German Challenge

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Big Green Egg German Challenge
Tournament information
Location Neuburg an der Donau, Germany
Established2021
Course(s)Wittelsbacher Golf Club
Par72
Length7,479 yards (6,839 m)
Tour(s) Challenge Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund 270,000
Month playedSeptember
Tournament record score
Aggregate271 Alejandro del Rey (2022)
271 Mateusz Gradecki (2022)
To par−17 as above
Current champion
Flag of Denmark.svg Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen
Location map
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Wittelsbacher GC
Location in Germany
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Wittelsbacher GC
Location in Bavaria

The Big Green Egg German Challenge is a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour held at Wittelsbacher Golf Club in Neuburg an der Donau, Bavaria, Germany. [1]

Contents

Title sponsor Big Green Egg signed a sponsorship agreement for the German Challenge through 2023. [2]

History

In the inaugural tournament, Ángel Hidalgo of Spain claimed his maiden Challenge Tour title by posting four consecutive rounds of 68, defying the odds after receiving a last-minute invite. [3]

Fellow Spaniard Alejandro del Rey won the following year, beating Mateusz Gradecki with a birdie at the second extra playoff hole. [4] [5] Italian golfer Francesco Laporta won the 2023 edition, shooting even par in the final round to hang on and win by one stroke over four others.

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Big Green Egg German Challenge
2024 Flag of Denmark.svg Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen 273−151 stroke Flag of Denmark.svg John Axelsen
Flag of Scotland.svg Daniel Young
2023 Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Laporta 281−71 stroke Flag of England.svg Gary Boyd
Flag of England.svg Ashley Chesters
Flag of Germany.svg Dominic Foos
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Zuska
2022 Flag of Spain.svg Alejandro del Rey 271−17Playoff Flag of Poland.svg Mateusz Gradecki
2021 Flag of Spain.svg Ángel Hidalgo 272−122 strokes Flag of Austria.svg Lukas Nemecz
Flag of Spain.svg Santiago Tarrío

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References

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