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Vacon Open
The Finnish Challenge is a golf tournament on the Challenge 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 Kytäjä, Hyvinkää, Finland. The 2015 tournament was played at Aura Golf Club in Turku. From 2016 to 2023, the tournament was played at the Vierumäki Resort in Vierumäki Vierumäki Ratapiha. Vierumäki is a village located in the Finnish municipality Heinola in the region Päijät-Häme, Finland. There are about 900–1,000 inhabitants. Neighbouring villages are Vuolenkoski in Iitti, Myllyoja in Heinola, Mäke .... In 2023, Lauri Ruuska recorded a round of 59, becoming the fourth sub-60 round on the Challenge Tour. Winners Notes References External links * Coverage on the Challenge Tour's official site Challenge Tour events Golf tournaments in Finland {{Golf-tournament-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vierumäki
Vierumäki Ratapiha. Vierumäki is a village located in the Finnish municipality Heinola in the region Päijät-Häme, Finland. There are about 900–1,000 inhabitants. Neighbouring villages are Vuolenkoski in Iitti, Myllyoja in Heinola, Mäkelä in Nastola and Urajärvi in Asikkala. Vierumäki is known for hosting international ice hall sports events. Sports Curling *The 2001 European Curling Championships took place in Vierumäki, both men's and women's events won by Sweden. *Vierumäki hosted the 2008 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, from March 8 to March 16, 2008, won by Switzerland."Switzerland wins inaugural World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship" – ''Suomen Curlingliitto (Finnish curling association)'' (Retrieved on March 21, 2008) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Velten Meyer
Velten () is a town in the Oberhavel district of Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 10 km southwest of Oranienburg, and 24 km northwest of Berlin. History In 1905 Velten had 38 stove factories that delivered 100,000 tiled stoves to Berlin, making Velten Germany's biggest stove-manufacturer. Demography File:Bevölkerungsentwicklung Velten.pdf, Development of Population since 1875 within the Current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population Development of Brandenburg state; Grey background: Time of Nazi rule; Red background: Time of communist rule) File:Bevölkerungsprognosen Velten.pdf, Recent Population Development and Projections (Population Development before Census 2011 (blue line); Recent Population Development according to the Census in Germany in 2011 (blue bordered line); Official projections for 2005-2030 (yellow line); for 2020-2030 (green line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line) Personality * Erna Gersinski (1896-1964), res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Challenge Tour ...
The 2017 Challenge Tour was the 29th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour. Schedule The following table lists official events during the 2017 season. Rankings The rankings were titled as the Road to Oman and were based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system. The top 15 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 2018 European Tour. Notes References External links * {{Challenge Tour seasons Challenge Tour seasons Challenge Tour 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert MacIntyre
Robert "Bob" Duncan MacIntyre (born 3 August 1996) is a Scottish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and PGA Tour. Amateur career MacIntyre had a successful amateur career. In 2013 he won both the Scottish Youths Championship and the Scottish Boys Open Stroke-Play Championship. He won the Scottish Amateur in 2015. In 2016 he lost 2&1 to Scott Gregory (golfer), Scott Gregory in the final of the Amateur Championship at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club. MacIntyre represented Scotland in the 2016 Eisenhower Trophy and played in the 2017 Walker Cup. He attended McNeese State University from 2014 to 2015. Professional career MacIntyre turned professional in late 2017. In October, he played his first two events as a professional, on the 2017 MENA Golf Tour, MENA Golf Tour, finishing tied for third place in the Jordan's Ayla Golf Championship and then winning the Sahara Kuwait Championship. In November 2017, MacIntyre made the final stage of the European Tour Q-school. He fini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Koivu
Kim Koivu (born 11 April 1991) is a Finnish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. He won three times on the 2018 Challenge Tour. Amateur career Koivu attended Georgia Southern University from 2013 to 2015, having previously attended Brevard College for two years. Koivu played on the Nordic Golf League as an amateur during 2017. At the end of the season, he qualified for the final stage of the European Tour Q-school. He turned professional at the end of the season. Professional career Koivu's success in reaching the final stage of the Q-school gained him entry to 2018 Challenge Tour events. He won his second event, the Belt & Road Colorful Yunnan Open, won again later in the season at the Vierumäki Finnish Challenge, where he beat Robert MacIntyre at the first hole of a playoff, and then won the Rolex Trophy two weeks later. His three wins earning him an immediate promotion to the European Tour. Amateur wins *2011 Fall LMU Invitational *2012 Cherokee Valley Invi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Challenge Tour ...
