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Danish Golf Championship

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Danish Golf Championship
Tournament information
LocationAarhus, Denmark
Established2014
Course(s)Lübker Golf Resort
Par71
Length7,026 yards (6,425 m)
Tour(s)European Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$2,500,000
Month playedAugust
Tournament record score
Aggregate263 Oliver Wilson (2022)
To par−21 as above
Current champion
France Frédéric Lacroix
Location map
Lübker Golf Resort is located in Denmark
Lübker Golf Resort
Lübker Golf Resort
Location in Denmark

The Danish Golf Championship is a professional golf tournament on the European Tour that is played annually in Denmark.

History

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The inaugural tournament was played from 14 to 17 August 2014 at the HimmerLand Golf & Spa Resort, in Farsø,[1] Denmark.[2] HimmerLand hosted the event from 2014 to 2017. In 2015, the tournament featured the shortest par-3 hole in European Tour history, when the 16th hole played just 79 yards (72 m) in the final round.[3]

In 2018, the Made in Denmark tournament was played at Silkeborg Ry Golfklub, before returning to HimmerLand Golf & Spa Resort in 2019. During the Made in Denmark Challenge in June 2018, the organisation behind the tournament announced that Made in Denmark would continue for another five years, until 2023.[4]

Following the confirmation that HimmerLand Golf & Spa Resort would cease hosting from 2024 onwards,[5] it was announced that Lübker Golf Resort would host the 2024 event, being renamed as the Danish Golf Championship.[6]

Winners

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Danish Golf Championship
2024 France Frédéric Lacroix 270 −14 4 strokes Denmark Lucas Bjerregaard
France Romain Langasque
Made in HimmerLand
2023 Denmark Rasmus Højgaard 267 −13 Playoff Spain Nacho Elvira
2022 England Oliver Wilson 263 −21 1 stroke Scotland Ewen Ferguson
2021 Austria Bernd Wiesberger (2) 263[a] −21[a] 5 strokes Italy Guido Migliozzi
Made in Denmark
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[7]
2019 Austria Bernd Wiesberger 270 −14 1 stroke Scotland Robert MacIntyre
2018 England Matt Wallace 269 −19 Playoff England Steven Brown
England Jonathan Thomson
England Lee Westwood
2017 United States Julian Suri 265 −19 4 strokes England David Horsey
2016 Belgium Thomas Pieters 267 −17 1 stroke Wales Bradley Dredge
2015 England David Horsey 271 −13 2 strokes Sweden Kristoffer Broberg
Australia Daniel Gaunt
Denmark Søren Kjeldsen
Australia Terry Pilkadaris
2014 Scotland Marc Warren 275 −9 2 strokes Wales Bradley Dredge

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Unofficial scoring record due to preferred lies being in place.

References

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  1. ^ "Contact - Made in Denmark". Made in Denmark. 17 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Made in Denmark joins the European Tour in 2014". European Tour. 14 May 2013. Archived from the original on 13 August 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  3. ^ "European Tour playing its shortest-ever par 3 at the Made in Denmark". Golf News Net. 23 August 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Made in Denmark secured on the European Tour until 2023". European Tour. 1 July 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Made in HimmerLand 2023: Five things to know presented by Oceantee". European Tour. 4 July 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Lübker will host the DP World Tour golf event Danish Golf Championship in 2024". Lübker Golf Resort. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Made in Denmark Presented by Freja cancelled in 2020". Freja. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
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