Challenge Tour Grand Final

Challenge Tour Grand Final
Tournament information
Location Muscat, Oman
Established 1995
Course(s) Al Mouj Golf
Par 72
Length 7,310 yards (6,680 m)
Tour(s) Challenge Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund 400,000
Month played November
Tournament record score
Aggregate 265 Espen Kofstad (2012)
To par −21 Bernd Ritthammer (2016)
Current champion
Germany Bernd Ritthammer

The 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 fifteen 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, and since 2015, in Oman. The Challenge Tour Grand Final is the Challenge Tour's flagship event, giving a minimum of 17 Official World Golf Ranking points to the winner, compared to 12 for most events.

History

In 2007, Michael Lorenzo-Vera entered the tournament 7th on the Challenge Tour's money list. By winning the tournament, he moved all the way up to 1st place to be named the 2007 Challenge Tour's Order of Merit winner. In 2013 the prize fund was €330,000, with €52,800 going to the winner.

Oman Air became the presenting sponsor for the 2015 NBO Golf Classic Grand Final.[1][2]

Venues

Al Mouj Golf
Location in Oman
Venue Location First Last Times
Quinta do Peru Sesimbra, Portugal 1995 1996 2
Clube de Golf do Montado Setúbal, Portugal 1997 1997 1
Belas Clube de Campo Sintra, Portugal 1998 1998 1
Varadero Golf Club Varadero, Cuba 1999 2000 2
Golf du Médoc Bordeaux, France 2001 2004 4
San Domenico Golf Puglia, Italy 2005 2012 8
Al Badia Golf Club Dubai, United Arab Emirates 2013 2014 2
Al Mouj Golf Muscat, Oman 2015 2016 2

Winners

YearWinnerCountryVenueScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
NBO Golf Classic Grand Final
2016 Bernd Ritthammer  Germany Al Mouj Golf 267 −21 1 stroke Sweden Jens Dantorp
2015 Ricardo Gouveia  Portugal Al Mouj Golf 275 −13 1 stroke Denmark Joachim B. Hansen
Dubai Festival City Challenge Tour Grand Final
2014 Benjamin Hébert  France Al Badia Golf Club 276 −12 5 strokes France Jérôme Lando-Casanova
2013 Shiv Kapur  India Al Badia Golf Club 272 −16 4 strokes Portugal José-Filipe Lima
Scotland Jamie McLeary
Apulia San Domenico Grand Final
2012 Espen Kofstad  Norway San Domenico Golf 265 −19 1 stroke Denmark Joachim B. Hansen
England James Busby
2011 Andrea Pavan  Italy San Domenico Golf 267 −17 1 stroke England Tommy Fleetwood
2010 Matt Haines  England San Domenico Golf 276 −8 1 stroke Australia Daniel Gaunt
2009 Peter Whiteford  Scotland San Domenico Golf 279 −5 Playoff Australia Andrew Tampion
2008 Estanislao Goya  Argentina San Domenico Golf 267 −17 1 stroke England Richard Bland
England John E. Morgan
2007 Michael Lorenzo-Vera  France San Domenico Golf 269 −15 1 stroke Wales Jamie Donaldson
Netherlands Joost Luiten
Wales Stuart Manley
Scotland Eric Ramsay
2006 James Hepworth  England San Domenico Golf 271 −13 2 strokes Argentina Rafa Echenique
Sweden Alexander Norén
Wales Mark Pilkington
2005 Carl Suneson  Spain San Domenico Golf 273 −15 1 stroke Argentina Daniel Vancsik
Scotland Marc Warren
Bouygues Telecom Grand Final
2004 David Drysdale  Scotland Golf du Médoc 271 −13 Playoff Sweden Mattias Eliasson
Challenge Tour Grand Final
2003 José Manuel Carriles  Spain Golf du Médoc 273 −11 Playoff Sweden Johan Edfors
2002 Peter Lawrie  Ireland Golf du Médoc 272 −12 4 strokes France Julien Van Hauwe
2001 Richard Bland  England Golf du Médoc 266 −18 5 strokes England Philip Golding
2000 Henrik Stenson  Sweden Varadero GC 270 −18 5 strokes Sweden Mikael Lundberg
England Andrew Raitt
Italy Michele Reale
1999 Stephen Scahill  New Zealand Varadero GC 277 −11 2 strokes Spain José Manuel Lara
Sweden Henrik Stenson
AXA Grand Final presented by Estoril
1998 Jorge Berendt  Argentina Belas Clube de Campo 275 −13 Playoff England Warren Bennett
Estoril Grand Final
1997 Nicolas Joakimides  France Clube de Golf do Montado 198 1 stroke Sweden Mikael Lundberg
UAP Grand Final
1996 Ian Garbutt  England Quinta do Peru 272 2 strokes Denmark Ben Tinning
England Van Phillips
1995 Francis Valera  Spain Quinta do Peru 275 1 strokes France Thierry Planchin

References

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