Norwegian Challenge
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Kløfta, Norway |
| Established | 1994 |
| Course | Miklagard Golfklub |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7,375 yards (6,744 m) |
| Tour(s) | Challenge Tour Nordic Golf League |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | €200,000 |
| Month played | August |
| Final year | 2017 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 266 Kristoffer Broberg (2012) |
| To par | −22 as above |
| Final champion | |
 Clément Sordet | |
| Location map | |
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The Norwegian Challenge was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, played in Norway. It was founded in 1994 and was the leading men's tournament in Norway, which does not host a European Tour event.
Winners
[edit | edit source]| Year | Tour[a] | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viking Challenge | |||||||
| 2017 | CHA | Clément Sordet |
203[b] | −13 | 5 strokes | Scotland Jack Doherty England Charlie Ford  Daan Huizing |
Miklagard |
| Norwegian Open | |||||||
| 2016 | NGL | Sweden Oscar Lengdén | 204 | −12 | 6 strokes | Sweden Gustaf Kocken | Moss & Rygge |
| 2015: No tournament | |||||||
| Norwegian Challenge | |||||||
| 2014 | CHA | Benjamin Hébert |
273 | −15 | 2 strokes | Germany Florian Fritsch | Miklagard |
| 2013 | CHA | Sweden Jens Fahrbring | 269 | −19 | 3 strokes |  Daniel ImSweden Pontus Widegren |
Losby |
| 2012 | CHA | Sweden Kristoffer Broberg | 266 | −22 | Playoff | Spain Álvaro Velasco | Byneset |
| 2011 | CHA |  Andrea Pavan |
279 | −9 | Playoff | Austria Florian Praegant | Hauger |
| Lexus Open | |||||||
| 2009–10: No tournament | |||||||
| 2008 | CHA | Denmark Jeppe Huldahl | 271 | −17 | 2 strokes | Scotland Steven O'Hara | Moss & Rygge |
| 2007 | CHA | Austria Martin Wiegele | 278 | −10 | Playoff | Scotland George Murray | Miklagard |
| 2006 | CHA | Sweden Kalle Brink | 275 | −13 | 3 strokes | Spain José Manuel Carriles Scotland Greig Hutcheon Norway Peter Kaensche Norway Jan-Are Larsen |
Larvik |
| Norwegian Challenge | |||||||
| 2005: No tournament | |||||||
| 2004 | CHA | Republic of Ireland Stephen Browne | 205[b] | −11 | 3 strokes | Sweden Oskar Bergman England Denny Lucas England Mark Sanders |
Vestfold |
| 2002–03: No tournament | |||||||
| Telehuset Norwegian Open | |||||||
| 2001 | NGL | Sweden Björn Bäck | 276 | −12 | 3 strokes | Denmark Brian Akstrup | Nes |
| Norwegian Open | |||||||
| 2000 | CHA | Sweden Paul Nilbrink | 206[b] | −10 | Playoff | Sweden Per Larsson England Stuart Little |
Losby |
| 1999 | CHA | Sweden Pehr Magnebrant | 281 | −7 | 3 strokes | Sweden Patrik Gottfridson | Sorknes |
| Netcom Norwegian Open | |||||||
| 1998 | CHA | England Gary Emerson | 275 | −17 | 1 stroke | Sweden Max Anglert | Borre |
| 1997 | CHA | Switzerland Demitri Bieri | 275 | −13 | Playoff | England John Bickerton | Oslo |
| Karsten Ping Norwegian Open | |||||||
| 1996 | CHA | Spain Ignacio Feliu | 273 | −15 | 1 stroke | England John Mellor | Oslo |
| 1995 | CHA | England Stephen Field | 275 | −13 | 3 strokes | England Andrew Collison | Oslo |
| Karsten Ping Norwegian Challenge | |||||||
| 1994 | CHA | Northern Ireland Raymond Burns | 276 | −16 | 3 strokes | England Jamie Taylor | Borre |
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See also
[edit | edit source]Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ CHA − Challenge Tour; NGL − Nordic Golf League.
- ^ a b c Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.
External links
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