October 10-13
Headfort Golf Club, Kells, Ireland
โฌ200,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 3
Emilio Cuartero Blanco secured an emotional maiden victory on the European Challenge Tour after defeating Oscar Lengden on the third play-off hole of the Stone Irish Challenge.
The final round of the tournament, which was being played at Headfort Golf Club, was cancelled as heavy rains water-logged the course, rendering it unplayable.
With Cuartero Blanco and Lengden sharing the 54-hole lead on 11 under par, a play-off โ held on the par three 17th hole โ was required to determine a winner.
Both players carded two-putt pars on the first extra hole, and on the second, both nearly chipped in after missing the green. The third time around, Cuartero Blanco holed a birdie putt from 12 feet, and when Lengdenโs birdie effort from ten feet burned the edge, the Spaniard secured his first victory in five seasons on the Challenge Tour.
🗣️โThis was going to be the last tournament of the year for me. I was 100th on the #RoadtoMallorca and it was one of those years where you battle and the scores donโt go the right way."@CuarteroEmilio now has plenty to play for after winning the #IrishChallenge 📈
โ Challenge Tour (@Challenge_Tour) October 13, 2019
โI remember the first year I got onto the Challenge Tour five years ago, I thought I was going to win a couple, maybe three and get to the European Tour,โ he said โThen I got shocked with reality. Iโve been close before, but now, itโs just one of those feelings I canโt describe.
โI just want to go home and hug my loved ones. Itโs just a tournament I know, and life goes on, but Iโm definitely going to enjoy this one. I donโt know what to say really.
The victory dramatically alters the course of the season for the 28-year-old, who now moves to 41st on the Road to Mallorca Rankings, and gains entry into the limited-field Hainan and Foshan Opens.
โThis was going to be the last tournament of the year for me,โ he said. โI was 100th on the Rankings, and it was one of those years where you battle and the scores donโt go the right way, but you know youโre doing things well.โ
The win came so suddenly for Cuartero Blanco, that he will forgo the Hainan Open in order to obtain the necessary travel visa for the Foshan Open, where he will then try to earn a spot in the season-ending Challenge Tour Grand Final, which is reserved for the top 45 players on the Road to Mallorca.
โI donโt even know how I played this good with all the swing changes Iโm doing. I was just trying to play golf and have no back pain, and I ended up winning.
โMaybe itโs because Iโm having fun, but I donโt know. I donโt want to think about it too much I just want to enjoy it. Now I know I can win. I know itโs not four rounds and all that, but a win is a win.โ
Cormac Sharvin, who finished in a tie for fifth on eight under par, collected the Christy OโConnor Jnr Memorial Trophy, which is awarded to the low-Irishman at the Stone Irish Challenge. The Dublin resident moved to fifth on the Road to Mallorca Rankings and has joined the race to finish the season as Challenge Tour Number One.
The Challenge Tour now travels to China for two limited-field events, which begin with the Hainan Open at Sanya Luhuitou Golf Club in Donghai Bay, China from October 17-20.
