Empordà Challenge

Empordà Challenge
Tournament information
LocationGirona, Spain
Established2021
Course(s)Empordà Golf
Par70
Length6,943 yards (6,349 m)
Tour(s)Challenge Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund€250,000
Month playedJune
Final year2022
Tournament record score
Aggregate266 Julien Brun (2021)
To par−18 as above
Final champion
Scotland Liam Johnston
Location map
Empordà Golf is located in Spain
Empordà Golf
Empordà Golf
Location in Spain
Empordà Golf is located in Catalonia
Empordà Golf
Empordà Golf
Location in Catalonia

The Empordà Challenge was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour held at Empordà Golf on the Costa Brava near Girona, Spain.[1]

In 2021, together with Challenge Costa Brava, also hosted at Empordà Golf, the tournament served as a replacement for the China Swing with Hainan Open and Foshan Open, which was cancelled.[2][3]

In the inaugural tournament Jonathan Thomson took the early clubhouse lead, after posting a final round of 62 (−9). Jesper Svensson joined Brun at −18, but a bogey-bogey finish sent him to −16, and gave the victory to Julien Brun who held his nerve and finished −18, a stroke ahead of Thomson.[4]

Winners

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
2022 Scotland Liam Johnston 267 −13 2 strokes England Todd Clements
2021 France Julien Brun 266 −18 1 stroke England Jonathan Thomson

References

  1. ^ "The Crib Sheet: Empordà Challenge". Challenge Tour. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Challenge Tour statement on the Hainan Open and Foshan Open". European Tour. 11 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Empordà Golf to host second Spanish Swing of 2021". PGA European Tour. 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Consistent Brun is victorious at the Empordà Challenge". Challenge Tour. Retrieved 18 October 2021.