Challenge de France (golf)

Allianz Challenge de France

Tournament information
Location	Paris, France
Established	1998
Course(s)	Golf Disneyland
Par	71
Length	6,597 yards (6,032 metres)
Tour(s)	Challenge Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	€150,000
Month played	May
Tournament record score
Aggregate	268 Mårten Olander (2001)
To par	−16 Warren Bennett (1998) −16 Mårten Olander (2001)
Current champion
Nicolas Meitinger

The Challenge de France is a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, played in France. It was held for the first time in May 1998 at Golf de Sablé-Solesmes in Sablé-sur-Sarthe, before moving to October for the following three seasons, during which it was played on a succession of French courses. The tournament was discontinued after 2001, although the name was used on some occasions for the AGF-Allianz Open des Volcans. In 2011, the tournament was revived as the Allianz Challenge de France, and was held at the Golf Disneyland course in Paris, which had also been the venue in 1999, and hosted the Tournoi Perrier de Paris in 1993.^[1] The 2011 edition was won by Germany's Nicolas Meitinger, securing his first Challenge Tour victory.^[2]

Winners

Year	Venue	Winner	Country	Score	Runner(s)-up
Allianz Challenge de France
2011	Golf Disneyland	Nicolas Meitinger	Germany	271	Maximilian Kieffer
2002–2010	No tournament
Hardelot Challenge de France
2001	Hardelot GC	Mårten Olander	Sweden	268	Scott Drummond
Le Touquet Challenge de France
2000	Golf du Touquet	Fredrik Andersson Hed	Sweden	277	Carlos Rodiles
Challenge de France Bayer
1999	Golf Disneyland	Iain Pyman	England	275	Gustavo Rojas
Challenge de France
1998	Sablé-Solesmes	Warren Bennett	England	272	Scott Watson

References

1. ^ Challenge Tour returns to Disneyland
2. ^ Mighty Meitinger follows in Kaymer's footsteps

External links

• Coverage on the Challenge Tour's official site