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The Road to Mallorca touched down in Continental Europe for the first time in 2026 this week for the Italian Challenge Open, which took place at Golf Nazionale.
Golf Nazionale hosted the Italian Challenge Open for a fourth time this week, having first appeared on the Road to Mallorca back in 2022. Located 40 minutes north of Rome, the par 72 parkland layout ran through a mix of undulating greens, hilly terrain, water features and well-thought-out bunkering.
The first European venue on the 2026 Road to Mallorca was also home to the Italian Golf Federation’s technical centre and was the venue for the first two days of the 2023 Junior Ryder Cup before the final day’s action headed to Marco Simone Golf and Country Club.
After four co-sanctioned events in South Africa and one stop in India at the DP World PGTI Open, the Road to Mallorca hit Europe for the first time this week and remained on the continent until the end of September. The Italian Challenge Open was the first of ten consecutive events in Europe, concluding at the German Challenge powered by VcG, before a one-week break took place ahead of the Raiffeisenbank Golf Challenge.
With 2,000 Ranking points available at each event, any player who put together a strong run of consistent form massively boosted their chances of earning one of 15 available DP World Tour cards by the end of the season.
Chris Wood birdied the 72nd hole to seal his maiden HotelPlanner Tour victory at the Italian Challenge Open at Golf Nazionale.
The 2016 Ryder Cup player signed for a bogey-free final round of 66 to win in his first start of the year on the 2026 Road to Mallorca, finishing on 22 under par for the week.
Here’s the prize money breakdown for each golfer at the 2026 Italian Challenge Open
1 Chris Wood €48,000.00
2 Tomas Gouveia €33,000.00
3 Barclay Brown €21,000.00
T4 Will Enefer €13,650.00
T4 Pedro Figueiredo €13,650.00
T4 Calum Fyfe €13,650.00
T4 Will Porter €13,650.00
8 Sebastian Friedrichsen €8,400.00
T9 Jhared Hack €6,375.00
T9 James Meyer de Beco €6,375.00
T9 Alessandro Nodari €6,375.00
T9 Andrew Wilson €6,375.00
T13 Javier Calles Roman €5,100.00
T13 Anders Emil Ejlersen €5,100.00
T13 Ryan van Velzen €5,100.00
T16 Hamish Brown €4,050.00
T16 David Horsey €4,050.00
T16 Alfie Plant €4,050.00
T16 Adam Wallin €4,050.00
T20 Jean Bekirian €3,130.00
T20 Matteo Cristoni €3,130.00
T20 Maxence Giboudot €3,130.00
T23 Björn Åkesson €2,820.00
T23 Deon Germishuys €2,820.00
T23 Liam Johnston €2,820.00
T26 Wouter de Vries €2,610.00
T26 Ronan Kleu €2,610.00
T26 Ronan Mullarney €2,610.00
T26 Jacopo Vecchi Fossa €2,610.00
T30 Jacob Worm Agerschou €2,160.00
T30 Matthis Besard €2,160.00
T30 Nick Carlson €2,160.00
T30 Jannik de Bruyn €2,160.00
T30 Mathieu Decottignies-Lafon €2,160.00
T30 Jack Floydd €2,160.00
T30 Gregor Graham €2,160.00
T30 Kristian Krogh Johannessen €2,160.00
T30 Alexander Knappe €2,160.00
T30 Juan Salama Monsalve €2,160.00
T30 Julien Sale €2,160.00
T41 Jeppe Kristian Andersen €1,500.00
T41 Søren Broholt Lind €1,500.00
T41 Julien Brun €1,500.00
T41 John Gough €1,500.00
T41 Benjamin Hebert €1,500.00
T41 Charles Huntzinger €1,500.00
T41 Haraldur Magnus €1,500.00
T41 Luca Memeo €1,500.00
T41 Flavio Michetti €1,500.00
T41 Lucas Vacarisas €1,500.00
T41 Lars van der Vight €1,500.00
T52 Manfredi Manica €1,140.00
T52 Henric Sturehed €1,140.00
T52 James Sugrue €1,140.00
T55 Kieran Cantley €1,020.00
T55 Pierre Pineau €1,020.00
T55 Jan Schneider €1,020.00
T55 Robin Sciot-Siegrist €1,020.00
T55 MJ Viljoen €1,020.00
T60 Jeremy Freiburghaus €900.00
T60 Benjamin Rusch €900.00
T60 Matthias Schwab €900.00
T63 Tiger Christensen €795.00
T63 Filip Mruzek €795.00
T63 Victor Sidal Svendsen €795.00
T63 Charlie Thornton €795.00
T67 Victor Bjorlow €705.00
T67 Martin Eriksson €705.00
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