ondřej Lieser | Czech Republic | T-Golf & Country Club | 273 | −11 | 1 stroke |  Christofer Blomstrand Alexander Knappe Santiago Tarrio |
| 2019 | Francesco Laporta |  Italy | Club de Golf Alcanada | 278 | −6 | 2 strokes | Sebastian Heisele Robin Sciot-Siegrist |
| Ras Al Khaimah Challenge Tour Grand Final | |||||||
| 2018 | Adri Arnaus | Spain | Al Hamra Golf Club | 271 | −17 | 1 stroke | Victor Perez |
| NBO Golf Classic Grand Final | |||||||
| 2017 | Clément Sordet | France | Al Mouj Golf | 273 | −15 | 2 strokes | Marcus Kinhult |
| 2016 | Bernd Ritthammer | Germany | Al Mouj Golf | 267 | −21 | 1 stroke | Jens Dantorp |
| 2015 | Ricardo Gouveia |  Portugal | Al Mouj Golf | 275 | −13 | 1 stroke |  Joachim B. Hansen |
| Dubai Festival City Challenge Tour Grand Final | |||||||
| 2014 | Benjamin Hébert | France | Al Badia Golf Club | 276 | −12 | 5 strokes | Jérôme Lando-Casanova |
| 2013 | Shiv Kapur |  India | Al Badia Golf Club | 272 | −16 | 4 strokes | José-Filipe Lima Jamie McLeary |
| Apulia San Domenico Grand Final | |||||||
| 2012 | Espen Kofstad |  Norway | San Domenico Golf | 265 | −19 | 1 stroke | Joachim B. Hansen James Busby |
| 2011 | Andrea Pavan | Italy | San Domenico Golf | 267 | −17 | 1 stroke | Tommy Fleetwood |
| 2010 | Matt Haines | England | San Domenico Golf | 276 | −8 | 1 stroke | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Daniel Gaunt |
| 2009 | Peter Whiteford | Scotland | San Domenico Golf | 279 | −5 | Playoff | Andrew Tampion |
| 2008 | Estanislao Goya |  Argentina | San Domenico Golf | 267 | −17 | 1 stroke | Richard Bland John E. Morgan |
| 2007 | Mike Lorenzo-Vera | France | San Domenico Golf | 269 | −15 | 1 stroke | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Jamie Donaldson Joost Luiten Stuart Manley Eric Ramsay |
| 2006 | James Hepworth | England | San Domenico Golf | 271 | −13 | 2 strokes | Rafael Echenique Alex Norén Mark Pilkington |
| 2005 | Carl Suneson | Spain | San Domenico Golf | 273 | −15 | 1 stroke | Daniel Vancsik Marc Warren |
| Bouygues Telecom Grand Final | |||||||
| 2004 | David Drysdale | Scotland | Golf du Médoc | 271 | −13 | Playoff | Mattias Eliasson |
| Challenge Tour Grand Final | |||||||
| 2003 | José Manuel Carriles | Spain | Golf du Médoc | 273 | −11 | Playoff | Johan Edfors |
| 2002 | Peter Lawrie |  Ireland | Golf du Médoc | 272 | −12 | 4 strokes | Julien Van Hauwe |
| 2001 | Richard Bland | England | Golf du Médoc | 266 | −18 | 5 strokes | Philip Golding |
| 2000 | Henrik Stenson | Sweden | Varadero GC | 270 | −18 | 5 strokes | Mikael Lundberg Andrew Raitt Michele Reale |
| 1999 | Stephen Scahill |  New Zealand | Varadero GC | 277 | −11 | 2 strokes | José Manuel Lara Henrik Stenson |
| AXA Grand Final presented by Estoril | |||||||
| 1998 | Jorge Berendt | Argentina | Belas Clube de Campo | 275 | −13 | Playoff | Warren Bennett |
| Estoril Grand Final | |||||||
| 1997 | Nicolas Joakimides | France | Clube de Golf do Montado | 198 | 1 stroke | Mikael Lundberg | |
| UAP Grand Final | |||||||
| 1996 | Ian Garbutt | England | Quinta do Peru | 272 | 2 strokes | Ben Tinning Van Phillips | |
| 1995 | Francis Valera | Spain | Quinta do Peru | 275 | 1 strokes | Thierry Planchin | |
References
- "How the ranking evolved". Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
External links
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