Volvo Cross Country Challenge
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Established | 2005 |
| Tour(s) | Ladies European Tour |
| Prize fund | $120,000 $1,000,000 (bonus) Volvo XC70 |
| Final year | 2007 |
| Final champion | |
 Kiran Matharu | |
The Volvo Cross Country Challenge was a women's professional golf series on the Ladies European Tour. It was a separate dedicated yearly order of merit for events in the Nordic region and held each year from 2005 to 2007.
The winner of the challenge received a Volvo car and prize money. The 18-year-old Kiran Matharu from Leeds, England, had yet to learn to drive when she won the Volvo Cross Country Challenge and a brand new Volvo XC70 in 2007.[1]
Participation[edit]
To qualify, players had to participate in at least three out of four of the LET tournaments hosted in Nordic countries:
Prize money collected in these tournaments were added up in a "Volvo XC Challenge Order-of-Merit". The top ten players on this Order-of-Merit shared a prize fund of $120,000.
In addition, players could get $1,000,000 bonus by winning all four of the above tournaments in one season.[2]
Winners[edit]
| Year | Winner | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Kiran Matharu |
[3] |
| 2006 | Laura Davies |
[4][5][6][7] |
| 2005 |  Cecilia Ekelundh |
[8][9][10] |
References[edit]
- ^ Kiran Matharu wins the Volvo Challenge Archived 2015-04-22 at archive.today, September 9th, 2007
- ^ GolfToday. "LET and Volvo in new sponsorship deal".
- ^ Ladies European Tour. "Matharu wins Volvo Cross Country Challenge".
- ^ Ladies European Tour. "Davies wins 2006 Volvo Cross Country Challenge".
- ^ Ladies European Tour. "2006 Volvo Cross Country Challenge".
- ^ Ladies European Tour (23 August 2006). "Davies and Pettersen headline SAS Masters".
- ^ Ladies European Tour (30 August 2006). "Davies heads strong field for Finnair Masters".
- ^ Ladies European Tour. "Ekelundh receives her Volvo XC70".
- ^ Ladies European Tour. "2006 Volvo Cross Country Challenge".
- ^ "Ekelundh rullar mot toppen" [Ekelundh rolls to the top]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 10. October 2005. p. 113. Retrieved 16 October 2023.