Ras Al Khaimah Golf Challenge

Ras Al Khaimah Golf Challenge
Tournament information
Location Ras Al Khaimah, UAE
Established 2016
Course(s) Al Hamra Golf Club
Par 72
Length 7,325 yards (6,698 m)
Tour(s) Challenge Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund US$350,000
Month played October
Final year 2017
Tournament record score
Aggregate 268 Jordan Smith (2016)
To par −20 (as above)
Final champion
Sweden Jens Dantorp

The Ras Al Khaimah Golf Challenge was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, Europe's second tier men's professional golf tour, held in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates.[1] It was first played in 2016 as the penultimate event ahead of the season-ending NBO Golf Classic Grand Final in neighboring Oman.[2] The tournament was last played in 2017. Beginning in 2018, the course will host the Ras Al Khaimah Challenge Tour Grand Final.[3]

Winners

YearWinnerCountryScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner-up
2017Jens Dantorp Sweden273−15PlayoffPoland Adrian Meronk
2016Jordan Smith England268−201 strokePortugal José-Filipe Lima

References

  1. 10 things to know about Ras Al Khaimah, PGA European Tour, 2 December 2015
  2. Inaugural Ras Al Khaimah Golf Challenge, PGA European Tour, 30 November 2015
  3. "Ras Al Khaimah to host European Challenge Tour Grand Final". PGA European Tour. 9 April 2018.


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