English Challenge

The English Challenge is 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
Tournament record score
Aggregate259 Thomas Detry (2016)
To par−29 as above
Current champion
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
YearWinnerCountryVenueScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
Bridgestone Challenge
2018Tom Lewis EnglandLuton Hoo261−235 strokes Dimitrios Papadatos
Sebastian Söderberg
2017Oscar Lengdén SwedenLuton Hoo49 points2 points Nicolai von Dellingshausen
2016Thomas Detry BelgiumHeythrop Park259−2912 strokes Thriston Lawrence
English Challenge
2013–15: No tournament
2012Chris Paisley EnglandStoke by Nayland272−162 strokes Francis McGuirk
2011Benjamin Hébert FranceStoke by Nayland276−122 strokes Victor Riu
2010Daniel Gaunt AustraliaStoke by Nayland271−171 stroke Tommy Fleetwood (a)
Craig Lee
Donnington Grove Computacenter English Challenge Open
2005–09: No tournament
2004Matthew King AustraliaDonnington Grove272−163 strokes David Higgins
Stockley Park Challenge
1995–2003: No tournament
1994Ricky Willison EnglandStockley Park280Playoff Jarmo Sandelin
Collingtree Park Challenge
1993Kevin Morris IrelandCollingtree Park2862 strokes Olle Nordberg

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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