Pos |
Player | To Par |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
Total |
Prize money |
1 |
CUARTERO BLANCO, Emilio | -11 |
67 |
68 |
70 |
205 |
€ 32,000.00 |
2 |
LENGDEN, Oscar | -11 |
69 |
67 |
69 |
205 |
€ 22,000.00 |
3 |
CLEMENTS, Todd | -10 |
72 |
67 |
67 |
206 |
€ 14,000.00 |
4 |
NEIL, Bradley | -9 |
68 |
70 |
69 |
207 |
€ 12,000.00 |
5 |
COCKERILL, Aaron | -8 |
67 |
70 |
71 |
208 |
€ 7,500.00 |
โ |
HUIZING, Daan | -8 |
67 |
71 |
70 |
208 |
€ 7,500.00 |
โ |
SHARVIN, Cormac | -8 |
69 |
69 |
70 |
208 |
€ 7,500.00 |
โ |
STUREHED, Henric | -8 |
72 |
67 |
69 |
208 |
€ 7,500.00 |
9 |
KRISTJANSSON, Gudmundur | -7 |
70 |
67 |
72 |
209 |
€ 4,800.00 |
10 |
HILLIER, Daniel | -6 |
70 |
71 |
69 |
210 |
€ 3,950.00 |
10 |
MANSELL, Richard | -6 |
71 |
71 |
68 |
210 |
€ 3,950.00 |
โ |
MOYNIHAN, Gavin | -6 |
70 |
67 |
73 |
210 |
€ 3,950.00 |
โ |
VAN DRIEL, Darius | -6 |
72 |
70 |
68 |
210 |
€ 3,950.00 |
14 |
GALBRAITH, JR | -5 |
71 |
71 |
69 |
211 |
€ 3,300.00 |
โ |
STARK, Oscar | -5 |
68 |
74 |
69 |
211 |
€ 3,300.00 |
16 |
BERARDO, Clément | -4 |
69 |
72 |
71 |
212 |
€ 2,700.00 |
โ |
GROS, Sébastien | -4 |
70 |
71 |
71 |
212 |
€ 2,700.00 |
โ |
ORRIN, Max | -4 |
71 |
68 |
73 |
212 |
€ 2,700.00 |
โ |
PERRIER, Damien | -4 |
70 |
69 |
73 |
212 |
€ 2,700.00 |
20 |
CANTER, Laurie | -3 |
67 |
74 |
72 |
213 |
€ 1,983.33 |
โ |
CARLSSON, Magnus A | -3 |
71 |
72 |
70 |
213 |
€ 1,983.33 |
โ |
DECOTTIGNIES-LAFON, Mathieu | -3 |
68 |
71 |
74 |
213 |
€ 1,983.33 |
โ |
GARCIA RODRIGUEZ, Sebastian | -3 |
74 |
69 |
70 |
213 |
€ 1,983.33 |
โ |
HELLIGKILDE, Marcus | -3 |
70 |
73 |
70 |
213 |
€ 1,983.33 |
โ |
WRISDALE, Jordan | -3 |
74 |
67 |
72 |
213 |
€ 1,983.33 |
26 |
BRAEUNIG, Christian | -2 |
72 |
74 |
68 |
214 |
€ 1,620.00 |
โ |
CALDWELL, Jonathan | -2 |
74 |
70 |
70 |
214 |
€ 1,620.00 |
โ |
CAREY, David | -2 |
72 |
72 |
70 |
214 |
€ 1,620.00 |
โ |
EVANS, Ryan | -2 |
71 |
71 |
72 |
214 |
€ 1,620.00 |
โ |
HULDAHL, Jeppe Pape | -2 |
72 |
72 |
70 |
214 |
€ 1,620.00 |
โ |
KIM, Minkyu | -2 |
73 |
69 |
72 |
214 |
€ 1,620.00 |
โ |
MIVIS, Christopher | -2 |
71 |
73 |
70 |
214 |
€ 1,620.00 |
โ |
MURRAY, Tom | -2 |
71 |
68 |
75 |
214 |
€ 1,620.00 |
โ |
ROBB, Chris | -2 |
73 |
73 |
68 |
214 |
€ 1,620.00 |
โ |
SCHMIDT, Ben (AM) | -2 |
70 |
73 |
71 |
214 |
€ 0.00 |
โ |
YATES, Jonathan | -2 |
70 |
72 |
72 |
214 |
€ 1,620.00 |
37 |
