July 04-07
Penati Golf Resort, Senica, Slovakia
€200,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 3
Rhys Enoch ended his long wait for a European Challenge Tour title at the D+D REAL Slovakia Challenge after posting a four under par round of 68 on the final day at Penati Golf Resort.
The Welshman carded four consecutive sub-70 rounds to post an 18 under par total and secure a one-shot victory over New Zealand’s Josh Geary, who propelled himself into contention on day four with a six under par round of 66.
The win caps an unforgettable few weeks for the 31-year-old, who showcased his potential to perform on the biggest stage with a spectacular 66 in the second round of the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach last month and comes just six weeks before the birth of his first child.
Enoch started the day two shots behind overnight leader Darius van Driel but soon took control with four birdies over the opening nine holes and despite bad weather forcing a short delay late in his round, he held on to secure his first Challenge Tour title.
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— Challenge Tour (@Challenge_Tour) July 7, 2019
'’This has been a long time coming,’’ he said. ‘’There are so many emotions right now. I’m obviously just so happy, relieved and just excited about what this can mean going forward.
“To put yourself in these positions and not get it done, you wonder if you’re ever going to get over the finish line, but it just feels so great to have finally got the win.
‘’Everyone at home is behind me and wants me to see me do well, so it is exciting for me but also for all my family. If you’d have told me at the start of June what the next month or so would bring, I would have been absolutely over the moon with that.
“I’ve got a baby boy being born in six weeks, so life is about to change and I’m going to need to balance my golf and travel, but I’m just really excited for what the future can bring.’’
Geary, who agonisingly missed out on his European Tour card by a single shot at Qualifying School Final Stage last November, finished on 17 under par, one behind the winning total, with England’s Dale Whitnell and Dutchman Lars van Meijel two shots further back on 15 under.
Overnight leader van Driel opened with two consecutive birdies but was unable to replicate the form that had seen him occupy top spot over each of the first three rounds. He eventually signed for a four over par round of 76 to finish in a tie for eighth.
Antoine Rozner, from France, continues to top the Challenge Tour Rankings despite missing the cut in Slovakia, with Enoch moving up 61 places into seventh position.
