Tournament information | |
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Location | Lisbon, Portugal |
Established | 1996 |
Course(s) | Clube de Golf do Montado |
Par | 72 |
Tour(s) | Challenge Tour |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | £55,000 |
Month played | April |
Final year | 1997 |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 268 Anssi Kankkonen (1997) 268 Fredrik Lindgren (1997) 268 Nicolas Vanhootegem (1997) |
To par | −20 as above |
Final champion | |
Anssi Kankkonen | |
Location Map | |
Location in Portugal |
The Alianca UAP Challenger was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, held in 1996 and 1997 in Portugal.
Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Ref. |
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1997 | Anssi Kankkonen | 268 | −20 | Playoff | Fredrik Lindgren Nicolas Vanhootegem | [1] |
1996 | Gary Marks | 270 | −18 | 1 stroke | Jean-Pierre Cixous | [2] |
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