BAEK, Peter Launer | -1 |
76 |
70 |
69 |
215 |
€ 1,300.00 |
โ |
DEAN, Joe | -1 |
72 |
74 |
69 |
215 |
€ 1,300.00 |
โ |
FORD, Matt | -1 |
69 |
75 |
71 |
215 |
€ 1,300.00 |
โ |
GRADECKI, Mateusz | -1 |
74 |
72 |
69 |
215 |
€ 1,300.00 |
โ |
HUNDEBØLL, Oliver | -1 |
69 |
75 |
71 |
215 |
€ 1,300.00 |
โ |
SPOONER, Billy | -1 |
71 |
74 |
70 |
215 |
€ 1,300.00 |
43 |
HOEY, Michael | PAR |
69 |
75 |
72 |
216 |
€ 1,080.00 |
โ |
HOWIE, Craig | PAR |
69 |
73 |
74 |
216 |
€ 1,080.00 |
โ |
JOUVEN, Richard | PAR |
70 |
74 |
72 |
216 |
€ 1,080.00 |
โ |
THOMSON, Jonathan | PAR |
70 |
71 |
75 |
216 |
€ 1,080.00 |
โ |
YOUNG, Mark | PAR |
70 |
72 |
74 |
216 |
€ 1,080.00 |
48 |
BOOTE, David | 1 |
72 |
72 |
73 |
217 |
€ 900.00 |
โ |
EDBERG, Pelle | 1 |
73 |
71 |
73 |
217 |
€ 900.00 |
โ |
FORD, Charlie | 1 |
74 |
72 |
71 |
217 |
€ 900.00 |
โ |
GREHAN, Stuart | 1 |
73 |
73 |
71 |
217 |
€ 900.00 |
52 |
ARMITAGE, Marcus | 2 |
73 |
73 |
72 |
218 |
€ 760.00 |
โ |
COUPLAND, Dave | 2 |
72 |
71 |
75 |
218 |
€ 760.00 |
โ |
DUBOIS, Edouard | 2 |
74 |
69 |
75 |
218 |
€ 760.00 |
โ |
MCCARTHY, Nick | 2 |
71 |
71 |
76 |
218 |
€ 760.00 |
โ |
O'ROURKE, Conor | 2 |
72 |
70 |
76 |
218 |
€ 760.00 |
57 |
JOHN, Allen | 3 |
71 |
74 |
74 |
219 |
€ 700.00 |
58 |
MATUS, Stanislav | 4 |
75 |
71 |
74 |
220 |
€ 660.00 |
โ |
MCELROY, Dermot | 4 |
72 |
74 |
74 |
220 |
€ 660.00 |
โ |
OLSEN, Aksel | 4 |
72 |
74 |
74 |
220 |
€ 660.00 |
61 |
ROSS, Craig | 4 |
71 |
73 |
77 |
221 |
€ 620.00 |
62 |
LASKEY, Mark | 6 |
77 |
69 |
76 |
222 |
€ 600.00 |
63 |
DINWIDDIE, Robert | 7 |
71 |
75 |
77 |
223 |
€ 580.00 |
64 |
DAWSON, Robin | 3 |
74 |
73 |
- |
147 |
€ 0.00 |
โ |
GEARY, Josh | 3 |
71 |
76 |
- |
147 |
€ 0.00 |
โ |
HANSON, Chris | 3 |
72 |
75 |
- |
147 |
€ 0.00 |
โ |
ITEN, Marco | 3 |
76 |
71 |
- |
147 |
€ 0.00 |
โ |
KARLBERG, Rikard | 3 |
71 |
76 |
- |
147 |
€ 0.00 |
โ |
LANDO CASANOVA, Jérôme | 3 |
72 |
75 |
- |
147 |
€ 0.00 |
โ |
MADDY, Paul | 3 |
76 |
71 |
- |
147 |
€ 0.00 |
โ |
MAZZOLI, Stefano | 3 |
68 |
79 |
- |
147 |
€ 0.00 |
โ |
MCBRIDE, Paul | 3 |
78 |
69 |
- |
147 |
€ 0.00 |
โ |
McGOWAN, Ross | 3 |
74 |
73 |
- |
147 |
€ 0.00 |
โ |
MEJOW, Philipp | 3 |
77 |
70 |
- |
147 |
€ 0.00 |
โ |
PICANSO, Matt | 3 |
72 |
75 |
- |
147 |
€ 0.00 |
โ |
RUSCH, Benjamin | 3 |
75 |
72 |
- |
147 |
€ 0.00 |
โ |
TREE, Toby | 3 |
76 |
71 |
- |
147 |
€ 0.00 |
78 |
FORSSTRÖM, Simon | 4 |
