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The Danish Golf Challenge was the third European stop on the HotelPlanner Tour’s Road to Mallorca and the eighth event of the year.
Following Jonathan Gøth-Rasmussen’s narrow victory over Calum Fyfe at Bogense Golf Club last year, the Danish Golf Challenge returned to the 2000 and 2024 venue, Odense Eventyr Golf Club, some 20 miles down the road. Odense, the third largest city in Denmark, had previously seen Andreas Halvorsen emerge victorious in 2024, winning by three shots.
Scandinavians continued to dominate the list of past winners, with Swede Fredrik Henge having shot ten under par at Odense Eventyr in 2000, before Norwegian Halvorsen posted 19 under par in 2024. Gøth-Rasmussen’s victory last year continued the trend, with the Dane also finishing on 19 under par for the week, meaning low scoring was expected once again. DP World Tour winner Matteo Manassero had also been crowned champion in recent years.
It proved to be a long week for some players, with U.S. Open Final Qualifying having taken place at Walton Heath Golf Club on May 18, the Monday of the Danish Golf Challenge. Tapio Pulkkanen, Callum Farr and Jhared Hack all competed before flying out to Denmark, with Pulkkanen coming closest to qualifying after shooting eight under par across two rounds, finishing two shots short. Road to Mallorca leader MJ Daffue also performed well, shooting five under par, but did not feature in the field that week as players battled it out for the €300,000 prize pool.
Tapio Pulkkanen claimed his second HotelPlanner Tour title on Sunday, winning the Danish Golf Challenge in a dramatic play-off at Odense Eventyr Golf.
Here’s the prize money breakdown for each golfer at the 2026 Danish Golf Challenge
1 Tapio Pulkkanen €48,000.00
2 Maxence Giboudot €33,000.00
3 Algot Kleen €18,000.00
3 Juan Salama €18,000.00
3 Adam Wallin €18,000.00
6 Liam Nolan €10,800.00
6 Martin Simonsen €10,800.00
8 Javier Barcos Garbayo €7,050.00
8 Haydn Barron €7,050.00
8 Tom Lewis €7,050.00
8 Clément Sordet €7,050.00
12 Jeppe Kristian Andersen €5,250.00
12 Jonathan Gøth-Rasmussen €5,250.00
12 Lars van der Vight €5,250.00
12 Marc Warren €5,250.00
16 Anton Albers €4,050.00
16 Bastien Amat €4,050.00
16 Pedro Figueiredo €4,050.00
16 Ryan van Velzen €4,050.00
20 Matteo Cristoni €2,898.75
20 Mathieu Decottignies-Lafon €2,898.75
20 Tobias Edén €2,898.75
20 Pablo Ereno €2,898.75
20 Christian Jacobsen €2,898.75
20 Wilco Nienaber €2,898.75
20 Jan Schneider €2,898.75
20 Chris Wood €2,898.75
28 Björn Åkesson €2,430.00
28 Nick Carlson €2,430.00
28 Alex Goff €2,430.00
28 Clement Guichard €2,430.00
28 Kristian Krogh Johannessen €2,430.00
28 Anton Karlsson €2,430.00
34 Jean Bekirian €2,070.00
34 John-Ross Galbraith €2,070.00
34 David Horsey €2,070.00
34 Alexander Knappe €2,070.00
34 John Murphy €2,070.00
34 Baard Skogen €2,070.00
40 Wil Besseling €1,680.00
40 Jannik de Bruyn €1,680.00
40 Chase Hanna €1,680.00
40 Sam Hutsby €1,680.00
40 Saptak Talwar €1,680.00
40 Joseba Torres €1,680.00
40 Borja Virto €1,680.00
47 Bailey Gill €1,252.50
47 Gregor Graham €1,252.50
47 Michael Hirmer €1,252.50
47 Palmer Jackson €1,252.50
47 Joel Moscatel €1,252.50
47 David Nyfjall €1,252.50
47 Mark Power €1,252.50
47 Aron Zemmer €1,252.50
55 Javier Calles Roman €1,080.00
56 Sam Jones €1,005.00
56 Dermot McElroy €1,005.00
56 Benjamin Rusch €1,005.00
56 Albin Tiden €1,005.00
60 Barclay Brown €885.00
60 Charles Huntzinger €885.00
60 Haraldur Magnus €885.00
60 Corey Shaun €885.00
64 Robert Foley €795.00
64 Max Kennedy €795.00
66 George Bloor €705.00
66 Hamish Brown €705.00
66 Frederik Eisenbeis €705.00
66 Will Porter €705.00
70 Loïc Naas €630.00
71 August Thor Host €600.00
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