Tournament information | |
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Location | Venice, Italy |
Established | 1998 |
Course(s) | Albarella GC |
Par | 72 |
Tour(s) | Challenge Tour |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | £40,000 |
Final year | 1998 |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 272 Fredrik Lindgren (1998) |
To par | −16 as above |
Final champion | |
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1998 | Fredrik Lindgren | 267 | −21 | 3 strokes | [1] [2] |
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