The 2018 Challenge Tour was the 30th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour. Schedule The following table lists official events during the 2018 season. Rankings The rankings were titled as the Road to Ras Al Khaimah and were based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system. The top 15 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 2019 European Tour. Notes References External links * {{Challenge Tour seasons Challenge Tour seasons Challenge Tour 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryce Easton
Bryce Easton (born 5 September 1987) is a South African professional golfer who plays on the Challenge Tour and the Sunshine Tour. Easton was born in Durban. He joined the Sunshine Tour in 2011 and finished in 46th on the Order of Merit in his rookie season. On 26 May 2012, he picked up his first win on Tour at the Sun City Challenge. Easton eagled the final hole of the tournament to force a playoff with Brandon Pieters, Allan Versfeld, and Andrew Georgiou. He then shot another eagle to win the playoff. He picked up his second win two weeks later at the Vodacom Origins of Golf (Zebula). Amateur wins *2005 KZN Invitational, Zululand Open Professional wins (4) Sunshine Tour wins (3) Sunshine Tour playoff record (1–0) Big Easy Tour wins (1) Results in World Golf Championships "T" = Tied See also *2022 Challenge Tour graduates __NOTOC__ This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2022. The top 20 players on the Challenge Tour rankings in 2022 earne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José-Filipe Lima
José-Filipe Lima (born Philippe Lima; November 26, 1981) is a French-Portuguese professional golfer. He won the 2004 Aa St Omer Open to gain a place on the European Tour. His best seasons were from 2005 to 2007 when he finished in the top-100 on the European Tour Order of Merit. Successful Challenge Tour seasons in 2009, 2013 and 2016 have promoted him back to the European Tour but, on each occasion he has failed to retain his place on the tour. He was runner-up in the 2007 BMW International Open. Early life Lima has Portuguese parents but was born in Versailles, France and grew up mainly in France. His father worked at Saint-Nom-La-Bretèche, which was the host course of the Trophée Lancôme until that tournament ceased in 2003, and was his son's first coach. Lima was the top ranked French amateur at the end of 2001 and turned professional the following year. His parents come from the Póvoa de Varzim parish of Aguçadoura. Up until the end of 2004 Lima represented France ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Challenge Tour
The 2019 Challenge Tour was the 31st season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour. Schedule The following table lists official events during the 2019 season. Unofficial events The following events were sanctioned by the Challenge Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official. Rankings The rankings were titled as the Road to Mallorca and were based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system. The top 15 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 2020 European Tour. Notes References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Challenge Tour, 2019 2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ... 2019 in golf 2019 in European sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. Soon after, it spread to other areas of Asia, and COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory, then worldwide in early 2020. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) on 30 January 2020, and assessed the outbreak as having become a pandemic on 11 March. COVID-19 symptoms range from asymptomatic to deadly, but most commonly include fever, sore throat, nocturnal cough, and fatigue. Transmission of COVID-19, Transmission of the virus is often airborne transmission, through airborne particles. Mutations have variants of SARS-CoV-2, produced many strains (variants) with varying degrees of infectivity and virulence. COVID-19 vaccines were developed rapidly and deplo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Challenge Tour
The 2020 Challenge Tour was the 32nd season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour. In-season changes After beginning with three tournaments in South Africa co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour, the remainder of the season was severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, with many tournaments being cancelled or postponed. Schedule The following table lists official events during the 2020 season. Rankings The rankings were titled as the Road to Mallorca and were based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system. The top five players on the rankings earned limited status to play on the 2021 European Tour. Notes References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Challenge Tour, 2020 2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesper Svensson (golfer)
Bo Jesper Svensson (born 14 March 1996) is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and PGA Tour. In 2024, he won the Porsche Singapore Classic and was runner-up three times to become the European Tour Rookie of the Year. Early life and amateur career Svensson was born in Uppsala, Sweden. As a junior golfer, he won both the Swedish Junior Matchplay Championship at Vasatorp Golf Club, and the Swedish Junior Strokeplay Championship at Sollentuna Golf Club. He represented Sweden at the European Amateur Team Championship in 2017 and 2018, and played in the Duke of York Young Champions Trophy at Royal Aberdeen Golf Club in Scotland, where he finished 13th overall. He placed third at the 2015 Campenato de Castellón in Spain. Svensson played college golf at Campbell University in Buies Creek, North Carolina, between 2015 and 2019. He majored in Business Administration and was Big South Conference Golfer of the Year in 2017 and 2019. He won four tournaments, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
