Tunisian Challenge

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Tunisian Open Challenge
Tournament information
Location Tabarka, Tunisia
Established1994
Course(s)Tabarka Golf Club [1]
Par72
Tour(s) Challenge Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund £70,000
Month playedOctober
Final year1995
Tournament record score
Aggregate281 Jon Robson
To par−7 as above
Final champion
Flag of England.svg Ricky Willison
Location Map
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Tabarka GC
Location in Tunisia

The Tunisian Challenge was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, held in Tunisia in 1994 and 1995. The tournament was the only leading golf event held in Tunisia between the 1985 Tunisian Open on the European Tour and the 2015 Tunisian Golf Open on the Alps Tour, aside from the Tunisian Seniors Open. [2]

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Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runners-upRef.
Tunisian Open Challenge
1995 Flag of England.svg Ricky Willison 283−52 strokes Flag of England.svg Simon D. Hurley
Flag of France.svg Tim Planchin
Tunisian Challenge
1994 Flag of England.svg Jon Robson 281−73 strokes Flag of Spain.svg Jesús María Arruti
Flag of Sweden.svg Daniel Chopra
[3]

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References

  1. "1994 Tunisian Challenge". Golfdata. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  2. "Tunisian Golf Open". Alps Tour. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  3. "1994 Tunisian Challenge". European Tour. Retrieved 10 September 2020.