The Challenge Tour now visits France for the Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge from July 11-14.
Pos. |
Player | Nat |
To Par |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
R4 |
Total |
Prize Money |
1 |
ENOCH Rhys | WAL |
-18 |
68 |
69 |
65 |
68 |
270 |
€ 32,000 |
2 |
GEARY Josh | NZL |
-17 |
68 |
68 |
69 |
66 |
271 |
€ 22,000 |
3 |
VAN MEIJEL Lars | NED |
-15 |
68 |
69 |
66 |
70 |
273 |
€ 13,000 |
3 |
WHITNELL Dale | ENG |
-15 |
71 |
69 |
67 |
66 |
273 |
€ 13,000 |
5 |
PORTEOUS Garrick | ENG |
-13 |
74 |
65 |
67 |
69 |
275 |
€ 8,133 |
5 |
ROUSSEL Robin | FRA |
-13 |
67 |
71 |
72 |
65 |
275 |
€ 8,133 |
5 |
SJÖHOLM Joel | SWE |
-13 |
68 |
73 |
66 |
68 |
275 |
€ 8,133 |
8 |
CANTERO GUTIERREZ Ivan | ESP |
-12 |
67 |
68 |
74 |
67 |
276 |
€ 5,200 |
8 |
VAN DRIEL Darius | NED |
-12 |
64 |
69 |
67 |
76 |
276 |
€ 5,200 |
10 |
CARLSSON Johan | SWE |
-11 |
71 |
65 |
73 |
68 |
277 |
€ 3,525 |
10 |
EASTON Bryce | RSA |
-11 |
68 |
69 |
72 |
68 |
277 |
€ 3,525 |
10 |
GARCIA RODRIGUEZ Sebastian | ESP |
-11 |
69 |
67 |
68 |
73 |
277 |
€ 3,525 |
10 |
HØJGAARD Rasmus | DEN |
-11 |
70 |
68 |
67 |
72 |
277 |
€ 3,525 |
10 |
MERONK Adrian | POL |
-11 |
72 |
68 |
70 |
67 |
277 |
€ 3,525 |
10 |
SENIOR Jack | ENG |
-11 |
66 |
70 |
71 |
70 |
277 |
€ 3,525 |
10 |
TARRIO BEN Santiago | ESP |
-11 |
73 |
68 |
68 |
68 |
277 |
€ 3,525 |
10 |
VON DELLINGSHAUSEN Nicolai | GER |
-11 |
68 |
67 |
72 |
70 |
277 |
€ 3,525 |
18 |
MATUS Stanislav | CZE |
-10 |
69 |
70 |
69 |
70 |
278 |
€ 2,600 |
19 |
CAFOUREK Jan | CZE |
-9 |
72 |
70 |
71 |
66 |
279 |
€ 2,077 |
19 |
FERNANDEZ Scott | ESP |
-9 |
67 |
68 |
71 |
73 |
279 |
€ 2,077 |
19 |
KOEPKA Chase | USA |
-9 |
69 |
67 |
68 |
75 |
279 |
€ 2,077 |
19 |
MCCARTHY Nick | ENG |
-9 |
71 |
70 |
68 |
70 |
279 |
€ 2,077 |
19 |
PIGEM Carlos | ESP |
-9 |
70 |
68 |
70 |
71 |
279 |
€ 2,077 |
19 |
TREE Toby | ENG |
-9 |
71 |
70 |
68 |
70 |
279 |
€ 2,077 |
25 |
DEL VAL Samuel | ESP |
-8 |
66 |
74 |
69 |
71 |
280 |
€ 1,780 |
25 |
KIM Minkyu | KOR |
-8 |
69 |
69 |
69 |
73 |
280 |
€ 1,780 |
25 |
NEMECZ Lukas | AUT |
-8 |
68 |
72 |
67 |
73 |
280 |
€ 1,780 |
25 |
QUESNE Julien | FRA |
-8 |
68 |
74 |
69 |
69 |
280 |
€ 1,780 |
29 |
BOOTE David | WAL |
-7 |
68 |
69 |
75 |
69 |
281 |
€ 1,500 |
29 |
BRUN Julien | FRA |
-7 |
70 |
70 |
70 |
71 |
281 |
€ 1,500 |
29 |
CARLSSON Magnus A | SWE |
-7 |
68 |
69 |
74 |
70 |
281 |
€ 1,500 |
29 |
COCKERILL Aaron | CAN |
-7 |
70 |
71 |
69 |
71 |
281 |
€ 1,500 |
29 |
HUIZING Daan | NED |
-7 |
68 |
71 |
70 |
72 |
281 |
€ 1,500 |
29 |
KAKKO Roope | FIN |
-7 |
69 |
73 |
71 |
68 |
281 |
€ 1,500 |
29 |
LAPORTA Francesco | ITA |
-7 |
67 |
70 |
70 |
74 |
281 |
€ 1,500 |
29 |
