English Challenge
The English Challenge is a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, played in England.
Tournament information | |
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Location | Luton Hoo, England |
Established | 1993 |
Course(s) | Luton Hoo |
Par | 71 |
Length | 6,983 yards (6,385 m) |
Tour(s) | Challenge Tour |
Format | Stroke Play |
Prize fund | €180,000 |
Month played | September |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 259 Thomas Detry (2016) |
To par | −29 as above |
Current champion | |
Tom Lewis |
History
The event was held for the first time in 1993 as the Collingtree Park Challenge and was played as the Stockley Park Challenge in 1994. There was a nine-year break before it made a one-off return in 2004 as the Donnington Grove Computacenter English Challenge Open.
The English Challenge returned to the schedule again in 2010 at Stoke by Nayland Hotel, Golf & Spa in Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk. Australia's Daniel Gaunt won the tournament by one stroke from English amateur Tommy Fleetwood and Scotland's Craig Lee.[1] The event was played Stoke by Nayland again in 2011 and 2012.
The event returned again in 2016 at the Heythrop Park Resort in Enstone as the Bridgestone Challenge.[2] In 2017, it moved to Luton Hoo and used modified Stableford scoring system.[3] The 2018 event was again at Luton Hoo but returned to the 72-hole stroke play format.
Winners
Year | Winner | Country | Venue | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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Bridgestone Challenge | |||||||
2018 | Tom Lewis | England | Luton Hoo | 261 | −23 | 5 strokes | Dimitrios Papadatos Sebastian Söderberg |
2017 | Oscar Lengdén | Sweden | Luton Hoo | 49 points | 2 points | Nicolai von Dellingshausen | |
2016 | Thomas Detry | Belgium | Heythrop Park | 259 | −29 | 12 strokes | Thriston Lawrence |
English Challenge | |||||||
2013–15: No tournament | |||||||
2012 | Chris Paisley | England | Stoke by Nayland | 272 | −16 | 2 strokes | Francis McGuirk |
2011 | Benjamin Hébert | France | Stoke by Nayland | 276 | −12 | 2 strokes | Victor Riu |
2010 | Daniel Gaunt | Australia | Stoke by Nayland | 271 | −17 | 1 stroke | Tommy Fleetwood (a) Craig Lee |
Donnington Grove Computacenter English Challenge Open | |||||||
2005–09: No tournament | |||||||
2004 | Matthew King | Australia | Donnington Grove | 272 | −16 | 3 strokes | David Higgins |
Stockley Park Challenge | |||||||
1995–2003: No tournament | |||||||
1994 | Ricky Willison | England | Stockley Park | 280 | Playoff | Jarmo Sandelin | |
Collingtree Park Challenge | |||||||
1993 | Kevin Morris | Ireland | Collingtree Park | 286 | 2 strokes | Olle Nordberg |
References
- "Australian Gaunt wins English Challenge in Suffolk". BBC Sport. 26 July 2010. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
- "Bridgestone to sponsor Challenge Tour's English return". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
- "New format for the Bridgestone Challenge". PGA European Tour. 5 September 2017.