Tournament information | |
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Location | Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain |
Established | 2012 |
Course(s) | Lumine Golf Club |
Par | 71 |
Length | 6,909 yards (6,318 m) |
Tour(s) | Challenge Tour |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | €160,000 |
Month played | April |
Final year | 2014 |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 199 Antonio Hortal (2014) |
To par | −16 Brooks Koepka (2012) |
Final champion | |
Antonio Hortal | |
Location Map | |
The Challenge de Catalunya was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour.
The first edition was played at the Golf La Graiera, Calafell in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. [1]
The second edition was in 2014 at the Lumine Golf & Beach Club.
Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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2014 | Antonio Hortal | 199 [lower-alpha 1] | −14 | 3 strokes | Callum Shinkwin |
2013: No tournament | |||||
2012 | Brooks Koepka | 200 [lower-alpha 1] | −16 | 3 strokes | Alessandro Tadini |
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