For the first time in a decade the European Challenge Tour will visit the Czech Republic this week for the Ypsilon Golf Challenge by Alex Cejka, where Scotland’s George Murray and Alexandre Rocha of Brazil will bid to bounce back after coming agonisingly close to securing victories last weekend.
The omens are good for Murray – who missed out in the Vodafone Challenge in Germany by just one shot – as the last player to win a Challenge Tour event in the Czech Republic was a Scotsman, Stephen Gallacher capturing the inaugural KB Golf Challenge in 1998.
Similarly, despite losing out in a play-off in the Trophée du Golf Club de Genève – the second Challenge Tour event to be played last week – Rocha at least consoled himself with a healthy cheque which saw him move to 11th place in the Challenge Tour Rankings, currently headed by England’s David Horsey.
Horsey is himself bidding to make history by becoming the first player to gain automatic promotion to The European Tour by capturing three Challenge Tour titles in the same season and will continue that bid in Liberec, one of 16 winners from the 2008 Challenge Tour season who will be vying for the lion’s share of the €180,000 prize fund.
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