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English Challenge

Golf tournament on the Challenge Tour

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

01History

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. 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. In 2017, it moved to Luton Hoo and used modified Stableford scoring system. The 2018 event was again at Luton Hoo but returned to the 72-hole stroke play format.

02Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upVenue
Bridgestone Challenge
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 Willison280−8Playoff Jarmo SandelinStockley Park
Collingtree Park Challenge
1993 Kevin Morris2862 strokes Olle NordbergCollingtree Park
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