Volvo Cross Country Challenge

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 Challenge and a brand new Volvo XC70 in 2007.^[1]

To qualify, players had to participate in at least three out of four of the LET tournaments hosted in Nordic countries:

1. Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika (Sweden)
2. SAS Masters (Norway)
3. Finnair Masters (Finland)
4. Nykredit Masters (Denmark)

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]

Year	Winner	Points	Ref.
2007	Kiran Matharu	280	[3]
2006	Laura Davies	577.5	[4][5][6][7]
2005	Cecilia Ekelundh	307	[8][9][10]

The winners were determined by an Order of Merit based on results in the four tournaments, calculated using a points-based system.

Pos.	Player		Tournaments					Tmts		Total
			Sweden	Norway	Finland	Denmark				Money	Points
1	Cecilia Ekelundh		T25 –	N O T H E L D	T2 157	3 150		3		34,508	307
2	Iben Tinning		T18 –		T16 4	1st 300		3		39,310	304
3	Lisa Holm Sorensen		T49 –		1st 300	T61 –		4		33,020	300
4	Suzann Pettersen		6 70		T2 177	•		3		32,533	247
5	Lora Fairclough		T38 –		T12 27.5	2 275		3		27,398	227.5

Pos.	Player		Tournaments					Tmts		Total
			Sweden	Norway	Finland	Denmark				Money	Points
1	Laura Davies		T5 80	1st 300	T11 22.5	T2 175		4		69,855	577.5
2	Virginie Lagoutte		T34 –	T3 135	1st 300	T12 17.5		4		49,550	452.5
3	Karen Margrethe Juul		T23 –	T11 11	T6 48	1st 300		4		44,195	359
4	Gwladys Nocera		4 120	T11 11	T3 135	T8 40		4		46,942	306
5	Annika Sörenstam		1st 300	•	•	•		1		75,000	300

Pos.	Player		Tournaments					Tmts		Total
			Sweden	Norway	Finland	Denmark				Money	Points
1	Kiran Matharu		T28 –	•	T4 105	T2 175		3		32,145	280
2	Lotta Wahlin		T60 –	T34 –	3 150	4 120		4		28,090	270
3	Johanna Westerberg		T58 –	T6 60	2 200	T19 –		4		31,263	260
4	Kirsty Taylor		T39 –	•	T33 –	2 200		3		22,738	175
5	Diana Luna		T97 –	T3 135	•	T10 25		3		15,884	160