Finnish Challenge

Finnish Challenge

Tournament information
Location	Vierumäki, Finland
Established	2001
Course(s)	Vierumäki Resort
Tour(s)	Challenge Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	€180,000
Month played	August
Current champion
Paul Howard

Vierumäki Resort

Location in Finland

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
2017	Paul Howard	England	Vierumäki	199	−17	2 strokes	Simon Forsström
2016	Sam Walker	England	Vierumäki	273	−15	2 strokes	Julien Guerrier Scott Henry Romain Langasque Darius van Driel
Gant Open
2015	Dominic Foos	Germany	Aura	270	−14	3 strokes	José Manuel Lara Jamie McLeary Marcel Schneider Brandon Stone
Vacon Open
2014	Mark Tullo	Chile	Kytäjä	264	−20	3 strokes	Pelle Edberg
Finnish Challenge
2013	Stuart Manley	Wales	Kytäjä	267	−21	2 strokes	José-Filipe Lima
2012	Kristoffer Broberg	Sweden	Kytäjä	269	−15	6 strokes	Wil Besseling
Talma Finnish Challenge
2004–11: No tournament
2003	Marcus Fraser	Australia	Talma	275	−13	Playoff	Tony Edlund
2002	Lee S. James	England	Talma	269	−19	2 strokes	Matthew Blackey
2001	Klas Eriksson	Sweden	Talma	272	−16	4 strokes	Gary Clark

External links

• Official website (in Finnish)
• Coverage on the Challenge Tour's official site