Alianca UAP Challenger

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Alianca UAP Challenger
Tournament information
Location Lisbon, Portugal
Established1996
Course(s)Clube de Golf do Montado
Par72
Tour(s) Challenge Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund £55,000
Month playedApril
Final year1997
Tournament record score
Aggregate268 Anssi Kankkonen (1997)
268 Fredrik Lindgren (1997)
268 Nicolas Vanhootegem (1997)
To par−20 as above
Final champion
Flag of Finland.svg Anssi Kankkonen
Location Map
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Icona golf.svg
Clube de Golf do Montado
Location in Portugal

The Alianca UAP Challenger was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, held in 1996 and 1997 in Portugal.

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Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upRef.
1997 Flag of Finland.svg Anssi Kankkonen 268−20Playoff Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Lindgren
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Nicolas Vanhootegem
[1]
1996 Flag of England.svg Gary Marks 270−181 stroke Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Cixous [2]

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References

  1. "1997 Alianca UAP Challenger". European Tour. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  2. "1996 Alianca UAP Challenger". European Tour. Retrieved 20 May 2020.