The Swiss Challenge is a
golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping ...
tournament on the
Challenge Tour
The Challenge Tour is the second-tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European Tour and, as with on the main European Tour and the European Senior Tour, some of the events are played outside Europe.
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, held in
Switzerland, except in 2021, when it was held in
France
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.
History
It was first played as the Credit Suisse Private Banking Open in 2000 and 2001 at the Golf Club Patriziale Ascona in
Ascona
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Ascona ( lmo, label= Ticinese, Scona ) 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 yea ...
. 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
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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 through 2009. Since 2010 the event has been played at Golf Sempachersee in
Hildisrieden.
In 2021, the event was uniquely held in France. It was played at Golf Saint Apollinaire in
Folgensbourg, 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
References
External links
Official websiteCoverage on the Challenge Tour's official site
Challenge Tour events
Golf tournaments in Switzerland
Summer events in Switzerland
Recurring sporting events established in 2000
2000 establishments in Switzerland
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