Rangliste 2024
The winner of the 14th Swiss Challenge from 26 - 29 September 2024 at Golf Saint Apollinaire is Euan Walker. With a strong first round of 69 strokes (3 under par), Euan Walker has already established himself at the front of the Swiss Challenge field. Thanks to an impressive second round of 66 strokes (6 under par), he fought his way to the top and ultimately secured victory in the 14th Swiss Challenge 2024 with a lead of three strokes.
Rangliste 2023
The winner of the 13th Swiss Challenge from 21 - 24 September 2023 at Golf Saint Apollinaire is Adam Blommé. With 67 strokes (5 under par) on the first day of the tournament and 69 strokes (3 under par) in rounds two and three, he remained consistently in the top 5 of the Swiss Challenge ranking.
The top field was close together, so that an exciting final day was in store. After four rounds, the two Swedes Adam Blommé and Jesper Svensson shared the lead (-17). In the play-off on hole 18, Adam Blommé won the 13th Swiss Challenge 2023 by one stroke.
With this he reaches the 3rd rank in the overall ranking of the Challenge Tour and will most likely be promoted to the DP World Tour next season.
Ranking List 2022
The Swiss Challenge at Golf Saint Apollinaire has its first New Zealand winner - Daniel Hillier. With 68 strokes (4 under par) on the first day of the tournament, 70 strokes (2 under par) on the second day and a par round on Saturday, he consistently stayed in the top 5 of the Swiss Challenge Rankings. With a round of 64 on the final day (8 under par) - the best round of the tournament - Hillier proved his will to win. With the victory at the Swiss Challenge, Hillier now moves into the top 20 (13th place) of the overall Challenge Tour ranking and will in all likelihood move up to the DP World Tour next season.
Ranking List 2021
The winner of the Swiss Challenge 2021 is Marcus Helligkilde. With 65 strokes (7 under par) on the first day of the tournament and 67 strokes (5 under par) on the second day, he remained consistently among the top 5. With a fabulous round of 62 on the third day, Helligkilde then moved to the top with a three-stroke lead over second-placed Nicolai Kristensen (DEN). It got exciting on the final day on the last holes. Helligkilde and Thomson had a neck-and-neck race, so that the decision was only made on the last hole.
Ranking List 2019
Die Swiss Challenge auf Golf Sempach hat ihren ersten portugiesischen Sieger. Der 36-jährige Ricardo Santos erringt an der Swiss Challenge 2019 seinen dritten Sieg in seiner Profikarriere. Wie es dem Jubiläumsanlass gut anstand, kamen die Zuschauer rund um das 18. Green des Woodside Course auf Golf Sempach in den Genuss eines Spektakels und eines offenen Rennens.
Ranking List 2018
The 28-year-old German Marcel Schneider is the superior and outstanding winner of the Swiss Challenge 2018 at Golf Sempach. On the first 62 holes, i.e. until the 9th hole of the final round, he suffered only one stroke loss (bogey). Especially in the first two rounds, which he completed with 63 and 64 strokes, he played the competition into the ground. His intermediate total of 15 under par was better than the closing total of several winners in previous years.
Ranking List 2017
Die 8. Swiss Challenge auf Golf Sempachersee hat seinen ersten Schweizer Sieger. Den Grundstein für diesen ersten Triumph eines Schweizers legte der 23-jährige Thurgauer mit fabelhaften 64 Schlägen (7 unter Par) am Samstag. In der Schlussrunde verriet er bis zur Entscheidung keinerlei Schwächen. Er spielte sechs Birdies bei nur einem Bogey. Auf dem geteilten 3. Rang folgen mit vier Schlägen Rückstand die beiden Amerikaner Julian Suri und Chase Koepka, der Dank einer Wildcard des Veranstalters am Turnier teilnehmen konnte.
Ranking List 2016
The Swiss Challenge at Golf Sempachersee has its first German winner. Alexander Knappe from Paderborn achieved the first victory of his professional career with one stroke ahead.
The finish at the top was extremely exciting. Knappe played the decisive birdie on the 17th hole. He left the Norwegian Espen Kofstad and the Englishman Paul Howard one stroke behind.
Ranking List 2015
The winner of the Swiss Challenge 2015 is Daniel Im. The American with South Korean roots beat the Englishman Gary Boyd in a jump-off.
From the Swiss point of view, it was mainly the youngsters who made their mark. Joel Girrbach and Benjamin Rusch both finished in 24th place. Five Swiss made it into the final rounds, the third-best figure of all Swiss Challenge editions.
Ranking List 2014
The winner of the Swiss Challenge 2014 is Pierre Relecom. The 29-year-old francophone Belgian achieved his first Tour success one stroke ahead of Italy's Niccolo Quintarelli. An equally big winner is Mathias Eggenberger, 22-year-old amateur from Grabs in the Rhine Valley. Eggenberger's terrific 3rd place finish set a Swiss best in the nine-year history of the tournament. He outperformed the renowned Geneva professional Julien Clément, who had finished fifth once in 2008 and fourth once in 2010. Eggenberger brought a 68 (3-under par) into the clubhouse after all four rounds.
Rangliste 2011
Der Franzose Benjamin Hebert konnte die zweite Austragung der Credit Suisse Challenge auf Golf Sempachersee für sich entscheiden. Der 24-jährige beeindruckte an sämtlichen Turniertagen mit konstanten Top Leistungen und verwies den Engländer Jamie Moul sowie den Österreicher Florian Praegant auf die Ehrenplätze.
2024 | Euan Walker (SCO) | € 270’000 | Golf Saint Apollinaire |
2023 | Adam Blommé (SWE) | € 250’000 | Golf Saint Apollinaire |
2022 | Daniel Hillier (NZL) | € 250’000 | Golf Saint Apollinaire |
2021 | Marcus Helligkilde (DEN) | € 200’000 | Golf Saint Apollinaire |
2019 | Ricardo Santos (POR) | € 185’000 | Golf Sempach |
2018 | Marcel Schneider (GER) | € 180’000 | Golf Sempach |
2017 | Joel Girrbach (SUI) | € 170’000 | Golf Sempachersee |
2016 | Alexander Knappe (GER) | € 170’000 | Golf Sempachersee |
2015 | Daniel Im (USA) | € 170’000 | Golf Sempachersee |
2014 | Pierre Relecom (BEL) | € 160’000 | Golf Sempachersee |
2013 | Victor Riu (FRA) | € 160’000 | Golf Sempachersee |
2012 | Gary Stal (FRA) | € 160’000 | Golf Sempachersee |
2011 | Benjamin Hebert (FRA) | € 160’000 | Golf Sempachersee |
2010 | Alessandro Tadini (ITA) | € 150’000 | Golf Sempachersee |
2009 | Peter Baker | € 142‘310 | GC Wylihof |
2008 | Rafael Cabrera-Bello | € 142’968 | GC Wylihof |
2007 | Peter Baker | € 145’698 | GC Wylihof |
2006 | Francisco Cea | € 143’276 | GC Wylihof |
2001 | Greig Hutcheon | € 107’133 | GC Patriziale Ascona |
2000 | Alvaro Salto | € 103’125 | GC Patriziale Ascona |