The Prague Golf Challenge is a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, played at Kaskáda Golf Resort in Brno, Czech Republic. It was first played in July 2017 and was won by Garrick Porteous. In 2019 the event was moved to May, two weeks before the D+D Real Czech Challenge, the other Challenge Tour tournament played in the Czech Republic.
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| Tournament information | |
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| Location | Brno, Czech Republic |
| Established | 2017 |
| Course | Kaskáda Golf Resort |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 7,053 yards (6,449 m) |
| Tour | Challenge Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | €300,000 |
| Month played | June |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 263 Palmer Jackson (2025) |
| To par | −24 Garrick Porteous (2017) −24 Martin Simonsen (2022) |
| Current champion | |
 Palmer Jackson | |
| Location map | |
  Kaskáda Golf Resort Location in the Czech Republic | |
History
editThe tournament was founded 2017 and was played at Prague City Golf.[1][2] In 2021, the tournament moved to the Kaskáda Golf Resort in Brno and was renamed as the Kaskáda Golf Challenge.[3] In 2025, Raiffeisenbank became the title sponsor of the event, being renamed again as the Raiffeisenbank Golf Challenge.[4]
Winners
edit| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raiffeisenbank Golf Challenge | |||||
| 2025 | Palmer Jackson | 263 | −21 | 6 strokes |  Matthew Cheung Tobias Jonsson |
| Kaskáda Golf Challenge | |||||
| 2024 |  Hamish Brown | 266 | −18 | 2 strokes |  Robin Williams |
| 2023 |  Lorenzo Scalise | 272 | −12 | 3 strokes |  Manuel Elvira |
| 2022 | Martin Simonsen | 264 | −20 | 4 strokes |  Marco Penge |
| 2021 |  Marcel Schneider | 268 | −16 | 1 stroke |  Josh Geary Dimitrios Papadatos Lorenzo Scalise |
| Prague Golf Challenge | |||||
| 2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[5] | ||||
| 2019 |  Antoine Rozner | 271 | −17 | 7 strokes | Richard Bland Mathieu Fenasse Mark Haastrup Martin Simonsen |
| 2018 | Ben Stow | 270 | −18 | 1 stroke |  Joel Girrbach |
| 2017 | Garrick Porteous | 264 | −24 | 5 strokes | Julien Guerrier Christopher Mivis Bradley Neil |
References
edit- ↑ "Match play golf returns as part of 2017 Challenge Tour schedule". European Tour. 23 January 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
- ↑ "Start na Prague Golf Challenge má jistý 10 českých hráčů" [10 Czech players are guaranteed to start at the Prague Golf Challenge]. GolfExtra.cz (in Czech). 26 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
- ↑ "Challenge Tour na Kaskádě se třinácti Čechy. Přijede i Lieser" [Challenge Tour at Kaskáda with thirteen Czechs. Lieser will also come]. GolfExtra.cz (in Czech). 29 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
- ↑ "Raiffeisenbank named title partner for eighth edition of Czech event". European Tour. 9 May 2025. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
- ↑ Jackson, Keith (11 March 2020). "Coronavirus: Indian Open postponed, Czech Masters cancelled outright". Sky Sports. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
Furthermore, Relmost has also advised us of the cancellation of the two Challenge Tour events they promote in the Czech Republic, the Prague Golf Challenge (May 7-10) and the D+D Real Czech Challenge (June 4-7), along with the D+D Real Slovakia Challenge (July 2-5).