Norwegian Challenge
Encyclopedia
The Norwegian Challenge is a golf
tournament on the Challenge Tour
, played in Norway
. It was founded in 1994 and was last played in 2008, before being revived in 2011. From 2006 to 2008 the tournament was known as the Lexus Open due to sponsorship requirements. It is the leading men's tournament in Norway, which does not host a European Tour event. The reigning champion is Andrea Pavan
.
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tournament on the Challenge Tour
Challenge Tour
The Challenge Tour is the second tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European Tour and as with on the main European Tour and the European Seniors Tour, some of the events are played outside of Europe...
, played in Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. It was founded in 1994 and was last played in 2008, before being revived in 2011. From 2006 to 2008 the tournament was known as the Lexus Open due to sponsorship requirements. It is the leading men's tournament in Norway, which does not host a European Tour event. The reigning champion is Andrea Pavan
Andrea Pavan
Andrea Pavan is an Italian professional golfer who plays on the Challenge Tour.-Amateur career:Pavan won the Italian Amateur Strokeplay Championship in 2005 at the age of 16, and subsequently opted to join the collegiate circuit in the USA...
.
Winners
| Year | Venue | Winner | Country | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norwegian Challenge | ||||
| 2011 | Hauger | Andrea Pavan Andrea Pavan Andrea Pavan is an Italian professional golfer who plays on the Challenge Tour.-Amateur career:Pavan won the Italian Amateur Strokeplay Championship in 2005 at the age of 16, and subsequently opted to join the collegiate circuit in the USA... |
279 | |
| 2009–2010 | No tournament | |||
| Lexus Open | ||||
| 2008 | Moss & Rygge | Jeppe Huldahl Jeppe Huldahl Jeppe Huldahl is a professional golfer from Denmark who currently plays on the European Tour.Huldahl was born in Holstebro, and currently lives in Copenhagen. He turned professional in 2003 and finished 4th at European Tour's final qualifying school at the end of the year to obtain his tour card... |
271 | |
| 2007 | Miklagard | Martin Wiegele Martin Wiegele Martin Wiegele is a Austrian professional golfer.Wiegele was born in Graz. He turned professional in 2003 when he joined the second tier Challenge Tour. He enjoyed some success during his first season finishing fourth on the end of season rankings to graduate to the top level European Tour for 2004... |
278 | |
| 2006 | Larvik | Kalle Brink Kalle Brink Kalle Henrik Brink is a Swedish professional golfer who currently plays on the Challenge Tour.Brink was born in Helsingborg, Sweden. He turned professional in 1994... |
275 | |
| Norwegian Challenge | ||||
| 2005 | No tournament | |||
| 2004 | Vestfold | Stephen Browne | 205 | |
| Norwegian Open | ||||
| 2001–03 | No tournament | |||
| 2000 | Losby | Paul Nilbrink | 206 | |
| 1999 | Sorknes | Pehr Magnebrant | 281 | |
| Netcom Norwegian Open | ||||
| 1998 | Borre Golfbane Borre Golfbane Borre Golfbane was opened with nine holes in 1990 and 18 holes the following year. In 2005 the course opened nine new holes, which were added to the first nine along lake Borrevannet.... |
Gary Emerson Gary Emerson Gary Paul Emerson is an English professional golfer.Emerson was born in Bournemouth, Dorset. He turned professional in 1982 and after regular trips to qualifying school finally made it onto the European Tour in 1995. He has won the 1998 Netcom Norwegian Open on the second-tier Challenge Tour and... |
275 | |
| 1997 | Oslo | Demitri Bieri | 275 | |
| Karsten Ping Norwegian Open | ||||
| 1996 | Oslo | Ignacio Feliu | 273 | |
| 1995 | Oslo | Stephen Field | 275 | |
| Karsten Ping Norwegian Challenge | ||||
| 1994 | Borre Golfbane Borre Golfbane Borre Golfbane was opened with nine holes in 1990 and 18 holes the following year. In 2005 the course opened nine new holes, which were added to the first nine along lake Borrevannet.... |
Raymond Burns Raymond Burns (golfer) Raymond Burns is an Northern Irish professional golfer.Burns was born in Banbridge, County Down and turned professional in 1993 after representing Great Britain and Ireland in the Walker Cup. He missed out on qualifying for the European Tour at qualifying school at the end of 1993, and decided to... |
276 | |