SANTOS Ricardo | POR |
-7 |
70 |
69 |
70 |
72 |
281 |
€ 1,500 |
29 |
TINNING Nicolai | DEN |
-7 |
72 |
70 |
71 |
68 |
281 |
€ 1,500 |
29 |
WIEGELE Martin | AUT |
-7 |
69 |
71 |
67 |
74 |
281 |
€ 1,500 |
39 |
BALDWIN Matthew | ENG |
-6 |
70 |
70 |
72 |
70 |
282 |
€ 1,160 |
39 |
BESSELING Wil | NED |
-6 |
70 |
71 |
68 |
73 |
282 |
€ 1,160 |
39 |
HØJGAARD Nicolai | DEN |
-6 |
70 |
67 |
77 |
68 |
282 |
€ 1,160 |
39 |
PERRIER Damien | FRA |
-6 |
67 |
73 |
71 |
71 |
282 |
€ 1,160 |
39 |
RITTHAMMER Bernd | GER |
-6 |
70 |
69 |
67 |
76 |
282 |
€ 1,160 |
39 |
RIU Victor | FRA |
-6 |
67 |
75 |
71 |
69 |
282 |
€ 1,160 |
39 |
SCALISE Lorenzo | ITA |
-6 |
72 |
68 |
73 |
69 |
282 |
€ 1,160 |
46 |
ELLIS Harry | ENG |
-5 |
69 |
68 |
75 |
71 |
283 |
€ 980 |
46 |
STUREHED Henric | SWE |
-5 |
70 |
71 |
73 |
69 |
283 |
€ 980 |
48 |
HAVRET Grégory | FRA |
-4 |
72 |
69 |
71 |
72 |
284 |
€ 880 |
48 |
NEIL Bradley | SCO |
-4 |
67 |
72 |
69 |
76 |
284 |
€ 880 |
48 |
THOMSON Jonathan | ENG |
-4 |
69 |
72 |
71 |
72 |
284 |
€ 880 |
51 |
BLAND Richard | ENG |
-3 |
70 |
71 |
73 |
71 |
285 |
€ 790 |
51 |
KRISTJANSSON Gudmundur | ISL |
-3 |
74 |
67 |
70 |
74 |
285 |
€ 790 |
53 |
STARK Oscar | SWE |
-2 |
69 |
70 |
72 |
75 |
286 |
€ 760 |
54 |
GAVINS Daniel | ENG |
-1 |
70 |
71 |
69 |
77 |
287 |
€ 720 |
54 |
LIMA José-Filipe | POR |
-1 |
74 |
68 |
71 |
74 |
287 |
€ 720 |
54 |
MICHAEL Anthony | RSA |
-1 |
67 |
73 |
69 |
78 |
287 |
€ 720 |
57 |
FRITSCH Florian | GER |
0 |
72 |
70 |
73 |
73 |
288 |
€ 670 |
57 |
KUNZENBACHER Julian | GER |
0 |
71 |
71 |
73 |
73 |
288 |
€ 670 |
59 |
FARR Oliver | WAL |
1 |
68 |
73 |
72 |
76 |
289 |
€ 640 |
60 |
DAYDOU Alexandre | FRA |
2 |
69 |
71 |
77 |
73 |
290 |
€ 620 |
61 |
PIAGET Sandro | MON |
3 |
69 |
72 |
73 |
77 |
291 |
€ 590 |
61 |
VIRTO Borja | ESP |
3 |
69 |
71 |
74 |
77 |
291 |
€ 590 |
63 |
HOWIE Craig | SCO |
4 |
68 |
74 |
76 |
74 |
292 |
€ 560 |
64 |
CANTER Laurie | ENG |
7 |
71 |
71 |
79 |
74 |
295 |
€ 540 |
65 |
ANGLES Pep | ESP |
-1 |
74 |
69 |
0 |
0 |
143 |
€ 0 |
65 |
BRAEUNIG Christian | GER |
-1 |
70 |
73 |
0 |
0 |
143 |
€ 0 |
65 |
CARON Rowin | NED |
-1 |
71 |
72 |
0 |
0 |
143 |
€ 0 |
65 |
CASALEGNO Carlo | ITA |
-1 |
75 |
68 |
0 |
0 |
143 |
€ 0 |
65 |
CUARTERO BLANCO Emilio | ESP |
-1 |
71 |
72 |
0 |
0 |
143 |
€ 0 |
65 |
DE SOUSA Raphaël | SUI |
-1 |
69 |
74 |
0 |
0 |
143 |
€ 0 |
65 |
DEL MORAL Carlos | ESP |
-1 |
69 |
74 |
0 |
0 |
143 |
€ 0 |
65 |
DUBOIS Edouard | FRA |
-1 |
73 |
70 |
0 |
0 |
143 |
€ 0 |
65 |
ERIKSSON Martin | SWE |
-1 |
70 |
73 |
0 |
0 |
143 |
€ 0 |
65 |
GLENNEMO Jacob | SWE |
-1 |
73 |
70 |
0 |
0 |
143 |
€ 0 |
65 |
GLOET Christian | DEN |
-1 |
71 |
72 |
0 |
0 |
143 |
€ 0 |
65 |
GRADECKI Mateusz | POL |
