Formby Hall Challenge

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Formby Hall Challenge
Tournament information
Location Formby, Southport, England
Established1996
Course(s)Formby Hall Golf Club
Par72
Length6,951 yards (6,356 m)
Tour(s) Challenge Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund £75,000
Month playedSeptember
Final year2002
Tournament record score
Aggregate267 Olivier Edmond (1997)
To par−20 Greig Hutcheon (1999)
−20 Alastair Forsyth (1999)
Final champion
Flag of England.svg Matthew Blackey
Location Map
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Formby Hall GC
Location in England
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Formby Hall GC
Location in Merseyside

The Formby Hall Challenge was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour that was played annually from 1996 to 2002. It was also an event on the third-tier MasterCard Tour.

Contents

With the merger of the MasterCard and Europro tours to form the PGA EuroPro Tour in 2003, the tournament was dropped from the Challenge Tour schedule. Formby Hall, host venue between 1999 and 2002, continued to host an event on the new tour. [1]

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upVenue
Formby Hall Challenge
2002 Flag of England.svg Matthew Blackey 275−131 stroke Flag of England.svg David Dixon
Flag of Ireland.svg Damien McGrane
Formby Hall
2001 Flag of England.svg Sam Little 276−121 stroke Flag of England.svg Grant Hamerton Formby Hall
2000 Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Henge 270−10Playoff Flag of England.svg Simon Khan Formby Hall
1999 Flag of Scotland.svg Greig Hutcheon 268−20Playoff Flag of Scotland.svg Alastair Forsyth Formby Hall
MasterCard Challenge
1998 Flag of England.svg Robert Lee 277−113 strokes Flag of England.svg Richard Bland Princes
BPGT Challenge
1997 Flag of France.svg Olivier Edmond 267−212 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Craig Hainline Wynyard Hall
Gosen Challenge
1996 Flag of England.svg Greg Owen 281−7Playoff Flag of England.svg John Mellor Warwickshire

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References

  1. "PGA Europro Tour - History". Formby Hall Golf Resort. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2010.