Danish Golf Championship
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Aarhus, Denmark |
| Established | 2014 |
| Course(s) | Lübker Golf Resort |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 7,026 yards (6,425 m) |
| Tour(s) | European Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | US$2,500,000 |
| Month played | August |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 263 Oliver Wilson (2022) |
| To par | −21 as above |
| Current champion | |
| Frédéric Lacroix | |
| Location map | |
Lübker Golf Resort Location in Denmark | |
The Danish Golf Championship is a professional golf tournament on the European Tour that is played annually in Denmark.
History
The inaugural tournament was played from 14 to 17 August 2014 at the HimmerLand Golf & Spa Resort, in Farsø,[1] Denmark.[2] HimmerLand hosted the event from 2014 to 2017. In 2015, the tournament featured the shortest par-3 hole in European Tour history, when the 16th hole played just 79 yards (72 m) in the final round.[3]
In 2018, the Made in Denmark tournament was played at Silkeborg Ry Golfklub, before returning to HimmerLand Golf & Spa Resort in 2019. During the Made in Denmark Challenge in June 2018, the organisation behind the tournament announced that Made in Denmark would continue for another five years, until 2023.[4]
Following the confirmation that HimmerLand Golf & Spa Resort would cease hosting from 2024 onwards,[5] it was announced that Lübker Golf Resort would host the 2024 event, being renamed as the Danish Golf Championship.[6]
Winners
| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danish Golf Championship | ||||||
| 2024 | Frédéric Lacroix | 270 | −14 | 4 strokes | Lucas Bjerregaard Romain Langasque | |
| Made in HimmerLand | ||||||
| 2023 | Rasmus Højgaard | 267 | −13 | Playoff | Nacho Elvira | |
| 2022 | Oliver Wilson | 263 | −21 | 1 stroke | Ewen Ferguson | |
| 2021 | Bernd Wiesberger (2) | 263[a] | −21[a] | 5 strokes | Guido Migliozzi | |
| Made in Denmark | ||||||
| 2020 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[7] | |||||
| 2019 | Bernd Wiesberger | 270 | −14 | 1 stroke | Robert MacIntyre | |
| 2018 | Matt Wallace | 269 | −19 | Playoff | Steven Brown Jonathan Thomson Lee Westwood | |
| 2017 | Julian Suri | 265 | −19 | 4 strokes | David Horsey | |
| 2016 | Thomas Pieters | 267 | −17 | 1 stroke | Bradley Dredge | |
| 2015 | David Horsey | 271 | −13 | 2 strokes | Kristoffer Broberg Daniel Gaunt Søren Kjeldsen Terry Pilkadaris | |
| 2014 | Marc Warren | 275 | −9 | 2 strokes | Bradley Dredge | |
See also
- Nordic Open, previous European Tour event in Denmark
Notes
- ^ a b Unofficial scoring record due to preferred lies being in place.
References
- ^ "Contact - Made in Denmark". Made in Denmark. 17 August 2014.
- ^ "Made in Denmark joins the European Tour in 2014". European Tour. 14 May 2013. Archived from the original on 13 August 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
- ^ "European Tour playing its shortest-ever par 3 at the Made in Denmark". Golf News Net. 23 August 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- ^ "Made in Denmark secured on the European Tour until 2023". European Tour. 1 July 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ "Made in HimmerLand 2023: Five things to know presented by Oceantee". European Tour. 4 July 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ "Lübker will host the DP World Tour golf event Danish Golf Championship in 2024". Lübker Golf Resort. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ "Made in Denmark Presented by Freja cancelled in 2020". Freja. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.