Rinkven
The main tournaments played at Rinkven are shown in the table below, which also includes relevant information on the winners, their scores and prize money.
Europe
Soudal
Played as the Soudal Open (May 22-25). [Championship/North course, Rinkven G&CC, 's Gravenwezel, nr Antwerp].
Europe
Soudal
Played as the Soudal Open (May 23-26). Second-placed Thomas Pieters (Belg), Romain Langasque (Fra) and Niklas Nørgaard (Den) finished 1 shot behind 37 year-old Ignacio "Nacho" Elvira (Esp), who recorded his second European-DP World Tour win. [Championship/North course, Rinkven G&CC, 's Gravenwezel, nr Antwerp].
Europe
Soudal
Played as the Soudal Open (May 11-14). Second-placed Jens Dantorp (Swe) finished 1 shot behind 34-year-old wire-to-wire winner Simon Forsström (Swe), who recorded his first European (DP World) Tour win in his 21st start on the Tour. [Championship/North course, Rinkven G&CC, 's Gravenwezel, nr Antwerp].
Europe
Soudal
Played as the Soudal Open (May 12-15; last played in 2019 as the Belgian Knockout). Second-placed Ryan Fox (NZ) and Yannik Paul (Ger) finished 2 shots behind Sam Horsfield (Eng). [Championship/North course, Rinkven G&CC, 's Gravenwezel, nr Antwerp].
Europe
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Played as the Belgian Knockout (May 30-Jun 2; next played as the Soudal Open in 2022; two days stroke play; after the cut 64 players go into knockout rounds of 9-hole stroke play matches). Second-placed Darius van Driel (Nld) finished 4 shots behind second-time European Tour winner Migliozzi (Italy) in the 9-hole stroke-play final. [Ch'ship North course, Rinkven GC, 's Gravenwezel, nr Antwerp].
Europe
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Played as the Belgian Knockout (May 17-20; significantly repackaged version of the Belgian Open last played in 2000; new format: 2 days stroke-play; after the cut 64 players go into knockout rounds of 9-hole stroke-play matches). Second-placed Benjamin Hebert (Fra) finished 2 shots behind Otaegui (Esp) in the 9-hole stroke-play final. [Ch'ship North course, Rinkven GC, 's Gravenwezel, nr Antwerp].
Europe
Telenet
Played as the Telenet Trophy (May 27-30; Eurpn Challenge Tr event). Second-placed Edouard Dubois (Fra) finished 4 shots behind wire-to-wire winner Slattery (Eng). [Championship course, Rinkven G&CC, 's Gravenwezel, nr Antwerp].
Amateur
EGA
Played as the European Amateur Championship. Second-placed Matthew Cryer (Eng) and Rafael Cabrera (Esp) finished 1 shot behind Thorp (Nor). Rory McIlroy (N.Ire) and Joost Luiten (Neth) were a further 3 shots back in joint fourth place. [Ch'ship course, Rinkven GC, 's Gravenwezel, nr Antwerp].
Chevron Championship: Carlton Woods near Houston in Texas provides the stage for the first women’s major championship of 2025, where Nelly Korda defends her title. (April 24-27).
Soudal Open: successor to the Belgian Open, the Soudal Open takes place on the quiet, wooded North course of Rinkven Golfclub. Belgian stars Thomas Pieters and Nicolas Colsaerts will be vying for top honours. (May 22-25).
Rory McIlroy: with his 2025 win in The Masters, Rory joined the pantheon of golfing greats who have achieved a career Grand Slam of men’s majors ... Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods are the only others in this select band.
Bernhard Langer: he may have played in his last Masters Tournament, but the 67-year-old German will be trying to extend his own record, and win a 13th senior major title at the 36th Regions Tradition. (May 15-18).
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.
Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.
Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.
Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available
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