The Swiss 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 ...
, which was held in Switzerland until 2021. Since then it has since been held in France.
History
It was first played as the Credit Suisse Private Banking Open in 2000 and 2001 at the Golf Club Patriziale Ascona in
Ascona
300px, Ascona
Ascona ( ) is a municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
It is located on the shore of Lake Maggiore.
The town is a popular tourist destination and holds the yearly Ascona Jazz Festival.
...
. It replaced the
Interlaken Open which ended after financial issues. During the course of the 2002 edition, the heavy rain led to the overflow of the
Lake Maggiore
Lake Maggiore (, ; ; ; ; literally 'greater lake') or Verbano (; ) is a large lake located on the south side of the Alps. It is the second largest lake in Italy and the largest in southern Switzerland. The lake and its shoreline are divided be ...
and to the cancellation of the event.
Following a four-year hiatus, the tournament returned in 2006 and was held at the Wylihof Golf Club in
Luterbach
Luterbach is a municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.
History
Luterbach is first mentioned in 1052 as ''lutere Bach'', though this identification is disputed. In 1319 it was mentioned as ''ville Lut ...
through 2009. Since 2010 the event has been played at Golf Sempachersee in
Hildisrieden.
Between 2021 and 2024, the event has uniquely been held in France and been played at Golf Saint Apollinaire in
Folgensbourg
Folgensbourg (; ; ) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department, in Alsace in north-eastern France.
Population
See also
* Communes of the Haut-Rhin département
The following is a list of the 366 communes of the French department of Haut-Rh ...
, close to the Swiss border. In round 2 of the 2021 event,
Alejandro del Rey shot the first ever round of
58 on any tour in Europe. It was also the lowest round to-par (−14) on any major tour in world golf.
Winners
Notes
References
External links
Official websiteCoverage on the Challenge Tour's official site
Challenge Tour events
Golf tournaments in Switzerland
Summer in Switzerland
Recurring sporting events established in 2000
2000 establishments in Switzerland
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