Challenge Tour Championship

The Challenge Tour Championship was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour that was first played in 1992 as the East Sussex National Challenge. After a break of two years, it returned as the Coca-Cola Open, before being retitled as the Challenge Tour Championship in 1996.

Charles Church European Challenge Tour Championship
Tournament information
LocationCalne, Wiltshire, England
Established1992
Course(s)Bowood Golf and Country Club
Par72
Length7,318 yards (6,692 m)
Tour(s)Challenge Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund250,000
Month playedJuly
Final year2002
Tournament record score
Aggregate272 Carl Suneson (1999)
To par−16 as above
Final champion
England John E. Morgan
Location map
Bowood G&CC is located in England
Bowood G&CC
Bowood G&CC
Location in England
Bowood G&CC is located in Wiltshire
Bowood G&CC
Bowood G&CC
Location in Wiltshire

Winners

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Venue
Charles Church European Challenge Tour Championship
2002   John E. Morgan 278 −10 Playoff   David Geall Bowood
2001   Mark Foster 277 −11 2 strokes   Sébastien Delagrange
  Philip Golding
Bowood
Beazer Homes Challenge Tour Championship
2000   Shaun P. Webster 282 −6 2 strokes   Graham Rankin Bowood
1999   Carl Suneson 272 −16 8 strokes   Bradley Dredge
  Maarten Lafeber
  Benoît Teilleria
Bowood
Challenge Tour Championship
1998   Warren Bennett 276 −12 2 strokes   John Bickerton East Sussex National
1997   Greg Chalmers 274 −14 Playoff   Heinz-Peter Thül East Sussex National
English Challenge Tour Championship
1996   Dennis Edlund 282 −6 1 stroke   Rob Edwards East Sussex National
Coca-Cola Open
1995   Thomas Bjørn 280 −8 1 stroke   Freddie Jacobson East Sussex National
East Sussex National Challenge
1993–94: No tournament
1992   Simon D. Hurley 285 −3 Playoff   Retief Goosen East Sussex National

References

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