Swiss Challenge
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Lucerne, Switzerland |
| Established | 2000 |
| Course(s) | Golf Sempach |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 7,161 yards (6,548 m) |
| Tour(s) | Challenge Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | €300,000 |
| Month played | June |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 262 Marcel Schneider (2018) |
| To par | −25 Rafa Cabrera-Bello (2008) −25 Marcus Helligkilde (2021) |
| Current champion | |
| Félix Mory | |
| Location map | |
Golf Sempach Location in Switzerland | |
The Swiss Challenge is a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, which was held in Switzerland until 2021. Since then it has since been held in France.
History
It was first played as the Credit Suisse Private Banking Open in 2000 and 2001 at the Golf Club Patriziale Ascona in Ascona. It replaced the Interlaken Open which ended after financial issues.[1] During the course of the 2002 edition, the heavy rain led to the overflow of the Lake Maggiore and to the cancellation of the event.[2][3]
Following a four-year hiatus, the tournament returned in 2006 and was held at the Wylihof Golf Club in Luterbach through 2009. Since 2010 the event has been played at Golf Sempachersee in Hildisrieden.
Between 2021 and 2024, the event has uniquely been held in France and been played at Golf Saint Apollinaire in Folgensbourg, close to the Swiss border.[4] In round 2 of the 2021 event, Alejandro del Rey shot the first ever round of 58 on any tour in Europe. It was also the lowest round to-par (−14) on any major tour in world golf.[5]
Winners
| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swiss Challenge | |||||||
| 2025 | Félix Mory | 272 | −12 | Playoff | Santiago Tarrío | Sempach | |
| 2024 | Euan Walker | 135[a] | −9 | 3 strokes | Bradley Bawden Kristoffer Reitan |
Saint Apollinaire | |
| 2023 | Adam Blommé | 271 | −17 | Playoff | Jesper Svensson | Saint Apollinaire | |
| 2022 | Daniel Hillier | 274 | −14 | 2 strokes | Jeong-Weon Ko | Saint Apollinaire | |
| 2021 | Marcus Helligkilde | 263 | −25 | 1 stroke | Nicolai Kristensen Jonathan Thomson |
Saint Apollinaire | |
| 2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||
| 2019 | Ricardo Santos | 269 | −15 | 1 stroke | Richard Bland Moritz Lampert |
Sempachersee | |
| 2018 | Marcel Schneider | 262 | −22 | 6 strokes | Kristian Krogh Johannessen | Sempachersee | |
| 2017 | Joel Girrbach | 267 | −17 | 2 strokes | Craig Lee | Sempachersee | |
| 2016 | Alexander Knappe | 272 | −12 | 1 stroke | Paul Howard Espen Kofstad |
Sempachersee | |
| 2015 | Daniel Im | 273 | −11 | Playoff | Gary Boyd | Sempachersee | |
| 2014 | Pierre Relecom | 269 | −15 | 1 stroke | Niccolo Quintarelli | Sempachersee | |
| 2013 | Victor Riu | 265 | −19 | 3 strokes | Adam Gee Brinson Paolini |
Sempachersee | |
| Credit Suisse Challenge | |||||||
| 2012 | Gary Stal | 273 | −11 | Playoff | Alexandre Kaleka | Sempachersee | |
| 2011 | Benjamin Hébert | 272 | −12 | 4 strokes | Jamie Moul | Sempachersee | |
| 2010 | Alessandro Tadini | 266 | −22 | 1 stroke | Stuart Manley Marius Thorp |
Sempachersee | |
| 2009 | Peter Baker (2) | 274 | −18 | 1 stroke | Florian Praegant | Wylihof | |
| 2008 | Rafa Cabrera-Bello | 267 | −25 | 2 strokes | Gary Lockerbie | Wylihof | |
| 2007 | Peter Baker | 272 | −20 | 1 stroke | Andrew McArthur | Wylihof | |
| 2006 | Francisco Cea | 276 | −16 | Playoff | Tim Milford | Wylihof | |
| Credit Suisse Private Banking Open | |||||||
| 2003–2005: No tournament | |||||||
| 2002 | Tournament abandoned due to severe weather | ||||||
| 2001 | Greig Hutcheon | 266 | −18 | 1 stroke | Jesús María Arruti Kariem Baraka |
Patriziale | |
| 2000 | Álvaro Salto | 268 | −16 | 1 stroke | Michele Reale | Patriziale | |
Notes
- ^ Shortened to 36 holes due to weather.
References
- ^ "Golfing young guns tee off in Ticino". swissinfo.ch. 3 May 2000. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ^ Kissane, Sinéad (14 June 2007). "Swiss event cancelled". RTÉ. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ^ "Credit Suisse Private Banking Open abandoned". European Tour. 19 March 2010. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ^ "The Crib Sheet: Swiss Challenge". European Tour. 28 September 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ^ "Del Rey in the record books after posting an incredible 58 on the Challenge Tour". Irish Times. 1 October 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
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