Vodafone Challenge (original) (raw)

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Golf tournament

Vodafone Challenge

Tournament information
Location Düsseldorf, Germany
Established 2006
Course(s) Golfclub an der Elfrather Mühle
Par 72
Length 6,869 yards (6,281 m)
Tour(s) Challenge Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund 140,000
Month played August
Final year 2008
Tournament record score
Aggregate 270 Martin Kaymer (2006)270 Joost Luiten (2007)
To par −18 as above
Final champion
Scotland Richie Ramsay
Location map
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The Vodafone Challenge was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour from 2006 to 2008. It was played at Golf & Country Club An der Elfrather Mühle in Düsseldorf, Germany.

In 2007, Joost Luiten shot an 11 under par 61 in the final round to win, which set the record for the lowest final round total by a winner of a Challenge Tour event.

Year Winner Score To par Margin ofvictory Runner(s)-up
2008 Scotland Richie Ramsay 272 −16 1 stroke Germany Stephan Gross (a)Scotland George Murray
2007 Netherlands Joost Luiten 270 −18 2 strokes Sweden Magnus A. Carlsson
2006 Germany Martin Kaymer 270 −18 2 strokes England Matthew KingSpain Álvaro Quirós