1999 Challenge Tour

The 1999 Challenge Tour was a series of golf tournaments known as the Challenge Tour, the official development tour run by the PGA European Tour. The tour was started as the Satellite Tour in 1986 and was renamed the Challenge Tour ready for the start of the 1990 season.[1]

The Challenge Tour Rankings was won by Spain's Carl Suneson.

Contents

Tournament schedule

The table below shows the 1999 Challenge Tour schedule.[2]

Dates Tournament Host country Winner Notes
11–14 Mar Tusker Kenya Open Kenya Maarten Lafeber
24–27 Mar OKI Telepizza Challenge Spain David Park
15–18 Apr Open de Cote d'Ivoire Ivory Coast Ian Poulter
29 Apr–2 May Comunitat Valenciana Challenge de España Spain Carl Suneson
13–16 May BIL Luxembourg Open Luxembourg Kevin Carissimi
20–23 May Open dei Tessali Italy Gustavo Rojas
27–30 May Challenge de Sablé France Lucas Parsons
10–13 Jun NCC Open Sweden Per G. Nyman
10–13 Jun Diners Club Austrian Open Austria Juan Ciola
24–27 Jun Is Molas Challenge Italy Bradley Dredge
1–4 Jul Open des Volcans France Philip Golding
2–4 Jul Neuchâtel Open Golf Trophy Switzerland Richard S. Johnson Unofficial money
8–11 Jul Volvo Finnish Open Finland Paul Nilbrink
15–18 Jul BTC Slovenian Open Slovenia Grant Dodd
15–18 Jul Rolex Trophy Switzerland Carl Suneson Unofficial money
29 Jul–1 Aug Finnish Masters Finland Lucas Parsons
5–8 Aug Beazer Homes Challenge Tour Championship England Carl Suneson
12–15 Aug West of Ireland Golf Classic Republic of Ireland Costantino Rocca Also a European Tour event
19–22 Aug BMW Russian Open Russia Iain Pyman
19–22 Aug Norwegian Open Norway Pehr Magnebrant
1–3 Sept Formby Hall Challenge England Greig Hutcheon
2–5 Sept Öhrlings Swedish Matchplay Sweden Kalle Brink
8–11 Sept Daewoo Warsaw Golf Open Poland Niclas Fasth
30 Sept–3 Oct Gula Sidorna Grand Prix Sweden Raimo Sjöberg
6–9 Oct San Paolo Vita Open Italy Alberto Binaghi
7–10 Oct Philips Challenge Xacobeo 99 Spain Hennie Otto
14–17 Oct Challenge de France Bayer France Iain Pyman
21–24 Oct Challenge Tour Grand Final Cuba Steven Scahill

Rankings

The top 15 on the Challenge Tour Rankings gained category 11b membership of the European Tour for the 2000 season.[1]

Position Player Country Prize money (€)
1 Carl Suneson  Spain 69,642
2 Iain Pyman  England 56,993
3 Markus Brier  Austria 50,184
4 Gustavo Rojas  Argentina 47,953
5 Steven Scahill  New Zealand 47,583
6 Hennie Otto  South Africa 44,023
7 Maarten Lafeber  Netherlands 39,190
8 Bradley Dredge  Wales 36,606
9 Benoît Teilleria  France 34,620
10 Lucas Parsons  Australia 34,522
11 Didier de Vooght  Belgium 33,733
12 Knud Storgaard  Denmark 33,561
13 Philip Golding  England 32,897
14 Johan Sköld  Sweden 31,424
15 Greig Hutcheon  Scotland 31,027

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Tour History". PGA European Tour. http://www.europeantour.com/tourgroup/history/index.html. Retrieved 2010-07-30. 
  2. ^ "Tournament Schedule". PGA European Tour. http://www.europeantour.com/challengetour/tournament/Season=1999/index_full.html. Retrieved 2010-08-03. 

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