The Empordà Challenge was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour held at Empordà Golf on the Costa Brava near Girona, Spain.[1]
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Girona, Spain |
| Established | 2021 |
| Course(s) | Empordà Golf |
| Par | 70 |
| Length | 6,943 yards (6,349 m) |
| Tour(s) | Challenge Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | €250,000 |
| Month played | June |
| Final year | 2022 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 266 Julien Brun (2021) |
| To par | −18 as above |
| Final champion | |
 Liam Johnston | |
| Location map | |
In 2021, together with Challenge Costa Brava, also hosted at Empordà Golf, the tournament served as a replacement for the China Swing with Hainan Open and Foshan Open, which was cancelled.[2][3]
In the inaugural tournament Jonathan Thomson took the early clubhouse lead, after posting a final round of 62 (−9). Jesper Svensson joined Brun at −18, but a bogey-bogey finish sent him to −16, and gave the victory to Julien Brun who held his nerve and finished −18, a stroke ahead of Thomson.[4]
Winners
edit| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Liam Johnston |
267 | −13 | 2 strokes |  Todd Clements
|
| 2021 |  Julien Brun |
266 | −18 | 1 stroke | Jonathan Thomson
|
References
edit- ^ "The Crib Sheet: Empordà Challenge". Challenge Tour. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- ^ "Challenge Tour statement on the Hainan Open and Foshan Open". European Tour. 11 August 2021.
- ^ "Empordà Golf to host second Spanish Swing of 2021". PGA European Tour. 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- ^ "Consistent Brun is victorious at the Empordà Challenge". Challenge Tour. Retrieved 18 October 2021.