Finnish Challenge

Vierumäki Finnish Challenge
Tournament information
Location	Vierumäki, Finland
Established	2001
Course(s)	Vierumäki Resort
Par	71
Length	7,000 yards (6,400 m)
Tour(s)	Challenge Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	€250,000
Month played	August
Tournament record score
Aggregate	257 Lauri Ruuska (2023)
To par	−27 as above
Current champion
	Lauri Ruuska
Location map
	Vierumäki Resort Location in Finland

The Finnish Challenge is a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour. It was first played at Golf Talma in Talma, Finland, from 2001 to 2003, but took a hiatus from 2004 to 2011. The 2012–14 editions of the tournament were played at the Kytäjä Golf Club in Kytäjä, Hyvinkää, Finland. The 2015 tournament was played at Aura Golf Club in Turku. From 2016 to 2023, the tournament was played at the Vierumäki Resort in Vierumäki.

In 2023, Lauri Ruuska recorded a round of 59, becoming the fourth sub-60 round on the Challenge Tour.^[1]

Winners[edit]

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Venue
Vierumäki Finnish Challenge
2023	Lauri Ruuska	257	−27	7 strokes	Jack McDonald Joakim Wikström	Vierumäki
2022	Velten Meyer	262	−26	5 strokes	Marc Hammer	Vierumäki
2021	Marcus Helligkilde	265	−23	2 strokes	Jesper Svensson	Vierumäki
2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019	José-Filipe Lima	274	−14	1 stroke	Bryce Easton	Vierumäki
2018	Kim Koivu	267	−21	Playoff	Robert MacIntyre	Vierumäki
2017	Paul Howard	199^[a]	−17	2 strokes	Simon Forsström	Vierumäki
2016	Sam Walker	273	−15	2 strokes	Julien Guerrier Scott Henry Romain Langasque Darius van Driel	Vierumäki
Gant Open
2015	Dominic Foos	270	−14	3 strokes	José Manuel Lara Jamie McLeary Marcel Schneider Brandon Stone	Aura
Vacon Open
2014	Mark Tullo	264	−20	3 strokes	Pelle Edberg	Kytäjä
Finnish Challenge
2013	Stuart Manley	267	−21	2 strokes	José-Filipe Lima	Kytäjä
2012	Kristoffer Broberg	269	−15	6 strokes	Wil Besseling	Kytäjä
2004–2011: No tournament
Talma Finnish Challenge
2003	Marcus Fraser	275	−13	Playoff	Tony Edlund	Talma
2002	Lee S. James	269	−19	2 strokes	Matthew Blackey	Talma
2001	Klas Eriksson	272	−16	4 strokes	Gary Clark	Talma

Notes[edit]

^ Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

References[edit]

^ Miettinen, Jussi (August 17, 2023). "Lauri Ruuska teki historiaa – alitti ensimmäisenä suomalaisena 60 lyönnin rajan" [Lauri Ruuska made history – first Finn to go under 60 strokes]. gogolf.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved August 17, 2023.

External links[edit]

Official website (in Finnish)
Coverage on the Challenge Tour's official site

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[2] Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

[1] Miettinen, Jussi (August 17, 2023). "Lauri Ruuska teki historiaa – alitti ensimmäisenä suomalaisena 60 lyönnin rajan" [Lauri Ruuska made history – first Finn to go under 60 strokes]. gogolf.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved August 17, 2023.

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