The Terme Euganee International Open was a golf 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 ...
. It was played between 2001 and 2003 in
Padua
Padua ( ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Veneto, northern Italy, and the capital of the province of Padua. The city lies on the banks of the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice and southeast of Vicenza, and has a population of 20 ...
,
Italy
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.
In 2003, Spaniard
Ivó Giner
Ivó Giner (born 21 June 1976) is a Spanish professional golfer who played on the European Tour.
Career
Giner represented Spain in the Eisenhower Trophy in 1994 and again in 1996, when he secured a third-place finish together with Sergio García, ...
fought off his playing partner
Martin Erlandsson
Martin Erlandsson (born 12 February 1974) is a Swedish professional golfer.
Career
Erlandsson was a top amateur golfer, representing Sweden in the 1996 Eisenhower Trophy before turning professional the following year. He joined the Challenge Tou ...
by one stroke to card a 29-under-par 259 total – the lowest in Challenge Tour history.
Giner Clinches Victory in Padova to set All Time Record
European Tour
Montecchia Golf Club, which hosted the 2002 event, has hosted Challenge Tour events on three other occasions.
Winners
See also
*Montecchia Golf Open
The Montecchia Open was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour and formerly the Alps Tour. It was played for the first time in 2001 at the Golf Club della Montecchia in Padua, Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in ...
– other Challenge Tour events at Montecchia Golf Club in 2001, 2013, and 2016
References
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External links
Coverage of 2003 event on the Challenge Tour's official site
* ttp://www.europeantour.com/challengetour/season=2001/tournamentid=2001772/index.html Coverage of 2001 event on the Challenge Tour's official site
Former Challenge Tour events
Golf tournaments in Italy
Sport in Padua