What started in 1986 as a team event to give seniors a chance to team up with their friends and go head-to-head is becoming one of the most elite fields on the senior amateur circuit. Now with Golfweek joining the Sun Country Amateur Golf Association in tournament operations, the Senior Challenge is primed to take the next step in becoming a show-stopping event in senior amateur golf.
Since its inception, the Senior Challenge has had two champions that have also won the U.S. Senior Amateur, the pinnacle of senior am golf. 1999 U.S. Senior am champion Bill Ploger won the individual title en route to helping Georgia take home the team title. In 2003, Mike Rice won at the Challenge Cup. In 2006, he would go on to win the U.S. Senior Am at The Farm in Georgia.
