Challenge Tour Grand Final

Template:Short description Template:Template other The Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final is the season-ending tour championship on the Challenge Tour. The field currently consists of the top 45 players on the Challenge Tour rankings vying for twenty European Tour cards. It has been played annually since 1995. Initially it was played in Portugal, but has since been held in Cuba, France, Italy, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Spain.

Since 2010, the Challenge Tour Grand Final has been designated by the Official World Golf Ranking as the Challenge Tour's flagship event. Initially awarding a minimum of 16 ranking points to the winner, compared to 12 for most events, this was increased to 17 points in 2014.

Venues

Venue	Location	First	Last	Times
Quinta do Peru	Sesimbra, Portugal	1995	1996	2
Clube de Golf do Montado	Setúbal, Portugal	1997	1997	1
Belas Clube de Campo	Sintra, Portugal	1998	1998	1
Varadero Golf Club	Varadero, Cuba	1999	2000	2
Golf du Médoc	Bordeaux, France	2001	2004	4
San Domenico Golf	Apulia, Italy	2005	2012	8
Al Badia Golf Club	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	2013	2014	2
Al Mouj Golf	Muscat, Oman	2015	2017	3
Al Hamra Golf Club	Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates	2018	2018	1
Club de Golf Alcanada	Port d'Alcúdia, Mallorca, Spain	2019	2024	4
T-Golf & Country Club	Calvià, Mallorca, Spain	2020	2021	2

Winners

	Challenge Tour (Flagship event)	2010–2021
	Challenge Tour (Tour Championship)	1995–2009, 2022–

#	Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue
Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final
30th	2024	Template:Flagicon Kristoffer Reitan	265	−23	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Ángel Ayora Template:Flagicon Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen	Alcanada
29th	2023	Template:Flagicon Marco Penge	278	−10	6 strokes	Template:Flagicon Tom Vaillant	Alcanada
28th	2022	Template:Flagicon Nathan Kimsey	279	−9	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Bryce Easton Template:Flagicon John Parry	Alcanada
27th	2021	Template:Flagicon Marcus Helligkilde	276	−8	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Julien Brun Template:Flagicon Ricardo Gouveia Template:Flagicon Frédéric Lacroix Template:Flagicon Yannik Paul	T-Golf
Challenge Tour Grand Final
26th	2020	Template:Flagicon Ondřej Lieser	273	−11	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Christofer Blomstrand Template:Flagicon Alexander Knappe Template:Flagicon Santiago Tarrío	T-Golf
25th	2019	Template:Flagicon Francesco Laporta	278	−6	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Sebastian Heisele Template:Flagicon Robin Sciot-Siegrist	Alcanada
Ras Al Khaimah Challenge Tour Grand Final
24th	2018	Template:Flagicon Adri Arnaus	271	−17	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Victor Perez	Al Hamra
NBO Golf Classic Grand Final
23rd	2017	Template:Flagicon Clément Sordet	273	−15	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Marcus Kinhult	Al Mouj Golf
22nd	2016	Template:Flagicon Bernd Ritthammer	267	−21	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Jens Dantorp	Al Mouj Golf
21st	2015	Template:Flagicon Ricardo Gouveia	275	−13	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Joachim B. Hansen	Al Mouj Golf
Dubai Festival City Challenge Tour Grand Final
20th	2014	Template:Flagicon Benjamin Hébert	276	−12	5 strokes	Template:Flagicon Jérôme Lando-Casanova	Al Badia
19th	2013	Template:Flagicon Shiv Kapur	272	−16	4 strokes	Template:Flagicon José-Filipe Lima Template:Flagicon Jamie McLeary	Al Badia
Apulia San Domenico Grand Final
18th	2012	Template:Flagicon Espen Kofstad	265	−19	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon James Busby Template:Flagicon Joachim B. Hansen	San Domenico Golf
17th	2011	Template:Flagicon Andrea Pavan	267	−17	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Tommy Fleetwood	San Domenico Golf
16th	2010	Template:Flagicon Matt Haines	276	−8	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Daniel Gaunt	San Domenico Golf
15th	2009	Template:Flagicon Peter Whiteford	279	−5	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Andrew Tampion	San Domenico Golf
14th	2008	Template:Flagicon Estanislao Goya	267	−17	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Richard Bland Template:Flagicon John E. Morgan	San Domenico Golf
13th	2007	Template:Flagicon Mike Lorenzo-Vera	269	−15	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Jamie Donaldson Template:Flagicon Joost Luiten Template:Flagicon Stuart Manley Template:Flagicon Eric Ramsay	San Domenico Golf
12th	2006	Template:Flagicon James Hepworth	271	−13	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Rafael Echenique Template:Flagicon Alex Norén Template:Flagicon Mark Pilkington	San Domenico Golf
11th	2005	Template:Flagicon Carl Suneson	273	−15	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Daniel Vancsik Template:Flagicon Marc Warren	San Domenico Golf
Bouygues Telecom Grand Final
10th	2004	Template:Flagicon David Drysdale	271	−13	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Mattias Eliasson	Golf du Médoc
Challenge Tour Grand Final
9th	2003	Template:Flagicon José Manuel Carriles	273	−11	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Johan Edfors	Golf du Médoc
8th	2002	Template:Flagicon Peter Lawrie	272	−12	4 strokes	Template:Flagicon Julien van Hauwe	Golf du Médoc
7th	2001	Template:Flagicon Richard Bland	266	−18	5 strokes	Template:Flagicon Philip Golding	Golf du Médoc
Cuba Challenge Tour Grand Final
6th	2000	Template:Flagicon Henrik Stenson	270	−18	5 strokes	Template:Flagicon Mikael Lundberg Template:Flagicon Andrew Raitt Template:Flagicon Michele Reale	Varadero
Cuba European Challenge Tour Grand Final
5th	1999	Template:Flagicon Stephen Scahill	277	−11	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon José Manuel Lara Template:Flagicon Henrik Stenson	Varadero
AXA Grand Final
4th	1998	Template:Flagicon Jorge Berendt	275	−13	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Warren Bennett	Belas Clube de Campo
Estoril Grand Final
3rd	1997	Template:Flagicon Nicolas Joakimides	198Template:Efn	−18	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Mikael Lundberg	Clube de Golf do Montado
UAP Grand Final
2nd	1996	Template:Flagicon Ian Garbutt	272	−16	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Van Phillips Template:Flagicon Ben Tinning	Quinta do Peru
1st	1995	Template:Flagicon Francisco Valera	275	−13	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Tim Planchin	Quinta do Peru

External links

• Coverage on the Challenge Tour's official site