Finnish Challenge

Finnish Challenge
Tournament information
Location Vierumäki, Finland
Established 2001
Course(s) Vierumäki Resort
Tour(s) Challenge Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund €180,000
Month played August
Current champion
Finland Kim Koivu
Vierumäki Resort
Location in Finland

The Finnish Challenge is a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, Europe's second tier men's professional golf tour. It was first played at Golf Talma in Talma, Finland, from 2001 to 2003, but took a hiatus from 2004 to 2011. The 2012–14 editions of the tournament were played at the Kytäjä Golf Club in Hyvinkää, Finland. The 2015 tournament was played at Aura Golf Club in Turku. Since 2016 tournament it has been played at the Vierumäki Resort in Vierumäki.

Winners

YearWinnerCountryVenueScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
Vierumäki Finnish Challenge
2018Kim Koivu FinlandVierumäki267−21PlayoffScotland Robert MacIntyre
2017Paul Howard EnglandVierumäki199−172 strokesSweden Simon Forsström
2016Sam Walker EnglandVierumäki273−152 strokesFrance Julien Guerrier
Scotland Scott Henry
France Romain Langasque
Netherlands Darius van Driel
Gant Open
2015Dominic Foos GermanyAura270−143 strokesSpain José Manuel Lara
Scotland Jamie McLeary
Germany Marcel Schneider
South Africa Brandon Stone
Vacon Open
2014Mark Tullo ChileKytäjä264−203 strokesSweden Pelle Edberg
Finnish Challenge
2013Stuart Manley WalesKytäjä267−212 strokesPortugal José-Filipe Lima
2012Kristoffer Broberg SwedenKytäjä269−156 strokesNetherlands Wil Besseling
Talma Finnish Challenge
2004–11: No tournament
2003Marcus Fraser AustraliaTalma275−13PlayoffSweden Tony Edlund
2002Lee S. James EnglandTalma269−192 strokesEngland Matthew Blackey
2001Klas Eriksson SwedenTalma272−164 strokesEngland Gary Clark


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