With just seven events left on the Road to Ras Al Khaimah the European Challenge Tour heads to Luton Hoo Hotel, Golf and Spa this week for the Bridgestone Challenge. Here are the ten best stats ahead of the English event.
Three – this year will see the third edition of theBridgestone Challenge, which made its debut appearance on the Challenge Tour’s International Schedule in 2016, where Thomas Detry claimed the title, while Oscar Lengden triumphed last year.
11 –Challenge Tour winners from this season will tee it up in the Bedfordshire woodland.
Two – Luton Hoo Hotel, Golf and Spa will host the Bridgestone Challenge for the second time this year, after a successful first staging in 2017.
72 – holes of stroke play will determine the winner this season, unlike last year when players battled it out over a modified stableford format – the first of its kind on the Challenge Tour.
32 – the number of birdies Detry holed on his way to lifting the Bridgestone Challenge title in 2016.
29 – under par was Detry’s total score – 12 shots better than runner-up Thriston Lawrence of South Africa. Detry also broke the record for the largest winning margin on the Challenge Tour, which was previously set at 10 shots by three-time Major Champion Brooks Koepka in 2013.
Five – points, which was the amount Lengden scored with his eagle on the 72nd hole, which won him the title, in the modified stableford format last season.
17th – different country the Challenge Tour will have visited so far in 2018. The Bridgestone Challenge is also the only event on the schedule in England this year.
40 – eagles were made at Luton Hoo Hotel, Golf and Spa last year, including Lengden’s two on the par four 18th.
6,983 – yards is the length of the course the players will have to navigate if they are to triumph, including the lengthy 246-yard par three 13thand the 502-yard par four 11th.
