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Finnish Challenge
Tournament information
LocationVierumäki, Finland
Established2001
Course(s)Vierumäki Resort
Tour(s)Challenge Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund200,000
Month playedAugust
Current champion
Portugal José-Filipe Lima
Vierumäki Resort is located in Finland
Vierumäki Resort
Vierumäki Resort

The Finnish Challenge is a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, Europe's second tier men's professional golf tour. It was first played at Golf Talma in Talma, Finland, from 2001 to 2003, but took a hiatus from 2004 to 2011. The 2012–14 editions of the tournament were played at the Kytäjä Golf Club in Hyvinkää, Finland. The 2015 tournament was played at Aura Golf Club in Turku. Since 2016 tournament it has been played at the Vierumäki Resort in Vierumäki.

Winners

Year Winner Country Venue Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Vierumäki Finnish Challenge
2019 José-Filipe Lima  Portugal Vierumäki 274 −14 1 stroke South Africa Bryce Easton
2018 Kim Koivu  Finland Vierumäki 267 −21 Playoff Scotland Robert MacIntyre
2017 Paul Howard  England Vierumäki 199 −17 2 strokes Sweden Simon Forsström
2016 Sam Walker  England Vierumäki 273 −15 2 strokes France Julien Guerrier
Scotland Scott Henry
France Romain Langasque
Netherlands Darius van Driel
Gant Open
2015 Dominic Foos  Germany Aura 270 −14 3 strokes Spain José Manuel Lara
Scotland Jamie McLeary
Germany Marcel Schneider
South Africa Brandon Stone
Vacon Open
2014 Mark Tullo  Chile Kytäjä 264 −20 3 strokes Sweden Pelle Edberg
Finnish Challenge
2013 Stuart Manley  Wales Kytäjä 267 −21 2 strokes Portugal José-Filipe Lima
2012 Kristoffer Broberg  Sweden Kytäjä 269 −15 6 strokes Netherlands Wil Besseling
Talma Finnish Challenge
2004–11: No tournament
2003 Marcus Fraser  Australia Talma 275 −13 Playoff Sweden Tony Edlund
2002 Lee S. James  England Talma 269 −19 2 strokes England Matthew Blackey
2001 Klas Eriksson  Sweden Talma 272 −16 4 strokes England Gary Clark