74 |
74 |
- |
148 |
€ 0.00 |
โ |
GARCIA-HEREDIA, Alfredo | 4 |
72 |
76 |
- |
148 |
€ 0.00 |
โ |
KORINEK, Ales | 4 |
75 |
73 |
- |
148 |
€ 0.00 |
โ |
LAWSON, Deyen | 4 |
68 |
80 |
- |
148 |
€ 0.00 |
โ |
MAURER, Jürgen | 4 |
73 |
75 |
- |
148 |
€ 0.00 |
โ |
RIU, Victor | 4 |
79 |
69 |
- |
148 |
€ 0.00 |
โ |
STEWART, Duncan | 4 |
72 |
76 |
- |
148 |
€ 0.00 |
โ |
TINNING, Nicolai | 4 |
72 |
76 |
- |
148 |
€ 0.00 |
86 |
ERIKSSON, Martin | 5 |
79 |
70 |
- |
149 |
€ 0.00 |
โ |
MCGEE, Ruaidhri | 5 |
73 |
76 |
- |
149 |
€ 0.00 |
โ |
MRUZEK, Filip | 5 |
78 |
71 |
- |
149 |
€ 0.00 |
โ |
NYLAND, Kasper (AM) | 5 |
74 |
75 |
- |
149 |
€ 0.00 |
โ |
QUESNE, Julien | 5 |
74 |
75 |
- |
149 |
€ 0.00 |
โ |
STAL, Gary | 5 |
74 |
75 |
- |
149 |
€ 0.00 |
โ |
YOUNG, Daniel | 5 |
74 |
75 |
- |
149 |
€ 0.00 |
93 |
AHOKAS, Antti | 6 |
74 |
76 |
- |
150 |
€ 0.00 |
โ |
CAFOUREK, Jan | 6 |
79 |
71 |
- |
150 |
€ 0.00 |
โ |
COHEN-BOYER, Louis | 6 |
75 |
75 |
- |
150 |
€ 0.00 |
โ |
ENEFER, Will | 6 |
78 |
72 |
- |
150 |
€ 0.00 |
โ |
JOANNES, Hugues | 6 |
77 |
73 |
- |
150 |
€ 0.00 |
โ |
NEMECZ, Lukas | 6 |
74 |
76 |
- |
150 |
€ 0.00 |
โ |
VAN WEST, Robbie | 6 |
75 |
75 |
- |
150 |
€ 0.00 |
100 |
BORDA, David | 7 |
72 |
79 |
- |
151 |
€ 0.00 |
โ |
KNAPPE, Alexander | 7 |
79 |
72 |
- |
151 |
€ 0.00 |
โ |
KUNZENBACHER, Julian | 7 |
78 |
73 |
- |
151 |
€ 0.00 |
โ |
LINARD, Thomas | 7 |
75 |
76 |
- |
151 |
€ 0.00 |
โ |
MCNAMARA, Rory | 7 |
74 |
77 |
- |
151 |
€ 0.00 |
โ |
SARACINO, Andrea | 7 |
79 |
72 |
- |
151 |
€ 0.00 |
106 |
ABBOTT, Jamie | 8 |
74 |
78 |
- |
152 |
€ 0.00 |
โ |
HENRY, Scott | 8 |
74 |
78 |
- |
152 |
€ 0.00 |
โ |
WAUGH, Clancy | 8 |
78 |
74 |
- |
152 |
€ 0.00 |
109 |
BALTL, Timon | 9 |
77 |
76 |
- |
153 |
€ 0.00 |
โ |
KÖLBING, Jonas | 9 |
75 |
78 |
- |
153 |
€ 0.00 |
โ |
LIPOLD, Lukas | 9 |
78 |
75 |
- |
153 |
€ 0.00 |
112 |
WITTMANN, Sebastian | 10 |
80 |
74 |
- |
154 |
€ 0.00 |
113 |
BERNA MANZANARES, Daniel | 11 |
78 |
77 |
- |
155 |
€ 0.00 |
โ |
FERNANDEZ, Scott | 11 |
73 |
82 |
- |
155 |
€ 0.00 |
โ |
GLENNEMO, Jacob | 11 |
79 |
76 |
- |
155 |
€ 0.00 |
116 |
CEA, Michele | 12 |
79 |
77 |
- |
156 |
€ 0.00 |
117 |
MOHR, Marcus | 13 |
80 |
77 |
- |
157 |
€ 0.00 |
118 |
LOPES, Vitor | 14 |
79 |
79 |
- |
158 |
€ 0.00 |
โ |
VIRTO, Borja | 14 |
80 |
78 |
- |
158 |
€ 0.00 |
WD |
O'BRIAIN, Neil | PAR |
72 |
- |
- |
72 |
€ 0.00 |