English Challenge
{{short description|Golf tournament on the Challenge Tour}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox golf tournament
| name = English Challenge
| image =
| location = Luton Hoo, England
| establishment = 1993
| course = Luton Hoo
| par = 71
| yardage = {{convert|6983|yd|m}}
| tour = Challenge Tour
| format = Stroke Play
| purse = {{currency|180,000|EUR}}
| month_played = September
| final_year = 2018
| aggregate = 259 Thomas Detry (2016)
| to-par = −29 as above
| current_champion =
| final_champion = {{flagicon|ENG}} Tom Lewis
}}
The English Challenge was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, played in England.
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.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/8853953.stm |title=Australian Gaunt wins English Challenge in Suffolk |work=BBC Sport |date=26 July 2010 |accessdate=26 July 2010}} 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.{{cite web |title=Bridgestone to sponsor Challenge Tour's English return |url=http://www.europeantour.com/challengetour/season=2016/tournamentid=2016756/news/newsid=285336.html |publisher=PGA European Tour |accessdate=3 September 2016}} In 2017, it moved to Luton Hoo and used modified Stableford scoring system.{{cite web |url=http://www.europeantour.com/challengetour/season=2017/tournamentid=2017758/news/newsid=330636.html |title=New format for the Bridgestone Challenge |date=5 September 2017 |publisher=PGA European Tour}} The 2018 event was again at Luton Hoo but returned to the 72-hole stroke play format.
Winners
| class=wikitable style="font-size:95%"
!Year!!Winner!!Score!!To par!!Margin of | ||||||
| colspan=8|Bridgestone Challenge | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Tom Lewis | align=center|261 | align=center|−23 | 5 strokes | {{flagicon|AUS}} Dimitrios Papadatos {{flagicon|SWE}} Sebastian Söderberg | Luton Hoo |
| 2017 | {{flagicon|SWE}} Oscar Lengdén | align=center colspan=2|49 points | 2 points | {{flagicon|DEU}} Nicolai von Dellingshausen | Luton Hoo | |
| 2016 | {{flagicon|BEL}} Thomas Detry | align=center|259 | align=center|−29 | 12 strokes | {{flagicon|ZAF}} Thriston Lawrence | Heythrop Park |
| colspan=8|English Challenge | ||||||
| colspan=8 align=center|2013–2015: No tournament | ||||||
| 2012 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Chris Paisley | align=center|272 | align=center|−16 | 2 strokes | {{flagicon|ENG}} Francis McGuirk | Stoke by Nayland |
| 2011 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Benjamin Hébert | align=center|276 | align=center|−12 | 2 strokes | {{flagicon|FRA}} Victor Riu | Stoke by Nayland |
| 2010 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Daniel Gaunt | align=center|271 | align=center|−17 | 1 stroke | {{flagicon|ENG}} Tommy Fleetwood (a) {{flagicon|SCO}} Craig Lee | Stoke by Nayland |
| colspan=8|Donnington Grove Computacenter English Challenge Open | ||||||
| colspan=8 align=center|2005–2009: No tournament | ||||||
| 2004 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Matthew King | align=center|272 | align=center|−16 | 3 strokes | {{flagicon|IRL}} David Higgins | Donnington Grove |
| colspan=8|Stockley Park Challenge | ||||||
| colspan=8 align=center|1995–2003: No tournament | ||||||
| 1994 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Ricky Willison | align=center|280 | align=center|−8 | Playoff | {{flagicon|SWE}} Jarmo Sandelin | Stockley Park |
| colspan=8|Collingtree Park Challenge | ||||||
| 1993 | {{flagicon|IRL}} Kevin Morris | align=center|286 | align=center| | 2 strokes | {{flagicon|SWE}} Olle Nordberg | Collingtree Park |
References
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External links
- [https://www.europeantour.com/challenge-tour/bridgestone-challenge-2018/history Coverage on the Challenge Tour's official site]
Category:Former Challenge Tour events