Volvo Cross Country Challenge


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.

Participation

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
  2. SAS Masters
  3. Finnair Masters
  4. Nykredit Masters
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.

Order of Merit

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