The Irish Challenge is a
golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various Golf club, clubs to hit a Golf ball, ball into a series of holes on a golf course, course in as few strokes as possible.
Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standa ...
tournament on the
Challenge Tour
The Challenge Tour, currently titled as the HotelPlanner Tour for sponsorship reasons and also sometimes referred to as the European Challenge Tour, is the second-tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European To ...
. In 2021 it was held at
Portmarnock Hotel & Golf Links. The first event was played in October 2015 and was won by
Tom Murray who beat
Nino Bertasio at the second hole of a sudden-death playoff, winning the first prize of €28,800. The 2019 event was reduced to 54 holes after the final was abandoned because of heavy rain.
Emilio Cuartero and
Oscar Lengdén were tied for the lead after three rounds and had a playoff at the par-3 17th hole. Cuartero won with a birdie at the third extra hole.
Winners
Notes
References
External links
Coverage on the Challenge Tour's official site
Challenge Tour events
Golf tournaments in the Republic of Ireland
Recurring sporting events established in 2015
2015 establishments in Ireland
Golf in Leinster
Sport in County Carlow
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