Dubliner Challenge

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Dubliner Challenge
Tournament information
Location Mölndal, Sweden
Established2008
Course(s) Hills Golf Club
Par71
Length7,169 yards (6,555 m)
Tour(s) Challenge Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund 140,000
Month playedSeptember
Final year2008
Tournament record score
Aggregate206 Mark Haastrup (2008)
To par−7 as above
Final champion
Flag of Denmark.svg Mark Haastrup
Location Map
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Icona golf.svg
Hills GC
Location in Sweden

The Dubliner Challenge was a one-off golf tournament on the Challenge Tour that was played in 2008 at Hills Golf Club in Gothenburg, Sweden. It was won by Denmark's Mark Haastrup. Due to rain, the tournament was shortened to 54 holes. [1]

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Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner-up
2008 Flag of Denmark.svg Mark Haastrup 206 [lower-alpha 1] −71 stroke Flag of Germany.svg Benjamin Miarka

Notes

  1. Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

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References

  1. "Rain reduces the Dubliner Challenge to 54 holes". PGA European Tour. Archived from the original on 25 December 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2022.