The Telenet Trophy is a golf

Golf

Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

 tournament on the Challenge Tour

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 Seniors Tour, some of the events are played outside of Europe...

, Europe's second tier men's professional golf tour

Professional golf tours

Professional golf tours are the means by which otherwise unconnected professional golf tournaments are organised into a regular schedule. There are separate tours for men and women, with each tour being based in a specific geographical region, although some of their tournaments may be held in other...

. It was first played in 2006, with the host course being alternated between Limburg Golf & Country Club in Houthalen-Helchteren

Houthalen-Helchteren

Houthalen-Helchteren is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. Houthalen-Helchteren consists of: Houthalen-centrum, Houthalen-Oost, Laak, Meulenberg and Lillo. On January 1, 2006 Houthalen-Helchteren had a total population of 29,945...

, Royal Waterloo in Lasne

Lasne

Lasne is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant, to the south east of Brussels. On January 1, 2008 Lasne had a total population of 14,043. The total area is 47.22 km² which gives a population density of 297 inhabitants per km². Lasne is the richest commune in the...

, and Rinkven Golf Club.

As the European Tour's Belgian Open has not been played since 2000, the Telenet Trophy is currently the leading men's golf tournament in Belgium

Belgium

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.

Winners

Year	Venue	Winner	Score
2011	Royal Waterloo	Andrew Tampion Andrew Tampion Andrew Tampion is an Australian professional golfer.Tampion was born in Melbourne, Australia. He turned professional in 2006....	280 (-8)
2010	Rinkven GC	Lee Slattery Lee Slattery Lee Andrew Slattery is an English professional golfer who currently plays on the European Tour.Slattery was born in Southport, Lancashire. He turned professional in 1998 and spent his early career playing in minor tournaments on mini-tours in the United Kingdom. He won the Tour Championship on the...	267 (-21)
2009	Royal Waterloo	François Calmels François Calmels François Calmels is a French professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA European Tour.-Career:Calmels was born in Paris. He was a distinguished amateur, winning the 2004 Coupe Mouchy , and the 2006 Portuguese Amateur Open Championship...	276 (-12)
2008	Limburg G&CC	David Horsey David Horsey (golfer) David Horsey is an English professional golfer.Horsey was born in Stockport, Greater Manchester. He had a successful amateur career, which included winning the 2005 Greek Amateur Championship and finishing as runner-up in the 2004 English Amateur...	269 (-19)
2007	Royal Waterloo	Nicolas Vanhootegem Nicolas Vanhootegem Nicolas Vanhootegem is a Belgian professional golfer.Vanhootegem was born in Brussels. He won several tournaments as an amateur, including the Welsh Open Stroke Play, and turned professional in 1994...	271 (-17)
2006	Limburg G&CC	Toni Karjalainen Toni Karjalainen Toni Karjalainen is one of only a few Finnish professional golfers on the international circuit, and has been his country's highest ranked male golfer....	274 (-14)

External links

• Coverage on the Challenge Tour's official site
• Telenet Trophy Official Site