The Challenge de France was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, played in France. It was held for the first time in May 1998 at Golf de Sablé-Solesmes in Sablé-sur-Sarthe, before moving to October for the following three seasons, during which it was played on a succession of French courses. The tournament was discontinued after 2001, although the name was used on some occasions for the AGF-Allianz Open des Volcans. In 2011, the tournament was revived as the Allianz Challenge de France, and was held at the Golf Disneyland course in Paris, which had also been the venue in 1999, and hosted the Tournoi Perrier de Paris in 1993.Challenge Tour returns to Disneyland The 2011 edition was won by Germany's Nicolas Meitinger, securing his first Challenge Tour victory.Mighty Meitinger follows in Kaymer's footsteps
Winners YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner-upVenueAllianz Challenge de France 2011 Nicolas Meitinger 269 −15 Playoff Maximilian Kieffer Golf Disneyland2002–2010: No tournamentHardelot Challenge de France 2001 Mårten Olander 268 −16 1 stroke Scott Drummond HardelotLe Touquet Challenge de France 2000 Fredrik Andersson 277 −11 Playoff Carlos Rodiles Golf du TouquetChallenge de France Bayer 1999 Iain Pyman 275 −13 Playoff Gustavo Rojas Golf DisneylandChallenge de France 1998 Warren Bennett 272 −16 Playoff Scott Watson Sablé-Solesmes
References
External links Coverage on the Challenge Tour's official site