English Challenge

The English Challenge was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, played in England.

English Challenge
Tournament information
LocationLuton Hoo, England
Established1993
Course(s)Luton Hoo
Par71
Length6,983 yards (6,385 m)
Tour(s)Challenge Tour
FormatStroke Play
Prize fund€180,000
Month playedSeptember
Final year2018
Tournament record score
Aggregate259 Thomas Detry (2016)
To par−29 as above
Final champion
England Tom Lewis

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
YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upVenue
Bridgestone Challenge
2018England Tom Lewis261−235 strokesAustralia Dimitrios Papadatos
Sweden Sebastian Söderberg		Luton Hoo
2017Sweden Oscar Lengdén49 points2 pointsGermany Nicolai von DellingshausenLuton Hoo
2016Belgium Thomas Detry259−2912 strokesSouth Africa Thriston LawrenceHeythrop Park
English Challenge
2013–2015: No tournament
2012England Chris Paisley272−162 strokesEngland Francis McGuirkStoke by Nayland
2011France Benjamin Hébert276−122 strokesFrance Victor RiuStoke by Nayland
2010Australia Daniel Gaunt271−171 strokeEngland Tommy Fleetwood (a)
Scotland Craig Lee		Stoke by Nayland
Donnington Grove Computacenter English Challenge Open
2005–2009: No tournament
2004England Matthew King272−163 strokesRepublic of Ireland David HigginsDonnington Grove
Stockley Park Challenge
1995–2003: No tournament
1994England Ricky Willison280PlayoffSweden Jarmo SandelinStockley Park
Collingtree Park Challenge
1993Republic of Ireland Kevin Morris2862 strokesSweden Olle NordbergCollingtree Park

References
  1. "Australian Gaunt wins English Challenge in Suffolk". BBC Sport. 26 July 2010. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
  2. "Bridgestone to sponsor Challenge Tour's English return". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  3. "New format for the Bridgestone Challenge". PGA European Tour. 5 September 2017.
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