English Challenge
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Luton Hoo, England |
| Established | 1993 |
| Course(s) | Luton Hoo |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 6,983 yards (6,385 m) |
| Tour(s) | Challenge Tour |
| Format | Stroke Play |
| Prize fund | €180,000 |
| Month played | September |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 259 Thomas Detry (2016) |
| To par | −29 as above |
| Current champion | |
 Tom Lewis | |
The English Challenge is a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, played in England.
History
The event was held for the first time in 1993 as the Collingtree Park Challenge and was played as the Stockley Park Challenge in 1994. There was a nine-year break before it made a one-off return in 2004 as the Donnington Grove Computacenter English Challenge Open.
The English Challenge returned to the schedule again in 2010 at Stoke by Nayland Hotel, Golf & Spa in Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk. Australia's Daniel Gaunt won the tournament by one stroke from English amateur Tommy Fleetwood and Scotland's Craig Lee.[1] The event was played Stoke by Nayland again in 2011 and 2012.
The event returned again in 2016 at the Heythrop Park Resort in Enstone as the Bridgestone Challenge.[2] In 2017, it moved to Luton Hoo and used modified Stableford scoring system.[3] The 2018 event was again at Luton Hoo but returned to the 72-hole stroke play format.
Winners
| Year | Winner | Country | Venue | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgestone Challenge | |||||||
| 2018 | Tom Lewis | England |
Luton Hoo | 261 | −23 | 5 strokes |  Dimitrios Papadatos Sebastian Söderberg
|
| 2017 | Oscar Lengdén | Sweden |
Luton Hoo | 49 points | 2 points |  Nicolai von Dellingshausen
| |
| 2016 | Thomas Detry |  Belgium |
Heythrop Park | 259 | −29 | 12 strokes |  Thriston Lawrence
|
| English Challenge | |||||||
| 2013–15: No tournament | |||||||
| 2012 | Chris Paisley | England |
Stoke by Nayland | 272 | −16 | 2 strokes | Francis McGuirk
|
| 2011 | Benjamin Hébert |  France |
Stoke by Nayland | 276 | −12 | 2 strokes | Victor Riu
|
| 2010 | Daniel Gaunt | Australia |
Stoke by Nayland | 271 | −17 | 1 stroke | Tommy Fleetwood (a) Craig Lee
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| Donnington Grove Computacenter English Challenge Open | |||||||
| 2005–09: No tournament | |||||||
| 2004 | Matthew King | Australia |
Donnington Grove | 272 | −16 | 3 strokes |  David Higgins
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| Stockley Park Challenge | |||||||
| 1995–2003: No tournament | |||||||
| 1994 | Ricky Willison | England |
Stockley Park | 280 | Playoff | Jarmo Sandelin
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| Collingtree Park Challenge | |||||||
| 1993 | Kevin Morris | Ireland |
Collingtree Park | 286 | 2 strokes | Olle Nordberg
| |
References
- ^ "Australian Gaunt wins English Challenge in Suffolk". BBC Sport. 26 July 2010. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
- ^ "Bridgestone to sponsor Challenge Tour's English return". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
- ^ "New format for the Bridgestone Challenge". PGA European Tour. 5 September 2017.