Swiss Challenge
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Hildisrieden, Switzerland |
| Established | 2000 |
| Course(s) | Golf Sempachersee |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 7,147 yards (6,535 m) |
| Tour(s) | Challenge Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | €185,000 |
| Month played | June |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 262 Marcel Schneider (2018) |
| To par | −25 Rafael Cabrera-Bello (2008) |
| Current champion | |
 Ricardo Santos | |
The Swiss Challenge is a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, held in Switzerland.
History
It was first played as the Credit Suisse Private Banking Open in 2000 and 2001 at the Golf Club Patriziale Ascona in Ascona. It replaced the Interlaken Open which ended after financial issues.[1] During the course of the 2002 edition, the heavy rain led to the overflow of the Lake Maggiore and to the cancellation of the event.[2]
Following a four-year hiatus, the tournament returned in 2006 and was held at the Wylihof Golf Club in Luterbach through 2009. Since 2010 the event has been played at Golf Sempachersee in Hildisrieden.
Winners
| Year | Winner | Country | Venue | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swiss Challenge | |||||||
| 2020 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||
| 2019 | Ricardo Santos | Portugal |
Sempachersee | 269 | −15 | 1 stroke |  Richard Bland Moritz Lampert
|
| 2018 | Marcel Schneider | Germany |
Sempachersee | 262 | −22 | 6 strokes |  Kristian Johannessen
|
| 2017 | Joel Girrbach |  Switzerland |
Sempachersee | 267 | −17 | 2 strokes |  Craig Lee
|
| 2016 | Alexander Knappe | Germany |
Sempachersee | 272 | −12 | 1 stroke | Paul Howard Espen Kofstad
|
| 2015 | Daniel Im |  United States |
Sempachersee | 273 | −11 | Playoff | Gary Boyd
|
| 2014 | Pierre Relecom |  Belgium |
Sempachersee | 269 | −15 | 1 stroke |  Niccolo Quintarelli
|
| 2013 | Victor Riu |  France |
Sempachersee | 265 | −19 | 3 strokes | Adam Gee Brinson Paolini
|
| Credit Suisse Challenge | |||||||
| 2012 | Gary Stal | France |
Sempachersee | 273 | −11 | Playoff | Alexandre Kaleka
|
| 2011 | Benjamin Hébert | France |
Sempachersee | 272 | −12 | 4 strokes | Jamie Moul
|
| 2010 | Alessandro Tadini | Italy |
Sempachersee | 266 | −22 | 1 stroke |  Stuart Manley Marius Thorp
|
| 2009 | Peter Baker (2) | England |
Wylihof | 274 | −18 | 1 stroke |  Florian Praegant
|
| 2008 | Rafael Cabrera-Bello |  Spain |
Wylihof | 267 | −25 | 2 strokes | Gary Lockerbie
|
| 2007 | Peter Baker | England |
Wylihof | 272 | −20 | 1 stroke | Andrew McArthur
|
| 2006 | Francisco Cea | Spain |
Wylihof | 276 | −16 | Playoff | Tim Milford
|
| Credit Suisse Private Banking Open | |||||||
| 2003–05: No tournament | |||||||
| 2002 | Tournament abandoned due to severe weather[3] | ||||||
| 2001 | Greig Hutcheon | Scotland |
Patriziale | 266 | −18 | 1 stroke | Jesús María Arruti Kariem Baraka
|
| 2000 | Álvaro Salto | Spain |
Patriziale | 268 | −16 | 1 stroke | Michele Reale
|
References
- ^ "Golfing young guns tee off in Ticino". Swissinfo.ch. 3 May 2000.
- ^ Kissane, Sinéad (14 June 2007). "Swiss event cancelled". Rte.ie.
- ^ Credit Suisse Private Banking Open abandoned
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