The Challenge Tour from Ireland to England

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From Ireland to England. The Challenge Tour stops in Cornwall, on the St. Mellion Estate route, for the 20th seasonal event, the British Challenge (August 3-6) in which nine Italian players participate: Francesco Laporta, Lorenzo Scalise, Matteo Manassero, Andrea Pavan , Renato Paratore, Stefano Mazzoli, Gianmaria Rean Trinchero, Luca Cianchetti and Gregorio De Leo.

Challenge Tour, schedule

There are still ten tournaments to go at the end of the year, but the contest for the conquest of the 20 'cards' for the DP World Tour 2024 – which will be assigned to the first 20 classified of the Road To Mallorca (order of merit) – is getting more and more intense. and the field is the best witness. In fact eight of the top ten and a total of 16 of the 20 will be on the tee. Pavan (n. 11) can also play in serenity who has an almost 150-point margin over whoever occupies 21st place, the first he excludes from the tour jump.

Instead, in the lower part of the rankings there is turmoil and, in particular, Laporta (22nd) must return to the privileged area, which came out after the break he allowed himself last week. The blue is preceded by the English Alex Fitzpatrick (n. 21), Matt's younger brother, and followed by the Dutch Lars Van Meijel (n. 23) and by the English Sam Hutsby (n. 24), all quite aggressive. Under attack the English Jamie Rutherford (n. 18) and the Spanish Ivan Cantero Gutierrez (n. 20) together with the Dane Nicolai Kristensen (n. 17) and the Portuguese Ricardo Gouveia (n. 19) destined to pay for their absence from the competition.

The title is defended by the Scot Euan Walker (n. 17), who came out on the cut last week in the Irish Challenge, but who had finished in the top ten five times with a second place in the previous six races. Among the favorites are the South African Casey Jarvis and the French Ugo Coussaud, leader and second in the Road To Mallorca, the Swede Adam Blomme, the Englishman Will Enefer and the four Azzurri who brought Italy five titles in the span of two months: Manassero (two), Pavan, Scalise and Laporta. The other Englishman Brandon Robinson Thompson awaited the test with a certain curiosity, who won in Ireland in his first race on the Challenge Tour after having competed in just three on the DP World Tour.

Of the other blues to follow Renato Paratore, who is alternating between the two continental circuits, but who is currently out of the areas that count in both money lists. Stefano Mazzoli, Gianmaria Rean Trinchero, Luca Cianchetti and Gregorio De Leo have a good opportunity to shine.

The tournament has just reached its 12th edition despite having been born in 1993. In fact it has undergone numerous interruptions and has changed its name six times. In addition to Euan Walker there will be three other past winners: the English Tom Lewis and Chris Paisley and the Frenchman Beniamin Hébert. 

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