Challenge Tour Grand Final Explained

Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final
Location:Port d'Alcúdia, Mallorca, Spain
Establishment:1995
Course:Club de Golf Alcanada
Par:72
Yardage:7174yd
Tour:Challenge Tour
Format:Stroke play
Month Played:November
Aggregate:265 Espen Kofstad (2012)
To-Par:−21 Bernd Ritthammer (2016)
Current Champion: Marco Penge
Coordinates:39.841°N 3.169°W
Map:Spain#Spain Balearic Islands#Spain Majorca
Map Label:Club de Golf Alcanada
Map Relief:yes
Map Size:200

The Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final is the season-ending tour championship on the Challenge Tour. The field currently consists of the top 45 players on the Challenge Tour rankings vying for twenty European Tour cards. It has been played annually since 1995. Initially it was played in Portugal, but has since been held in Cuba, France, Italy, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Spain.

Since 2010, the Challenge Tour Grand Final has been designated by the Official World Golf Ranking as the Challenge Tour's flagship event. Initially awarding a minimum of 16 ranking points to the winner, compared to 12 for most events, this was increased to 17 points in 2014.[1]

Venues

Venue Location First Last Times
Quinta do Peru 1995 1996 2
Clube de Golf do Montado 1997 1997 1
Belas Clube de Campo 1998 1998 1
Varadero Golf Club 1999 2000 2
Golf du Médoc 2001 2004 4
San Domenico Golf 2005 2012 8
Al Badia Golf Club 2013 2014 2
Al Mouj Golf 2015 2017 3
Al Hamra Golf Club 2018 2018 1
Club de Golf Alcanada 2019 2023 3
T-Golf & Country Club 2020 2021 2

Winners

Challenge Tour (Flagship event)2010–2021
Challenge Tour (Tour Championship)1995–2009, 2022–
YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upVenue
Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final
29th278 −10 6 strokes Alcanada
28th279 −9 1 stroke Alcanada
27th276 −8 1 stroke T-Golf
Challenge Tour Grand Final
26th273 −11 1 stroke T-Golf
25th278 −6 2 strokes Alcanada
Ras Al Khaimah Challenge Tour Grand Final
24th271 −17 1 stroke Al Hamra
NBO Golf Classic Grand Final
23rd273 −15 2 strokes Al Mouj Golf
22nd267 −21 1 stroke Al Mouj Golf
21st275 −13 1 stroke Al Mouj Golf
Dubai Festival City Challenge Tour Grand Final
20th276 −12 5 strokes Al Badia
19th272 −16 4 strokes Al Badia
Apulia San Domenico Grand Final
18th265 −19 1 stroke San Domenico Golf
17th267 −17 1 stroke San Domenico Golf
16th276 −8 1 stroke San Domenico Golf
15th279 −5 Playoff San Domenico Golf
14th267 −17 1 stroke San Domenico Golf
13th269 −15 1 stroke San Domenico Golf
12th271 −13 2 strokes San Domenico Golf
11th273 −15 1 stroke San Domenico Golf
Bouygues Telecom Grand Final
10th271 −13 Playoff Golf du Médoc
Challenge Tour Grand Final
9th273 −11 Playoff Golf du Médoc
8th272 −12 4 strokes Golf du Médoc
7th266 −18 5 strokes Golf du Médoc
Cuba Challenge Tour Grand Final
6th270 −18 5 strokes Varadero
Cuba European Challenge Tour Grand Final
5th277 −11 2 strokes Varadero
AXA Grand Final
4th275 −13 Playoff Belas Clube de Campo
Estoril Grand Final
3rd198 −18 1 stroke Clube de Golf do Montado
UAP Grand Final
2nd272 −16 2 strokes Quinta do Peru
1st275 −13 1 stroke Quinta do Peru

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: How the ranking evolved . Official World Golf Ranking . 18 November 2020.