-1 |
71 |
72 |
0 |
0 |
143 |
€ 0 |
65 |
GRENVILLE-WOOD Joshua | ENG |
-1 |
69 |
74 |
0 |
0 |
143 |
€ 0 |
65 |
HOLMES Evan | CAN |
-1 |
72 |
71 |
0 |
0 |
143 |
€ 0 |
65 |
IM Daniel | USA |
-1 |
69 |
74 |
0 |
0 |
143 |
€ 0 |
65 |
JOHANSSON Niclas | SWE |
-1 |
74 |
69 |
0 |
0 |
143 |
€ 0 |
65 |
LINDELL Oliver | FIN |
-1 |
75 |
68 |
0 |
0 |
143 |
€ 0 |
65 |
MACH (AM) Pavol | SVK |
-1 |
70 |
73 |
0 |
0 |
143 |
€ 0 |
65 |
MRUZEK Filip | CZE |
-1 |
71 |
72 |
0 |
0 |
143 |
€ 0 |
65 |
ROZNER Antoine | FRA |
-1 |
70 |
73 |
0 |
0 |
143 |
€ 0 |
65 |
SPOONER Billy | ENG |
-1 |
74 |
69 |
0 |
0 |
143 |
€ 0 |
65 |
STOW Ben | ENG |
-1 |
73 |
70 |
0 |
0 |
143 |
€ 0 |
65 |
WIDEGREN Pontus | SWE |
-1 |
69 |
74 |
0 |
0 |
143 |
€ 0 |
88 |
GIRRBACH Joel | SUI |
0 |
70 |
74 |
0 |
0 |
144 |
€ 0 |
88 |
LAMPERT Moritz | GER |
0 |
72 |
72 |
0 |
0 |
144 |
€ 0 |
88 |
MIVIS Christopher | BEL |
0 |
74 |
70 |
0 |
0 |
144 |
€ 0 |
88 |
MURRAY Tom | ENG |
0 |
74 |
70 |
0 |
0 |
144 |
€ 0 |
88 |
WRISDALE Jordan | ENG |
0 |
69 |
75 |
0 |
0 |
144 |
€ 0 |
93 |
GANE Chris | ENG |
1 |
74 |
71 |
0 |
0 |
145 |
€ 0 |
93 |
HELLIGKILDE Marcus | DEN |
1 |
70 |
75 |
0 |
0 |
145 |
€ 0 |
93 |
JOANNES Hugues | BEL |
1 |
72 |
73 |
0 |
0 |
145 |
€ 0 |
93 |
SIMONSEN Martin | DEN |
1 |
71 |
74 |
0 |
0 |
145 |
€ 0 |
93 |
TILEY Steven | ENG |
1 |
74 |
71 |
0 |
0 |
145 |
€ 0 |
98 |
AGUILAR Felipe | CHI |
2 |
70 |
76 |
0 |
0 |
146 |
€ 0 |
98 |
CHO Rak hyun | KOR |
2 |
71 |
75 |
0 |
0 |
146 |
€ 0 |
98 |
COHEN-BOYER Louis | FRA |
2 |
76 |
70 |
0 |
0 |
146 |
€ 0 |
98 |
KÖLBING Jonas | GER |
2 |
71 |
75 |
0 |
0 |
146 |
€ 0 |
102 |
ALBERTUS Max | NED |
3 |
75 |
72 |
0 |
0 |
147 |
€ 0 |
102 |
GROS Sébastien | FRA |
3 |
75 |
72 |
0 |
0 |
147 |
€ 0 |
102 |
KEYSER Mathiam | RSA |
3 |
75 |
72 |
0 |
0 |
147 |
€ 0 |
102 |
OLSEN Aksel | NOR |
3 |
75 |
72 |
0 |
0 |
147 |
€ 0 |
102 |
PUCHMELTER Adam | SVK |
3 |
74 |
73 |
0 |
0 |
147 |
€ 0 |
102 |
ROSS Craig | SCO |
3 |
72 |
75 |
0 |
0 |
147 |
€ 0 |
102 |
SARACINO Andrea | ITA |
3 |
72 |
75 |
0 |
0 |
147 |
€ 0 |
102 |
SIEM Marcel | GER |
3 |
72 |
75 |
0 |
0 |
147 |
€ 0 |
110 |
BREZOVSKY Michal | SVK |
4 |
75 |
73 |
0 |
0 |
148 |
€ 0 |
110 |
DOHERTY Jack | SCO |
4 |
71 |
77 |
0 |
0 |
148 |
€ 0 |
110 |
GALIANO AGUILAR Mario | ESP |
4 |
73 |
75 |
0 |
0 |
148 |
€ 0 |
110 |
MADDY Paul | ENG |
4 |
73 |
75 |
0 |
0 |
148 |
€ 0 |
110 |
VECCHI FOSSA Jacopo | ITA |
4 |
71 |
77 |
0 |
0 |
148 |
€ 0 |
110 |
YOUNG Mark | ENG |
4 |
75 |
73 |
0 |
0 |
148 |
€ 0 |
116 |
CARLOTA Joao | POR |
5 |
72 |
77 |
0 |
0 |
149 |
€ 0 |
116 |
CEA Michele | ITA |
5 |
74 |
75 |
0 |
0 |
149 |
€ 0 |
116 |
COUPLAND Dave | ENG |
5 |
73 |
76 |
0 |
0 |
149 |
€ 0 |
116 |
