Volvo Cross Country Challenge

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Volvo Cross Country Challenge
Tournament information
LocationDenmark (2006-2007)
Spain (2005)
Established2005
Tour(s)Ladies European Tour
Prize fund$120,000
$1,000,000 (bonus)
Volvo XC70
Final year2007
Final champion
England Kiran Matharu

The Volvo Cross Country Challenge was an unofficial women's professional golf event on the Ladies European Tour. It was held in Spain or Denmark annually between 2005 and 2007.

The winner of the challenge received a Volvo. The 18-year-old Kiran Matharu from Leeds, England, had yet to learn to drive when she won the Volvo Cross Country Challenge and a brand new Volvo XC70 in 2007.[1]

Participation[]

To qualify for the tournament, players had to participate in at least three out of four of the LET tournaments hosted in Nordic countries:

  1. Sweden Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika
  2. Norway SAS Masters
  3. Finland Finnair Masters
  4. Denmark Nykredit Masters

Prize money collected in these tournaments were added up in a "Volvo XC Challenge Order-of-Merit". The top 10 on the Order-of-Merit competed for $120,000.

In addition, players could get $1,000,000 bonus by winning all four of the above tournaments in one season.[2]

Winners[]

Year Venue Location Winner Note
2007 Helsingør Golf Club Helsingør, Denmark England Kiran Matharu Following the Nykredit Masters[3]
2006 Odense Golfklub Odense, Denmark England Laura Davies Following the Nykredit Masters[4][5]
2005 Golf Platja de Pals Costa Brava, Spain Sweden Cecilia Ekelundh Following the Catalonia Ladies Masters[6][7]

References[]

  1. ^ Kiran Matharu wins the Volvo Challenge Archived 2015-04-22 at archive.today, September 9th, 2007
  2. ^ GolfToday. "LET and Volvo in new sponsorship deal".
  3. ^ Ladies European Tour. "Matharu wins Volvo Cross Country Challenge".
  4. ^ Ladies European Tour. "Davies wins 2006 Volvo Cross Country Challenge".
  5. ^ Ladies European Tour. "2006 Volvo Cross Country Challenge".
  6. ^ Ladies European Tour. "Ekelundh receives her Volvo XC70".
  7. ^ Ladies European Tour. "2006 Volvo Cross Country Challenge".
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