Swiss Challenge (golf)

Swiss Challenge
Tournament information
Location Hildisrieden, Switzerland
Established 2000
Course(s) Golf Sempachersee
Par 71
Length 7,147 yards (6,535 m)
Tour(s) Challenge Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund €180,000
Month played June
Tournament record score
Aggregate 262 Marcel Schneider (2018)
To par −25 Rafael Cabrera-Bello (2008)
Current champion
Germany Marcel Schneider

The Swiss Challenge is a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, held in Switzerland.

History

It was first played as the Credit Suisse Private Banking Open in 2000 and 2001 at the Golf Club Patriziale Ascona in Ascona. It replaced the Interlaken Open which ended after financial issues.[1] During the course of the 2002 edition, the heavy rain led to the overflow of the Lake Maggiore and to the cancellation of the event.[2]

Following a four-year hiatus, the tournament returned in 2006 and was held at the Wylihof Golf Club in Luterbach through 2009. Since 2010 the event has been played at Golf Sempachersee in Hildisrieden.

Winners

YearWinnerCountryVenueScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
Swiss Challenge
2018Marcel Schneider GermanySempachersee262−226 strokesNorway Kristian Johannessen
2017Joel Girrbach  SwitzerlandSempachersee267−172 strokesScotland Craig Lee
2016Alexander Knappe GermanySempachersee272−121 strokeEngland Paul Howard
Norway Espen Kofstad
2015Daniel Im United StatesSempachersee273−11PlayoffEngland Gary Boyd
2014Pierre Relecom BelgiumSempachersee269−151 strokeItaly Niccolo Quintarelli
2013Victor Riu FranceSempachersee265−193 strokesEngland Adam Gee
United States Brinson Paolini
Credit Suisse Challenge
2012Gary Stal FranceSempachersee273−11PlayoffFrance Alexandre Kaleka
2011Benjamin Hébert FranceSempachersee272−124 strokesEngland Jamie Moul
2010Alessandro Tadini ItalySempachersee266−221 strokeWales Stuart Manley
Norway Marius Thorp
2009Peter Baker (2) EnglandWylihof274−181 strokeAustria Florian Praegant
2008Rafael Cabrera-Bello SpainWylihof267−252 strokesEngland Gary Lockerbie
2007Peter Baker EnglandWylihof272−201 strokeScotland Andrew McArthur
2006Francisco Cea SpainWylihof276−16PlayoffEngland Tim Milford
Credit Suisse Private Banking Open
2003–05: No tournament
2002Tournament abandoned due to severe weather[3]
2001Greig Hutcheon ScotlandPatriziale266−181 strokeSpain Jesús María Arruti
Germany Kariem Baraka
2000Álvaro Salto SpainPatriziale268−161 strokeItaly Michele Reale

References

  1. ↑ "Golfing young guns tee off in Ticino". Swissinfo.ch. 3 May 2000.
  2. ↑ Kissane, Sinéad (14 June 2007). "Swiss event cancelled". Rte.ie.
  3. ↑ Credit Suisse Private Banking Open abandoned


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