PAPADATOS Dimitrios | AUS |
5 |
72 |
77 |
0 |
0 |
149 |
€ 0 |
120 |
LEITMANNSTETTER Aaron | GER |
6 |
76 |
74 |
0 |
0 |
150 |
€ 0 |
120 |
ROBB Chris | SCO |
6 |
72 |
78 |
0 |
0 |
150 |
€ 0 |
122 |
ECCLES Ben | AUS |
7 |
74 |
77 |
0 |
0 |
151 |
€ 0 |
122 |
GALLIANO Luca | SUI |
7 |
79 |
72 |
0 |
0 |
151 |
€ 0 |
122 |
MUNRO Jack | AUS |
7 |
79 |
72 |
0 |
0 |
151 |
€ 0 |
125 |
AHOKAS Antti | FIN |
8 |
71 |
81 |
0 |
0 |
152 |
€ 0 |
125 |
BECK Tomas | CZE |
8 |
79 |
73 |
0 |
0 |
152 |
€ 0 |
125 |
BERNA MANZANARES Daniel | ESP |
8 |
74 |
78 |
0 |
0 |
152 |
€ 0 |
125 |
BRIXI (AM) Gordan | CZE |
8 |
74 |
78 |
0 |
0 |
152 |
€ 0 |
125 |
KORINEK Ales | CZE |
8 |
78 |
74 |
0 |
0 |
152 |
€ 0 |
125 |
RENOLDS Lindsay | CAN |
8 |
79 |
73 |
0 |
0 |
152 |
€ 0 |
125 |
VALASEK Peter | SVK |
8 |
75 |
77 |
0 |
0 |
152 |
€ 0 |
125 |
WITTMANN Sebastian | AUT |
8 |
76 |
76 |
0 |
0 |
152 |
€ 0 |
125 |
ZUNIC Jordan | AUS |
8 |
76 |
76 |
0 |
0 |
152 |
€ 0 |
134 |
CLEMENTS Todd | ENG |
9 |
77 |
76 |
0 |
0 |
153 |
€ 0 |
134 |
SUCHAN Daniel | CZE |
9 |
77 |
76 |
0 |
0 |
153 |
€ 0 |
136 |
HULDAHL Jeppe Pape | DEN |
10 |
80 |
74 |
0 |
0 |
154 |
€ 0 |
136 |
YAMAC (AM) Taner | TUR |
10 |
80 |
74 |
0 |
0 |
154 |
€ 0 |
138 |
ACIKALIN (AM) Leon | TUR |
12 |
77 |
79 |
0 |
0 |
156 |
€ 0 |
138 |
MOHR Marcus | ENG |
12 |
75 |
81 |
0 |
0 |
156 |
€ 0 |
138 |
MURRAY Michael | USA |
12 |
80 |
76 |
0 |
0 |
156 |
€ 0 |
138 |
ROBINSON Liam | ENG |
12 |
76 |
80 |
0 |
0 |
156 |
€ 0 |
138 |
ZACH (AM) Šimon | CZE |
12 |
80 |
76 |
0 |
0 |
156 |
€ 0 |
143 |
DANEK Stepan | CZE |
15 |
76 |
83 |
0 |
0 |
159 |
€ 0 |
143 |
DECOTTIGNIES-LAFON Mathieu | FRA |
15 |
80 |
79 |
0 |
0 |
159 |
€ 0 |
145 |
MRUZEK Peter | CZE |
16 |
78 |
82 |
0 |
0 |
160 |
€ 0 |
145 |
SIWY (AM) David | CZE |
16 |
82 |
78 |
0 |
0 |
160 |
€ 0 |
147 |
ZUSTAK (AM) Lukas | SVK |
18 |
73 |
89 |
0 |
0 |
162 |
€ 0 |
148 |
LUCANSKY (AM) Branislav | SVK |
19 |
83 |
80 |
0 |
0 |
163 |
€ 0 |
149 |
VIDA (AM) Sebastian | SVK |
29 |
90 |
83 |
0 |
0 |
173 |
€ 0 |
150 |
FORD Charlie | ENG |
7 |
79 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
79 |
€ 0 |
150 |
FRIESZ Jan | SVK |
14 |
86 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
86 |
€ 0 |
150 |
GAL Petr | CZE |
4 |
76 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
76 |
€ 0 |
150 |
GEYGER Nico | CHI |
3 |
75 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
75 |
€ 0 |
150 |
MEJOW Philipp | GER |
1 |
73 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
73 |
€ 0 |
150 |
SAXTON Reinier | NED |
1 |
73 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
73 |
€ 0 |
156 |
BLOMSTRAND Christofer | SWE |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
€ 0 |