Challenge Tour Grand Final

The Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final is the season-ending tour championship on the Challenge Tour. The field currently consists of the top 45 players on the Challenge Tour rankings vying for twenty European Tour cards. It has been played annually since 1995. Initially it was played in Portugal, but has since been held in Cuba, France, Italy, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Spain.

Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final

Tournament information
Location	Port d'Alcúdia, Mallorca, Spain
Established	1995
Course(s)	Club de Golf Alcanada
Par	72
Length	7,128 yards (6,518 m)
Tour(s)	Challenge Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	€500,000
Month played	October/November
Tournament record score
Aggregate	265 Espen Kofstad (2012) 265 Kristoffer Reitan (2024)
To par	−23 Kristoffer Reitan (2024)
Current champion
Kristoffer Reitan
Location map
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Since 2010, the Challenge Tour Grand Final has been designated by the Official World Golf Ranking as the Challenge Tour's flagship event. Initially awarding a minimum of 16 ranking points to the winner, compared to 12 for most events, this was increased to 17 points in 2014.^[1]

Venues

Venue	Location	First	Last	Times
Quinta do Peru	Sesimbra, Portugal	1995	1996	2
Clube de Golf do Montado	Setúbal, Portugal	1997	1997	1
Belas Clube de Campo	Sintra, Portugal	1998	1998	1
Varadero Golf Club	Varadero, Cuba	1999	2000	2
Golf du Médoc	Bordeaux, France	2001	2004	4
San Domenico Golf	Apulia, Italy	2005	2012	8
Al Badia Golf Club	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	2013	2014	2
Al Mouj Golf	Muscat, Oman	2015	2017	3
Al Hamra Golf Club	Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates	2018	2018	1
Club de Golf Alcanada	Port d'Alcúdia, Mallorca, Spain	2019	2024	4
T-Golf & Country Club	Calvià, Mallorca, Spain	2020	2021	2

Winners

	Challenge Tour (Flagship event)	2010–2021
	Challenge Tour (Tour Championship)	1995–2009, 2022–

#	Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue
Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final
30th	2024	Kristoffer Reitan	265	−23	1 stroke	Ángel Ayora Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen	Alcanada
29th	2023	Marco Penge	278	−10	6 strokes	Tom Vaillant	Alcanada
28th	2022	Nathan Kimsey	279	−9	1 stroke	Bryce Easton John Parry	Alcanada
27th	2021	Marcus Helligkilde	276	−8	1 stroke	Julien Brun Ricardo Gouveia Frédéric Lacroix Yannik Paul	T-Golf
Challenge Tour Grand Final
26th	2020	Ondřej Lieser	273	−11	1 stroke	Christofer Blomstrand Alexander Knappe Santiago Tarrío	T-Golf
25th	2019	Francesco Laporta	278	−6	2 strokes	Sebastian Heisele Robin Sciot-Siegrist	Alcanada
Ras Al Khaimah Challenge Tour Grand Final
24th	2018	Adri Arnaus	271	−17	1 stroke	Victor Perez	Al Hamra
NBO Golf Classic Grand Final
23rd	2017	Clément Sordet	273	−15	2 strokes	Marcus Kinhult	Al Mouj Golf
22nd	2016	Bernd Ritthammer	267	−21	1 stroke	Jens Dantorp	Al Mouj Golf
21st	2015	Ricardo Gouveia	275	−13	1 stroke	Joachim B. Hansen	Al Mouj Golf
Dubai Festival City Challenge Tour Grand Final
20th	2014	Benjamin Hébert	276	−12	5 strokes	Jérôme Lando-Casanova	Al Badia
19th	2013	Shiv Kapur	272	−16	4 strokes	José-Filipe Lima Jamie McLeary	Al Badia
Apulia San Domenico Grand Final
18th	2012	Espen Kofstad	265	−19	1 stroke	James Busby Joachim B. Hansen	San Domenico Golf
17th	2011	Andrea Pavan	267	−17	1 stroke	Tommy Fleetwood	San Domenico Golf
16th	2010	Matt Haines	276	−8	1 stroke	Daniel Gaunt	San Domenico Golf
15th	2009	Peter Whiteford	279	−5	Playoff	Andrew Tampion	San Domenico Golf
14th	2008	Estanislao Goya	267	−17	1 stroke	Richard Bland John E. Morgan	San Domenico Golf
13th	2007	Mike Lorenzo-Vera	269	−15	1 stroke	Jamie Donaldson Joost Luiten Stuart Manley Eric Ramsay	San Domenico Golf
12th	2006	James Hepworth	271	−13	2 strokes	Rafael Echenique Alex Norén Mark Pilkington	San Domenico Golf
11th	2005	Carl Suneson	273	−15	1 stroke	Daniel Vancsik Marc Warren	San Domenico Golf
Bouygues Telecom Grand Final
10th	2004	David Drysdale	271	−13	Playoff	Mattias Eliasson	Golf du Médoc
Challenge Tour Grand Final
9th	2003	José Manuel Carriles	273	−11	Playoff	Johan Edfors	Golf du Médoc
8th	2002	Peter Lawrie	272	−12	4 strokes	Julien van Hauwe	Golf du Médoc
7th	2001	Richard Bland	266	−18	5 strokes	Philip Golding	Golf du Médoc
Cuba Challenge Tour Grand Final
6th	2000	Henrik Stenson	270	−18	5 strokes	Mikael Lundberg Andrew Raitt Michele Reale	Varadero
Cuba European Challenge Tour Grand Final
5th	1999	Stephen Scahill	277	−11	2 strokes	José Manuel Lara Henrik Stenson	Varadero
AXA Grand Final
4th	1998	Jorge Berendt	275	−13	Playoff	Warren Bennett	Belas Clube de Campo
Estoril Grand Final
3rd	1997	Nicolas Joakimides	198[a]	−18	1 stroke	Mikael Lundberg	Clube de Golf do Montado
UAP Grand Final
2nd	1996	Ian Garbutt	272	−16	2 strokes	Van Phillips Ben Tinning	Quinta do Peru
1st	1995	Francisco Valera	275	−13	1 stroke	Tim Planchin	Quinta do Peru

Notes

1. Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.