Tournament information | |
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Location | Gran Canaria, Spain |
Established | 1994 |
Course(s) | Las Palmas Golf Club |
Par | 71 |
Tour(s) | Challenge Tour |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | £55,000 |
Month played | May |
Final year | 1997 |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 268 Robert Lee (1996) 268 Michele Reale (1997) 268 Scott Watson (1997) |
To par | −16 as above |
Final champion | |
Michele Reale | |
Location Map | |
Location in the Canary Islands 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]
Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Ref. | |
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Canarias Challenge | |||||||
1997 | Michele Reale | 268 | −16 | Playoff | Scott Watson | [2] [3] | |
1996 | Robert Lee | 268 | −16 | 5 strokes | Simon Burnell Joakim Rask | [4] [5] | |
1995 | Pedro Linhart | 275 | −9 | 1 stroke | Ignacio Feliu | [6] [7] | |
Centenario Copa Palmer | |||||||
1994 | Daniel Westermark | 275 | −13 | 3 strokes | Henrik Simonsen | [8] [9] |
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