Formby Hall Challenge

The Formby Hall Challenge was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour that was played annually from 1996 to 2002. It was also an event on the third-tier MasterCard Tour.

Formby Hall Challenge

Tournament information
Location	Formby, Southport, England
Established	1996
Course(s)	Formby Hall Golf Club
Par	72
Length	6,951 yards (6,356 m)
Tour(s)	Challenge Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	£75,000
Month played	September
Final year	2002
Tournament record score
Aggregate	267 Olivier Edmond (1997)
To par	−20 Greig Hutcheon (1999) −20 Alastair Forsyth (1999)
Final champion
Matthew Blackey
Location map
Formby Hall GC Location in England Show map of England Formby Hall GC Location in Merseyside Show map of Merseyside

With the merger of the MasterCard and Europro tours to form the PGA EuroPro Tour in 2003, the tournament was dropped from the Challenge Tour schedule. Formby Hall, host venue between 1999 and 2002, continued to host an event on the new tour.^[1]

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue
Formby Hall Challenge
2002	Matthew Blackey	275	−13	1 stroke	David Dixon Damien McGrane	Formby Hall
2001	Sam Little	276	−12	1 stroke	Grant Hamerton	Formby Hall
2000	Fredrik Henge	270	−10	Playoff	Simon Khan	Formby Hall
1999	Greig Hutcheon	268	−20	Playoff	Alastair Forsyth	Formby Hall
MasterCard Challenge
1998	Robert Lee	277	−11	3 strokes	Richard Bland	Princes
BPGT Challenge
1997	Olivier Edmond	267	−21	2 strokes	Craig Hainline	Wynyard Hall
Gosen Challenge
1996	Greg Owen	281	−7	Playoff	John Mellor	Warwickshire