Lough Erne Challenge

Lough Erne Challenge

Tournament information
Location	Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
Established	2009
Course(s)	Lough Erne Resort
Par	72
Length	7,071 yards (6,466 m)
Format	Stroke play
Month played	July
Final year	2010
Tournament record score
Aggregate	66 Darren Clarke and Rory McIlroy (2010)
To par	−6 as above
Final champion
Darren Clarke and Rory McIlroy
Location map
Lough Erne Resort Location in Northern Ireland

The Lough Erne Challenge was a golf event that was played twice on The Faldo Course at the Lough Erne Resort, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The inaugural Lough Erne Challenge, played in July 2009, was between Rory McIlroy - touring professional at Lough Erne Resort - and Pádraig Harrington. McIlroy won the 18 hole strokeplay match with a four under par round of 68 to Harrington's two under par 70.^[1] In July 2010 McIlroy teamed up with Darren Clarke to form a Northern Ireland team that took on Harrington and Shane Lowry, representing the Republic of Ireland. The Northern Ireland team won the 18 hole combined strokeplay event with a score of six under par with the Republic of Ireland one shot back on five under par.^[2]

Year	Winner(s)	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
2010	Darren Clarke and Rory McIlroy (2)	66	−6	1 stroke	Pádraig Harrington and Shane Lowry
2009	Rory McIlroy	68	−4	2 strokes	Pádraig Harrington

• Lough Erne Resort website