Volvo Cross Country Challenge
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$1,000,000 (bonus)
Volvo XC70
| 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:
- Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika (Sweden)
- SAS Masters (Norway)
- Finnair Masters (Finland)
- 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]
