English Challenge

The English Challenge is a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, played in England.

British Challenge
Tournament information
LocationWishaw, Warwickshire, England
Established1993
Course(s)The Belfry
(Brabazon Course)
Par72
Length7,053 yards (6,449 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
Score49 points Oscar Lengdén (2017)
Current champion
Hugo León
Location Map
The Belfry
Location in England
The Belfry
Location in Warwickshire

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
YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upVenue
British Challenge presented by Modest! Golf Management
2021 Hugo León269−191 stroke Oliver BekkerThe Belfry
Bridgestone Challenge
2019–2020: No tournament
2018 Tom Lewis261−235 strokes Dimitrios Papadatos
Sebastian Söderberg		Luton Hoo
2017 Oscar Lengdén49 points2 points Nicolai von DellingshausenLuton Hoo
2016 Thomas Detry259−2912 strokes Thriston LawrenceHeythrop Park
English Challenge
2013–2015: No tournament
2012 Chris Paisley272−162 strokes Francis McGuirkStoke by Nayland
2011 Benjamin Hébert276−122 strokes Victor RiuStoke by Nayland
2010 Daniel Gaunt271−171 stroke Tommy Fleetwood (a)
Craig Lee		Stoke by Nayland
Donnington Grove Computacenter English Challenge Open
2005–2009: No tournament
2004 Matthew King272−163 strokes David HigginsDonnington Grove
Stockley Park Challenge
1995–2003: No tournament
1994 Ricky Willison280Playoff Jarmo SandelinStockley Park
Collingtree Park Challenge
1993 Kevin Morris2862 strokes Olle NordbergCollingtree Park

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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