The Volvo Cross Country Challenge was a women's professional golf series on the Ladies European Tour. It was a separate dedicated yearly order of merit for events in the Nordic region and held each year from 2005 to 2007.
Tournament information | |
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Established | 2005 |
Tour(s) | Ladies European Tour |
Prize fund | $120,000 $1,000,000 (bonus) Volvo XC70 |
Final year | 2007 |
Final champion | |
Kiran Matharu |
The winner of the challenge received a Volvo car and prize money. The 18-year-old Kiran Matharu from Leeds, England, had yet to learn to drive when she won the Challenge and a brand new Volvo XC70 in 2007.[1]
Participation
editTo qualify, players had to participate in at least three out of four of the LET tournaments hosted in Nordic countries:
- Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika (Sweden)
- SAS Masters (Norway)
- Finnair Masters (Finland)
- Nykredit Masters (Denmark)
Prize money collected in these tournaments were added up in a "Volvo XC Challenge Order-of-Merit". The top ten players on this Order-of-Merit shared a prize fund of $120,000.
In addition, players could get $1,000,000 bonus by winning all four of the above tournaments in one season.[2]
Winners
editYear | Winner | Points | Ref. |
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2007 | Kiran Matharu | 280 | [3] |
2006 | Laura Davies | 577.5 | [4][5][6][7] |
2005 | Cecilia Ekelundh | 307 | [8][9][10] |
Order of Merit
editThe winners were determined by an Order of Merit based on results in the four tournaments, calculated using a points-based system.
2005
editPos. | Player | Tournaments | Tmts | Total | |||||||
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Sweden | Norway | Finland | Denmark | Money | Points | ||||||
1 | Cecilia Ekelundh | T25 – |
N O T H E L D |
T2 157 |
3 150 |
3 | 34,508 | 307 | |||
2 | Iben Tinning | T18 – |
T16 4 |
1st 300 |
3 | 39,310 | 304 | ||||
3 | Lisa Holm Sorensen | T49 – |
1st 300 |
T61 – |
4 | 33,020 | 300 | ||||
4 | Suzann Pettersen | 6 70 |
T2 177 |
• | 3 | 32,533 | 247 | ||||
5 | Lora Fairclough | T38 – |
T12 27.5 |
2 275 |
3 | 27,398 | 227.5 |
2006
editPos. | Player | Tournaments | Tmts | Total | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sweden | Norway | Finland | Denmark | Money | Points | ||||||
1 | Laura Davies | T5 80 |
1st 300 |
T11 22.5 |
T2 175 |
4 | 69,855 | 577.5 | |||
2 | Virginie Lagoutte | T34 – |
T3 135 |
1st 300 |
T12 17.5 |
4 | 49,550 | 452.5 | |||
3 | Karen Margrethe Juul | T23 – |
T11 11 |
T6 48 |
1st 300 |
4 | 44,195 | 359 | |||
4 | Gwladys Nocera | 4 120 |
T11 11 |
T3 135 |
T8 40 |
4 | 46,942 | 306 | |||
5 | Annika Sörenstam | 1st 300 |
• | • | • | 1 | 75,000 | 300 |
2007
editPos. | Player | Tournaments | Tmts | Total | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sweden | Norway | Finland | Denmark | Money | Points | ||||||
1 | Kiran Matharu | T28 – |
• | T4 105 |
T2 175 |
3 | 32,145 | 280 | |||
2 | Lotta Wahlin | T60 – |
T34 – |
3 150 |
4 120 |
4 | 28,090 | 270 | |||
3 | Johanna Westerberg | T58 – |
T6 60 |
2 200 |
T19 – |
4 | 31,263 | 260 | |||
4 | Kirsty Taylor | T39 – |
• | T33 – |
2 200 |
3 | 22,738 | 175 | |||
5 | Diana Luna | T97 – |
T3 135 |
• | T10 25 |
3 | 15,884 | 160 |
References
edit- ^ "Kiran Matharu wins the Volvo Challenge". 9 September 2007. Archived from the original on 22 April 2015.
- ^ "LET and Volvo in new sponsorship deal". GolfToday.
- ^ Ladies European Tour. "Matharu wins Volvo Cross Country Challenge".
- ^ Ladies European Tour. "Davies wins 2006 Volvo Cross Country Challenge".
- ^ Ladies European Tour. "2006 Volvo Cross Country Challenge".
- ^ Ladies European Tour (23 August 2006). "Davies and Pettersen headline SAS Masters".
- ^ Ladies European Tour (30 August 2006). "Davies heads strong field for Finnair Masters".
- ^ Ladies European Tour. "Ekelundh receives her Volvo XC70".
- ^ Ladies European Tour. "2006 Volvo Cross Country Challenge".
- ^ "Ekelundh rullar mot toppen" [Ekelundh rolls to the top]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 10. October 2005. p. 113. Retrieved 16 October 2023.