Canarias Challenge

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Canarias Challenge
Tournament information
Location Gran Canaria, Spain
Established1994
Course(s)Las Palmas Golf Club
Par71
Tour(s) Challenge Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund £55,000
Month playedMay
Final year1997
Tournament record score
Aggregate268 Robert Lee (1996)
268 Michele Reale (1997)
268 Scott Watson (1997)
To par−16 as above
Final champion
Flag of Italy.svg Michele Reale
Location Map
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Las Palmas GC
Location in the Canary Islands
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Las Palmas GC
Location in Gran Canaria

The Canarias Challenge was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, played in Spain. It was held between 1994 and 1997 at Las Palmas Golf Club in the Canary Islands. [1]

Contents

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upRef.
Canarias Challenge
1997 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Reale 268−16Playoff Flag of England.svg Scott Watson [2] [3]
1996 Flag of England.svg Robert Lee 268−165 strokes Flag of England.svg Simon Burnell
Flag of Sweden.svg Joakim Rask
[4] [5]
1995 Flag of Spain.svg Pedro Linhart 275−91 stroke Flag of Spain.svg Ignacio Feliu [6] [7]
Centenario Copa Palmer
1994 Flag of Sweden.svg Daniel Westermark 275−133 strokes Flag of Denmark.svg Henrik Simonsen [8] [9]

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References

  1. History, Real Club de Golf Las Palmas, accessed 13 September 2016 (in Spanish)
  2. 1997 Canarias Challenge, European Tour, 4 May 1997
  3. 1997 Canarias Challenge, Golfdata, accessed 14 September 2016 (in Swedish)
  4. 1996 Canarias Challenge, European Tour, 5 May 1996
  5. 1996 Canarias Challenge, Golfdata, accessed 14 September 2016 (in Swedish)
  6. 1995 Canarias Challenge, European Tour, 30 April 1995
  7. 1995 Canarias Challenge, Golfdata, accessed 14 September 2016 (in Swedish)
  8. 1994 Centenario Copa 'Palmer', European Tour, 30 April 1994
  9. 1994 Centenario Copa, Golfdata, accessed 13 September 2016 (in Swedish)