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Wales Challenge

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Wales Challenge
Tournament information
LocationCardiff, Wales
Established2003
Course(s)The Vale Resort
Par72
Length7,267 yards (6,645 m)
Tour(s)Challenge Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund150,000
Month playedAugust
Final year2010
Tournament record score
Aggregate262 Graeme Storm (2004)
To par−26 as above
Final champion
Sweden Oscar Florén
Location map
The Vale Resort is located in Wales
The Vale Resort
The Vale Resort
Location in Wales
The Vale Resort is located in Vale of Glamorgan
The Vale Resort
The Vale Resort
Location in Vale of Glamorgan

The SWALEC Wales Challenge was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour. It run annually from 2003 to 2010.

Winners

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Venue
SWALEC Wales Challenge
2010 Sweden Oscar Florén 280 −8 1 stroke Scotland Raymond Russell The Vale Resort
2009 Wales Rhys Davies 286 −2 Playoff England James Morrison The Vale Resort
2008 Republic of Ireland Michael McGeady 284 −4 Playoff Sweden Joel Sjöholm The Vale Resort
Firstplus Wales Challenge
2007 Republic of Ireland Colm Moriarty 203[a] −13 3 strokes Chile Felipe Aguilar The Vale Resort
Ryder Cup Wales Challenge
2006 Wales Sion Bebb 274 −10 1 stroke France Jean-Baptiste Gonnet Nefyn
Firstplus Wales Challenge
2005 France Olivier David 292 E Playoff England Iain Pyman The Vale Resort
Ryder Cup Wales Challenge
2004 England Graeme Storm 262 −26 3 strokes England Matthew King Northop Country Park
2003 Wales Craig Williams 267 −17 Playoff England Robert Coles
England Robert Rock
England Sam Walker
DeVere Northop Country Park

Notes

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  1. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.
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