Challenge Tour Grand Final

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Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final
Tournament information
LocationCalvià, Mallorca, Spain
Established1995
Course(s)T-Golf & Country Club
Par71
Length7,112 yards (6,503 m)
Tour(s)Challenge Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund450,000
Month playedNovember
Tournament record score
Aggregate265 Espen Kofstad (2012)
To par−21 Bernd Ritthammer (2016)
Current champion
Denmark Marcus Helligkilde
Location Map
T-Golf & Country Club is located in Spain
T-Golf & Country Club
T-Golf & Country Club
Location in Spain

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 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.

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[]

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 2021 2

Winners[]

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Venue
Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final supported by The R&A
2021 Denmark Marcus Helligkilde 276 −8 1 stroke France Julien Brun
Portugal Ricardo Gouveia
France
Germany
T-Golf
Challenge Tour Grand Final
2020 Czech Republic Ondřej Lieser 273 −11 1 stroke Sweden Christofer Blomstrand
Germany Alexander Knappe
Spain Santiago Tarrío
T-Golf
2019 Italy Francesco Laporta 278 −6 2 strokes Germany Sebastian Heisele
France
Alcanada
Ras Al Khaimah Challenge Tour Grand Final
2018 Spain Adri Arnaus 271 −17 1 stroke France Victor Perez Al Hamra
NBO Golf Classic Grand Final
2017 France Clément Sordet 273 −15 2 strokes Sweden Marcus Kinhult Al Mouj Golf
2016 Germany Bernd Ritthammer 267 −21 1 stroke Sweden Jens Dantorp Al Mouj Golf
2015 Portugal Ricardo Gouveia 275 −13 1 stroke Denmark Joachim B. Hansen Al Mouj Golf
Dubai Festival City Challenge Tour Grand Final
2014 France Benjamin Hébert 276 −12 5 strokes France Al Badia
2013 India Shiv Kapur 272 −16 4 strokes Portugal José-Filipe Lima
Scotland Jamie McLeary
Al Badia
Apulia San Domenico Grand Final
2012 Norway Espen Kofstad 265 −19 1 stroke England
Denmark Joachim B. Hansen
San Domenico Golf
2011 Italy Andrea Pavan 267 −17 1 stroke England Tommy Fleetwood San Domenico Golf
2010 England Matt Haines 276 −8 1 stroke Australia Daniel Gaunt San Domenico Golf
2009 Scotland Peter Whiteford 279 −5 Playoff Australia Andrew Tampion San Domenico Golf
2008 Argentina Estanislao Goya 267 −17 1 stroke England Richard Bland
England John E. Morgan
San Domenico Golf
2007 France Mike Lorenzo-Vera 269 −15 1 stroke Wales Jamie Donaldson
Netherlands Joost Luiten
Wales Stuart Manley
Scotland Eric Ramsay
San Domenico Golf
2006 England James Hepworth 271 −13 2 strokes Argentina Rafael Echenique
Sweden Alex Norén
Wales Mark Pilkington
San Domenico Golf
2005 Spain Carl Suneson 273 −15 1 stroke Argentina Daniel Vancsik
Scotland Marc Warren
San Domenico Golf
Bouygues Telecom Grand Final
2004 Scotland David Drysdale 271 −13 Playoff Sweden Mattias Eliasson Golf du Médoc
Challenge Tour Grand Final
2003 Spain José Manuel Carriles 273 −11 Playoff Sweden Johan Edfors Golf du Médoc
2002 Republic of Ireland Peter Lawrie 272 −12 4 strokes France Golf du Médoc
2001 England Richard Bland 266 −18 5 strokes England Philip Golding Golf du Médoc
2000 Sweden Henrik Stenson 270 −18 5 strokes Sweden Mikael Lundberg
England
Italy Michele Reale
Varadero
1999 New Zealand 277 −11 2 strokes Spain José Manuel Lara
Sweden Henrik Stenson
Varadero
AXA Grand Final presented by Estoril
1998 Argentina Jorge Berendt 275 −13 Playoff England Warren Bennett Belas Clube de Campo
Estoril Grand Final
1997 France 198[a] −18 1 stroke Sweden Mikael Lundberg Clube de Golf do Montado
UAP Grand Final
1996 England Ian Garbutt 272 −16 2 strokes Denmark
England Van Phillips
Quinta do Peru
1995 Spain 275 −13 1 stroke France Quinta do Peru
  1. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

References[]

  1. ^ "How the ranking evolved". Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved 18 November 2020.

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