Challenge of Ireland
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | County Kildare, Ireland |
| Established | 2005 |
| Course(s) | Moyvalley Hotel & Country Club |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7,370 yards (6,740 m) |
| Tour(s) | Challenge Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | €150,000 |
| Month played | June |
| Final year | 2009 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 261 John Wade (2006) |
| To par | −19 as above |
| Final champion | |
| Robert Coles | |
| Location map | |
Moyvalley Hotel & Country Club Location in Ireland | |
The Challenge of Ireland was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, held in Ireland. It was played from 2005 to 2009.
Robert Coles won the 2009 event in a playoff over Belgian Nicolas Colsaerts.
Winners
| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Challenge of Ireland | |||||||
| 2009 | Robert Coles | 278 | −10 | Playoff | Nicolas Colsaerts | Moyvalley | |
| 2008 | Andrew Tampion | 280 | −8 | 1 stroke | Richard Bland David Drysdale |
Glasson | |
| 2007 | Magnus A. Carlsson | 278 | −10 | 1 stroke | Mike Lorenzo-Vera Julio Zapata |
Glasson | |
| Ireland Ryder Cup Challenge | |||||||
| 2006 | John Wade | 261 | −19 | 1 stroke | Sebastián Fernández Michael McGeady |
Killarney | |
| 2005 | Marc Warren | 272 | −16 | Playoff | Peter Whiteford | Killarney | |
See also
- Irish Challenge, a Challenge Tour event held in Ireland which began in 2015
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