OKI Telepizza Challenge

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OKI Telepizza Challenge
Tournament information
Location Badajoz, Spain
Established 1999
Course(s) Golf del Guadiana
Par 72
Tour(s) Challenge Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund €63,000
Final year 1999
Tournament record score
Aggregate 277 David Park (1999)
To par −11 as above
Final champion
Flag of Wales 2.svg David Park

The OKI Telepizza Challenge was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, played in Spain. It was held 1999 at Golf del Guadiana in Badajoz.

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Winners

YearWinnerCountryScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner-upRef
1999 David Park Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 277 −11 1 stroke Flag of Sweden.svg Ola Eliasson [1]

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References

  1. 1999 OKI Telepizza Challenge, European Tour, 27 March 1999