Challenge Tour Grand Final

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Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final
Tournament information
Location Port d'Alcúdia, Mallorca, Spain
Established1995
Course(s)Club de Golf Alcanada
Par72
Length7,128 yards (6,518 m)
Tour(s) Challenge Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund 500,000
Month playedOctober/November
Tournament record score
Aggregate265 Espen Kofstad (2012)
265 Kristoffer Reitan (2024)
To par−23 Kristoffer Reitan (2024)
Current champion
Flag of Norway.svg Kristoffer Reitan
Location map
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Club de Golf Alcanada
Location in Spain
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Club de Golf Alcanada
Location in the Balearic Islands
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Club de Golf Alcanada
Location in Mallorca

The Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final is the season-ending tour championship on the Challenge Tour. The field currently consists of the top 45 players on the Challenge Tour rankings vying for twenty European Tour cards. It has been played annually since 1995. Initially it was played in Portugal, but has since been held in Cuba, France, Italy, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Spain.

Contents

Since 2010, the Challenge Tour Grand Final has been designated by the Official World Golf Ranking as the Challenge Tour's flagship event. Initially awarding a minimum of 16 ranking points to the winner, compared to 12 for most events, this was increased to 17 points in 2014. [1]

Venues

VenueLocationFirstLastTimes
Quinta do Peru Sesimbra, Portugal 199519962
Clube de Golf do Montado Setúbal, Portugal 199719971
Belas Clube de Campo Sintra, Portugal 199819981
Varadero Golf Club Varadero, Cuba 199920002
Golf du Médoc Bordeaux, France 200120044
San Domenico Golf Apulia, Italy 200520128
Al Badia Golf Club Dubai, United Arab Emirates 201320142
Al Mouj Golf Muscat, Oman 201520173
Al Hamra Golf Club Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates 201820181
Club de Golf Alcanada Port d'Alcúdia, Mallorca, Spain 201920244
T-Golf & Country Club Calvià, Mallorca, Spain 202020212

Winners

Challenge Tour (Flagship event)2010–2021
Challenge Tour (Tour Championship)1995–2009, 2022–
#YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upVenue
Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final
30th 2024 Flag of Norway.svg Kristoffer Reitan 265−231 stroke Flag of Spain.svg Ángel Ayora
Flag of Denmark.svg Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen
Alcanada
29th 2023 Flag of England.svg Marco Penge 278−106 strokes Flag of France.svg Tom Vaillant Alcanada
28th 2022 Flag of England.svg Nathan Kimsey 279−91 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Bryce Easton
Flag of England.svg John Parry
Alcanada
27th 2021 Flag of Denmark.svg Marcus Helligkilde 276−81 stroke Flag of France.svg Julien Brun
Flag of Portugal.svg Ricardo Gouveia
Flag of France.svg Frédéric Lacroix
Flag of Germany.svg Yannik Paul
T-Golf
Challenge Tour Grand Final
26th 2020 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ondřej Lieser 273−111 stroke Flag of Sweden.svg Christofer Blomstrand
Flag of Germany.svg Alexander Knappe
Flag of Spain.svg Santiago Tarrío
T-Golf
25th 2019 Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Laporta 278−62 strokes Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Heisele
Flag of France.svg Robin Sciot-Siegrist
Alcanada
Ras Al Khaimah Challenge Tour Grand Final
24th 2018 Flag of Spain.svg Adri Arnaus 271−171 stroke Flag of France.svg Victor Perez Al Hamra
NBO Golf Classic Grand Final
23rd 2017 Flag of France.svg Clément Sordet 273−152 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Kinhult Al Mouj Golf
22nd 2016 Flag of Germany.svg Bernd Ritthammer 267−211 stroke Flag of Sweden.svg Jens Dantorp Al Mouj Golf
21st 2015 Flag of Portugal.svg Ricardo Gouveia 275−131 stroke Flag of Denmark.svg Joachim B. Hansen Al Mouj Golf
Dubai Festival City Challenge Tour Grand Final
20th 2014 Flag of France.svg Benjamin Hébert 276−125 strokes Flag of France.svg Jérôme Lando-Casanova Al Badia
19th 2013 Flag of India.svg Shiv Kapur 272−164 strokes Flag of Portugal.svg José-Filipe Lima
Flag of Scotland.svg Jamie McLeary
Al Badia
Apulia San Domenico Grand Final
18th 2012 Flag of Norway.svg Espen Kofstad 265−191 stroke Flag of England.svg James Busby
Flag of Denmark.svg Joachim B. Hansen
San Domenico Golf
17th 2011 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Pavan 267−171 stroke Flag of England.svg Tommy Fleetwood San Domenico Golf
16th 2010 Flag of England.svg Matt Haines 276−81 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel Gaunt San Domenico Golf
15th 2009 Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Whiteford 279−5Playoff Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Tampion San Domenico Golf
14th 2008 Flag of Argentina.svg Estanislao Goya 267−171 stroke Flag of England.svg Richard Bland
Flag of England.svg John E. Morgan
San Domenico Golf
13th 2007 Flag of France.svg Mike Lorenzo-Vera 269−151 stroke Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Jamie Donaldson
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Joost Luiten
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Stuart Manley
Flag of Scotland.svg Eric Ramsay
San Domenico Golf
12th 2006 Flag of England.svg James Hepworth 271−132 strokes Flag of Argentina.svg Rafael Echenique
Flag of Sweden.svg Alex Norén
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mark Pilkington
San Domenico Golf
11th 2005 Flag of Spain.svg Carl Suneson 273−151 stroke Flag of Argentina.svg Daniel Vancsik
Flag of Scotland.svg Marc Warren
San Domenico Golf
Bouygues Telecom Grand Final
10th 2004 Flag of Scotland.svg David Drysdale 271−13Playoff Flag of Sweden.svg Mattias Eliasson Golf du Médoc
Challenge Tour Grand Final
9th 2003 Flag of Spain.svg José Manuel Carriles 273−11Playoff Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Edfors Golf du Médoc
8th 2002 Flag of Ireland.svg Peter Lawrie 272−124 strokes Flag of France.svg Julien van Hauwe Golf du Médoc
7th 2001 Flag of England.svg Richard Bland 266−185 strokes Flag of England.svg Philip Golding Golf du Médoc
Cuba Challenge Tour Grand Final
6th 2000 Flag of Sweden.svg Henrik Stenson 270−185 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Lundberg
Flag of England.svg Andrew Raitt
Flag of Italy.svg Michele Reale
Varadero
Cuba European Challenge Tour Grand Final
5th 1999 Flag of New Zealand.svg Stephen Scahill 277−112 strokes Flag of Spain.svg José Manuel Lara
Flag of Sweden.svg Henrik Stenson
Varadero
AXA Grand Final
4th 1998 Flag of Argentina.svg Jorge Berendt 275−13Playoff Flag of England.svg Warren Bennett Belas Clube de Campo
Estoril Grand Final
3rd 1997 Flag of France.svg Nicolas Joakimides 198 [a] −181 stroke Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Lundberg Clube de Golf do Montado
UAP Grand Final
2nd 1996 Flag of England.svg Ian Garbutt 272−162 strokes Flag of England.svg Van Phillips
Flag of Denmark.svg Ben Tinning
Quinta do Peru
1st 1995 Flag of Spain.svg Francisco Valera 275−131 stroke Flag of France.svg Tim Planchin Quinta do Peru

Notes

  1. Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

References

  1. "How the ranking evolved". Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved 18 November 2020.