Formby Hall Challenge

Formby Hall Challenge
Tournament information
LocationFormby, Southport, England
Established1996
Course(s)Formby Hall Golf Club
Par72
Length6,951 yards (6,356 m)
Tour(s)Challenge Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund£75,000
Month playedSeptember
Final year2002
Tournament record score
Aggregate267 Olivier Edmond (1997)
To par−20 Greig Hutcheon (1999)
−20 Alastair Forsyth (1999)
Final champion
England Matthew Blackey
Location map
Formby Hall GC is located in England
Formby Hall GC
Formby Hall GC
Location in England
Formby Hall GC is located in Merseyside
Formby Hall GC
Formby Hall GC
Location in Merseyside

The Formby Hall Challenge was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour that was played annually from 1996 to 2002. It was also an event on the third-tier MasterCard Tour.

With the merger of the MasterCard and Europro tours to form the PGA EuroPro Tour in 2003, the tournament was dropped from the Challenge Tour schedule. Formby Hall, host venue between 1999 and 2002, continued to host an event on the new tour.[1]

Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Venue
Formby Hall Challenge
2002 England Matthew Blackey 275 −13 1 stroke England David Dixon
Republic of Ireland Damien McGrane		 Formby Hall
2001 England Sam Little 276 −12 1 stroke England Grant Hamerton Formby Hall
2000 Sweden Fredrik Henge 270 −10 Playoff England Simon Khan Formby Hall
1999 Scotland Greig Hutcheon 268 −20 Playoff Scotland Alastair Forsyth Formby Hall
MasterCard Challenge
1998 England Robert Lee 277 −11 3 strokes England Richard Bland Princes
BPGT Challenge
1997 France Olivier Edmond 267 −21 2 strokes United States Craig Hainline Wynyard Hall
Gosen Challenge
1996 England Greg Owen 281 −7 Playoff England John Mellor Warwickshire

References

  1. ^ "PGA Europro Tour - History". Formby Hall Golf Resort. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2010.


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