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Rolex Trophy
Tournament information
LocationGeneva, Switzerland
Established1989
Course(s)Golf Club de Genève
Par72
Length6,821 yards (6,237 m)
Tour(s)Challenge Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund€290,000
Month playedAugust
Final year2019
Tournament record score
Aggregate261 Kristoffer Broberg (2012)
To par−27 as above
Final champion
Netherlands Darius van Driel
Location map
GC de Genève is located in Switzerland
GC de Genève
GC de Genève
Location in Switzerland

The Rolex Trophy was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, that is played in Geneva, Switzerland. It was played annually on the Challenge Tour since 1989.

Unlike many Challenge Tour events, the Rolex Trophy has been played at the same venue, the Golf Club de Genève, every year.

It is a limited field Pro-Am event. It used to feature the top 32 in the tour rankings plus four invitees, but the number of players has more recently been 42. One unusual feature was that only the prize money of the top 20 players counted towards their Challenge Tour rankings, although all entrants receive prize money.

Winners

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref.
Rolex Trophy
2021 Removed from the schedule [1]
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic [2]
2019 Netherlands Darius van Driel 265 −23 1 stroke Northern Ireland Cormac Sharvin [3]
2018 Finland Kim Koivu 266 −22 6 strokes Germany Marcel Schneider [4]
2017 Spain Pedro Oriol 271 −17 Playoff France Adrien Saddier [5]
2016 South Africa Dylan Frittelli 268 −20 2 strokes Spain Pep Anglès
New Zealand Ryan Fox		 [6]
2015 Spain Nacho Elvira 264 −24 2 strokes Portugal Ricardo Gouveia [7]
2014 South Korea An Byeong-hun 269 −19 3 strokes France Benjamin Hébert [8]
2013 Sweden Jens Dantorp 270 −18 1 stroke Spain Adrián Otaegui
2012 Sweden Kristoffer Broberg 261 −27 1 stroke United States Sihwan Kim
2011 France Benjamin Hébert 269 −19 1 stroke Spain Jorge Campillo
England Tommy Fleetwood
2010 Chile Mark Tullo 266 −22 1 stroke Italy Matteo Manassero
Trophée du Golf de Genève
2009 France Julien Quesne 269 −19 1 stroke Italy Edoardo Molinari
Trophée du Golf Club de Genève
2008 Sweden Klas Eriksson 274 −14 Playoff Netherlands Wil Besseling
Brazil Alexandre Rocha
Rolex Trophy
2007 England Robert Dinwiddie 270 −18 3 strokes England Ross McGowan
2006 Sweden Alex Norén 266 −22 3 strokes Sweden Johan Axgren
England Gareth Davies
2005 Scotland Marc Warren 272 −16 Playoff England Denny Lucas
2004 England Phillip Archer 198[a] −18 5 strokes England Lee Slattery
2003 Sweden Michael Jonzon 267 −21 3 strokes Austria Martin Wiegele
2002 England Simon Hurd 268 −20 4 strokes Argentina Gustavo Rojas
2001 England Stuart Little (2) 271 −17 2 strokes Switzerland André Bossert
2000 Republic of Ireland David Higgins 271 −17 4 strokes Venezuela Carlos Larraín
1999 Spain Carl Suneson (2) 268 −20 6 strokes Sweden Adam Mednick
1998 Wales David Park 276 −12 Playoff Sweden Per Nyman
Rolex Trophy Pro-Am
1997 Finland Anssi Kankkonen 276 −12 1 stroke Norway Thomas Nielsen
1996 Sweden Dennis Edlund 274 −14 Playoff England Carl Watts
Rolex Pro-Am
1995 Spain Carl Suneson 272 −16 1 stroke England Simon Burnell
1994 England Stuart Little 269 −19 2 strokes Sweden Mats Hallberg
1993 England Philip Golding 275 −13 3 strokes Sweden Olle Nordberg
1992 United States Ronald Stelten (2) 271 −17 4 strokes England Wayne Stephens
1991 England David R. Jones Italy Silvio Grappasonni
1990 Republic of Ireland John McHenry 279 −9 1 stroke England Glenn Ralph [9]
1989 United States Ronald Stelten 280 −8 1 stroke England Jeremy Bennett
West Germany Heinz-Peter Thül
England Clive Tucker		 [10]

Notes

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  1. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

References

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  1. ^ "Rolex and The R&A to join forces at the Challenge Tour Grand Final". European Tour. 22 June 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2024. Rolex's long-term commitment to the Challenge Tour began with the Rolex Trophy which has been part of the Challenge Tour's schedule since the inaugural season in 1989, however the support will now be concentrated on the Grand Final...
  2. ^ "R&A support for the Challenge Tour". The R&A. 16 June 2020. Archived from the original on 17 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020. Following the decision to cancel the Rolex Trophy that had been scheduled for August 19–22, Rolex has offered to repurpose the tournament prize fund to benefit the wider Challenge Tour schedule and its members in 2020.
  3. ^ "Dutchman van Driel goes lowest to win Rolex Trophy at Geneva". Scottish Golf View. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Rolex Trophy win hands Koivu European Tour card". European Tour. 25 August 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  5. ^ "Oriol summons spirit of Seve to win Rolex". Ten Golf. 26 August 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  6. ^ "Fritelli's timely Rolex win seals Oman place". European Tour. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  7. ^ "Elvira reaches European Tour with third win". European Tour. 22 August 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  8. ^ "An claims Rolex glory in Geneva". European Tour. 24 August 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  9. ^ "Fantastique remontée" [Fantastic comeback]. Golf & Country (in French). No. 9. September 1990. p. 4. Retrieved 18 December 2023 – via Issuu.
  10. ^ "Nerveux mais vainqueur" [Nervous but victorious]. Golf & Country (in French). No. 9. September 1989. p. 34 (64 in magazine). Retrieved 18 December 2023 – via Issuu.

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