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Norwegian Challenge

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Norwegian Challenge
Tournament information
LocationKløfta, Norway
Established1994
Course(s)Miklagard Golfklub
Par72
Length7,375 yards (6,744 m)
Tour(s)Challenge Tour
Nordic Golf League
FormatStroke play
Prize fund200,000
Month playedAugust
Final year2017
Tournament record score
Aggregate266 Kristoffer Broberg (2012)
To par−22 as above
Final champion
France Clément Sordet
Location map
Miklagard Golfklub is located in Norway
Miklagard Golfklub
Miklagard Golfklub
Location in Norway

The Norwegian Challenge was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, played in Norway. It was founded in 1994 and was the leading men's tournament in Norway, which does not host a European Tour event.

Winners

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Year Tour[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Venue
Viking Challenge
2017 CHA France Clément Sordet 203[b] −13 5 strokes Scotland Jack Doherty
England Charlie Ford
Netherlands Daan Huizing
Miklagard
Norwegian Open
2016 NGL Sweden Oscar Lengdén 204 −12 6 strokes Sweden Gustaf Kocken Moss & Rygge
2015: No tournament
Norwegian Challenge
2014 CHA France Benjamin Hébert 273 −15 2 strokes Germany Florian Fritsch Miklagard
2013 CHA Sweden Jens Fahrbring 269 −19 3 strokes United States Daniel Im
Sweden Pontus Widegren
Losby
2012 CHA Sweden Kristoffer Broberg 266 −22 Playoff Spain Álvaro Velasco Byneset
2011 CHA Italy Andrea Pavan 279 −9 Playoff Austria Florian Praegant Hauger
Lexus Open
2009–10: No tournament
2008 CHA Denmark Jeppe Huldahl 271 −17 2 strokes Scotland Steven O'Hara Moss & Rygge
2007 CHA Austria Martin Wiegele 278 −10 Playoff Scotland George Murray Miklagard
2006 CHA Sweden Kalle Brink 275 −13 3 strokes Spain José Manuel Carriles
Scotland Greig Hutcheon
Norway Peter Kaensche
Norway Jan-Are Larsen
Larvik
Norwegian Challenge
2005: No tournament
2004 CHA Republic of Ireland Stephen Browne 205[b] −11 3 strokes Sweden Oskar Bergman
England Denny Lucas
England Mark Sanders
Vestfold
2002–03: No tournament
Telehuset Norwegian Open
2001 NGL Sweden Björn Bäck 276 −12 3 strokes Denmark Brian Akstrup Nes
Norwegian Open
2000 CHA Sweden Paul Nilbrink 206[b] −10 Playoff Sweden Per Larsson
England Stuart Little
Losby
1999 CHA Sweden Pehr Magnebrant 281 −7 3 strokes Sweden Patrik Gottfridson Sorknes
Netcom Norwegian Open
1998 CHA England Gary Emerson 275 −17 1 stroke Sweden Max Anglert Borre
1997 CHA Switzerland Demitri Bieri 275 −13 Playoff England John Bickerton Oslo
Karsten Ping Norwegian Open
1996 CHA Spain Ignacio Feliu 273 −15 1 stroke England John Mellor Oslo
1995 CHA England Stephen Field 275 −13 3 strokes England Andrew Collison Oslo
Karsten Ping Norwegian Challenge
1994 CHA Northern Ireland Raymond Burns 276 −16 3 strokes England Jamie Taylor Borre

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ CHA − Challenge Tour; NGL − Nordic Golf League.
  2. ^ a b c Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.
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