Danish Golf Championship Explained

Danish Golf Championship
Location:Aarhus, Denmark
Establishment:2014
Course:Lübker Golf Resort
Par:71
Yardage:7026yd
Tour:European Tour
Format:Stroke play
Month Played:August
Aggregate:263 Oliver Wilson (2022)
To-Par:−21 as above
Current Champion: Rasmus Højgaard
Coordinates:56.253°N 10.345°W
Map:Denmark
Map Label:Lübker Golf Resort
Map Relief:yes
Map Label Position:right
Map Size:200px

The Danish Golf Championship is a professional golf tournament on the European Tour that is played annually in Denmark.

History

The inaugural tournament was played from 14 to 17 August 2014 at the HimmerLand Golf & Spa Resort, in Farsø,[1] Denmark.[2] HimmerLand hosted the event from 2014 to 2017. In 2015, the tournament featured the shortest par-3 hole in European Tour history, when the 16th hole played just 79yards in the final round.[3]

In 2018, the Made in Denmark tournament was played at Silkeborg Ry Golfklub, before returning to HimmerLand Golf & Spa Resort in 2019. During the Made in Denmark Challenge in June 2018, the organisation behind the tournament announced that Made in Denmark would continue for another five years, until 2023.[4]

Following the confirmation that HimmerLand Golf & Spa Resort would cease hosting from 2024 onwards,[5] it was announced that Lübker Golf Resort would host the 2024 event, being renamed as the Danish Golf Championship.[6]

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Danish Golf Championship
Made in HimmerLand
267 −13 Playoff Nacho Elvira
263 −21 1 stroke Ewen Ferguson
Bernd Wiesberger (2) 263 −21 5 strokes Guido Migliozzi
Made in Denmark
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[7]
270 −14 1 stroke Robert MacIntyre
269 −19 Playoff Steven Brown
Jonathan Thomson
Lee Westwood
265 −19 4 strokes David Horsey
267 −17 1 stroke
271 −13 2 strokes
275 −9 2 strokes Bradley Dredge

See also

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Contact - Made in Denmark . Made in Denmark . 17 August 2014.
  2. Web site: Made in Denmark joins the European Tour in 2014 . European Tour . 14 May 2013 . 29 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140813210129/http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2014/tournamentid=2014064/news/newsid=191544.html . 13 August 2014.
  3. Web site: European Tour playing its shortest-ever par 3 at the Made in Denmark . 23 August 2015 . Golf News Net . 8 September 2020.
  4. Web site: Made in Denmark secured on the European Tour until 2023 . European Tour . 1 July 2018 . 20 August 2024.
  5. Web site: Made in HimmerLand 2023: Five things to know presented by Oceantee . European Tour . 4 July 2023 . 20 August 2024.
  6. Web site: Lübker will host the DP World Tour golf event Danish Golf Championship in 2024 . Lübker Golf Resort . 3 August 2023 . 20 August 2024.
  7. Web site: Made in Denmark Presented by Freja cancelled in 2020 . Freja . 28 April 2020 . 8 September 2020.