The European Challenge Tour will be held in Azerbaijan for the first time in July, bringing together 156 golfers.

The tournament will run from July 31 to August 3 at the National Azerbaijan Golf Club in Guba (168 km from Baku).

The tournament will have prize money of 300,000 US dollars at stake.

The event will be the 16th stop on the 28-stop European Challenge Tour. The tournament began in Kenyan capital Nairobi in March, and has already visited Spain, Turkey and Austria.

Other stops include Ukraine and Kazakhstan in September, before the Tour Grand Final in Dubai from November 5 to 8.

Bakudaily.az