The Challenge of Ireland was a

golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping ...

tournament on the

Challenge Tour The Challenge Tour is the second-tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European Tour and, as with on the main European Tour and the European Senior Tour, some of the events are played outside Europe. History T ...

, held in

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

. It was played from 2005 to 2009. Robert Coles won the 2009 event in a playoff over Belgian

Nicolas Colsaerts Nicolas Colsaerts (born 14 November 1982) is a Belgian professional golfer currently playing on the European Tour and previously on the PGA Tour. Early life Colsaerts, also known as "The Belgian Bomber", was born in Schaerbeek, Belgium. Coming ...

Winners

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Coverage on the Challenge Tour's official site
Former Challenge Tour events Golf tournaments in the Republic of Ireland Golf in County Kildare Golf in Leinster Recurring sporting events established in 2005 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2009 2005 establishments in Ireland 2009 disestablishments in Ireland {{golf-tournament-stub

Winners

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