The Rolex 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 twenty 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 | Port d'Alcúdia, Mallorca, Spain |
| Established | 1995 |
| Course(s) | Club de Golf Alcanada |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7,174 yards (6,560 m) |
| Tour(s) | Challenge Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | €500,000 |
| Month played | November |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 265 Espen Kofstad (2012) |
| To par | −21 Bernd Ritthammer (2016) |
| Current champion | |
 Marco Penge | |
| Location map | |
  Club de Golf Alcanada Location in Spain  Club de Golf Alcanada Location in the Balearic Islands  Club de Golf Alcanada Location in Mallorca | |
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 edit
| 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 | 2023 | 3 |
| T-Golf & Country Club | Calvià, Mallorca, Spain | 2020 | 2021 | 2 |
Winners edit
| Challenge Tour (Flagship event) | 2010–2021 | |
| Challenge Tour (Tour Championship) | 1995–2009, 2022– |
| # | Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final | |||||||
| 29th | 2023 | Marco Penge |
278 | −10 | 6 strokes |  Tom Vaillant |
Alcanada |
| 28th | 2022 | Nathan Kimsey |
279 | −9 | 1 stroke |  Bryce Easton John Parry |
Alcanada |
| 27th | 2021 |  Marcus Helligkilde |
276 | −8 | 1 stroke | Julien Brun Ricardo Gouveia Frédéric Lacroix Yannik Paul |
T-Golf |
| Challenge Tour Grand Final | |||||||
| 26th | 2020 |  Ondřej Lieser |
273 | −11 | 1 stroke |  Christofer Blomstrand Alexander Knappe Santiago Tarrío |
T-Golf |
| 25th | 2019 |  Francesco Laporta |
278 | −6 | 2 strokes | Sebastian Heisele Robin Sciot-Siegrist |
Alcanada |
| Ras Al Khaimah Challenge Tour Grand Final | |||||||
| 24th | 2018 | Adri Arnaus |
271 | −17 | 1 stroke | Victor Perez |
Al Hamra |
| NBO Golf Classic Grand Final | |||||||
| 23rd | 2017 | Clément Sordet |
273 | −15 | 2 strokes | Marcus Kinhult |
Al Mouj Golf |
| 22nd | 2016 | Bernd Ritthammer |
267 | −21 | 1 stroke | Jens Dantorp |
Al Mouj Golf |
| 21st | 2015 | Ricardo Gouveia |
275 | −13 | 1 stroke | Joachim B. Hansen |
Al Mouj Golf |
| Dubai Festival City Challenge Tour Grand Final | |||||||
| 20th | 2014 | Benjamin Hébert |
276 | −12 | 5 strokes | Jérôme Lando-Casanova |
Al Badia |
| 19th | 2013 |  Shiv Kapur |
272 | −16 | 4 strokes | José-Filipe Lima Jamie McLeary |
Al Badia |
| Apulia San Domenico Grand Final | |||||||
| 18th | 2012 |  Espen Kofstad |
265 | −19 | 1 stroke | James Busby Joachim B. Hansen |
San Domenico Golf |
| 17th | 2011 | Andrea Pavan |
267 | −17 | 1 stroke | Tommy Fleetwood |
San Domenico Golf |
| 16th | 2010 | Matt Haines |
276 | −8 | 1 stroke |  Daniel Gaunt |
San Domenico Golf |
| 15th | 2009 | Peter Whiteford |
279 | −5 | Playoff | Andrew Tampion |
San Domenico Golf |
| 14th | 2008 |  Estanislao Goya |
267 | −17 | 1 stroke | Richard Bland John E. Morgan |
San Domenico Golf |
| 13th | 2007 | Mike Lorenzo-Vera |
269 | −15 | 1 stroke |  Jamie Donaldson Joost Luiten Stuart Manley Eric Ramsay |
San Domenico Golf |
| 12th | 2006 | James Hepworth |
271 | −13 | 2 strokes | Rafael Echenique Alex Norén Mark Pilkington |
San Domenico Golf |
| 11th | 2005 | Carl Suneson |
273 | −15 | 1 stroke | Daniel Vancsik Marc Warren |
San Domenico Golf |
| Bouygues Telecom Grand Final | |||||||
| 10th | 2004 | David Drysdale |
271 | −13 | Playoff | Mattias Eliasson |
Golf du Médoc |
| Challenge Tour Grand Final | |||||||
| 9th | 2003 | José Manuel Carriles |
273 | −11 | Playoff | Johan Edfors |
Golf du Médoc |
| 8th | 2002 |  Peter Lawrie |
272 | −12 | 4 strokes | Julien van Hauwe |
Golf du Médoc |
| 7th | 2001 | Richard Bland |
266 | −18 | 5 strokes | Philip Golding |
Golf du Médoc |
| Cuba Challenge Tour Grand Final | |||||||
| 6th | 2000 | Henrik Stenson |
270 | −18 | 5 strokes | Mikael Lundberg Andrew Raitt Michele Reale |
Varadero |
| Cuba European Challenge Tour Grand Final | |||||||
| 5th | 1999 |  Stephen Scahill |
277 | −11 | 2 strokes | José Manuel Lara Henrik Stenson |
Varadero |
| AXA Grand Final | |||||||
| 4th | 1998 | Jorge Berendt |
275 | −13 | Playoff | Warren Bennett |
Belas Clube de Campo |
| Estoril Grand Final | |||||||
| 3rd | 1997 | Nicolas Joakimides |
198[a] | −18 | 1 stroke | Mikael Lundberg |
Clube de Golf do Montado |
| UAP Grand Final | |||||||
| 2nd | 1996 | Ian Garbutt |
272 | −16 | 2 strokes | Van Phillips Ben Tinning |
Quinta do Peru |
| 1st | 1995 | Francisco Valera |
275 | −13 | 1 stroke | Tim Planchin |
Quinta do Peru |
Notes edit
- ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
References edit
- ^ "How the ranking evolved". Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved 18 November 2020.