The Challenge of Ireland was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, held in Ireland. It was played from 2005 to 2009.

Challenge of Ireland
Tournament information
LocationCounty Kildare, Republic of Ireland
Established2005
Course(s)Moyvalley Hotel & Country Club
Par72
Length7,370 yards (6,740 m)
Tour(s)Challenge Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund150,000
Month playedJune
Final year2009
Tournament record score
Aggregate261 John Wade (2006)
To par−19 as above
Final champion
England Robert Coles
Location map
Moyvalley Hotel & Country Club is located in Ireland
Moyvalley Hotel & Country Club
Moyvalley Hotel & Country Club
Location in the Republic of Ireland

Robert Coles won the 2009 event in a playoff over Belgian Nicolas Colsaerts.

Winners edit

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Venue
Challenge of Ireland
2009   Robert Coles 278 −10 Playoff   Nicolas Colsaerts Moyvalley
2008   Andrew Tampion 280 −8 1 stroke   Richard Bland
  David Drysdale
Glasson
2007   Magnus A. Carlsson 278 −10 1 stroke   Mike Lorenzo-Vera
  Julio Zapata
Glasson
Ireland Ryder Cup Challenge
2006   John Wade 261 −19 1 stroke   Sebastián Fernández
  Michael McGeady
Killarney
2005   Marc Warren 272 −16 Playoff   Peter Whiteford Killarney

See also edit

  • Irish Challenge, a Challenge Tour event held in Ireland which began in 2015

External links edit