Empordà Challenge

The Empordà Challenge was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour held at Empordà Golf on the Costa Brava near Girona, Spain.^[1]

Empordà Challenge

Tournament information
Location	Girona, Spain
Established	2021
Course(s)	Empordà Golf
Par	70
Length	6,943 yards (6,349 m)
Tour(s)	Challenge Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	€250,000
Month played	June
Final year	2022
Tournament record score
Aggregate	266 Julien Brun (2021)
To par	−18 as above
Final champion
Liam Johnston
Location map
Empordà Golf Location in Spain Show map of Spain Empordà Golf Location in Catalonia Show map of Catalonia

In 2021, together with Challenge Costa Brava, also hosted at Empordà Golf, the tournament served as a replacement for the China Swing with Hainan Open and Foshan Open, which was cancelled.^[2][3]

In the inaugural tournament Jonathan Thomson took the early clubhouse lead, after posting a final round of 62 (−9). Jesper Svensson joined Brun at −18, but a bogey-bogey finish sent him to −16, and gave the victory to Julien Brun who held his nerve and finished −18, a stroke ahead of Thomson.^[4]

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner-up
2022	Liam Johnston	267	−13	2 strokes	Todd Clements
2021	Julien Brun	266	−18	1 stroke	Jonathan Thomson

References

1. "The Crib Sheet: Empordà Challenge". Challenge Tour. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
2. "Challenge Tour statement on the Hainan Open and Foshan Open". European Tour. 11 August 2021.
3. "Empordà Golf to host second Spanish Swing of 2021". PGA European Tour. 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
4. "Consistent Brun is victorious at the Empordà Challenge". Challenge Tour. Retrieved 18 October 2021.

External links

• Coverage on the Challenge Tour's official site