2002 Challenge Tour

The 2002 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 England's Lee S. James.

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Tournament schedule

The table below shows the 2002 Challenge Tour schedule.[2]

Dates Tournament Host country Winner Notes
28 Feb–3 Mar Sameer Kenya Open Kenya Lee S. James
7–10 Mar Stanbic Zambia Open Zambia Marc Cayeux
21–24 Mar Madeira Island Open Portugal Diego Borrego European Tour event,
50% prize money
11–14 Apr Panalpina Banque Commerciale du Maroc Classic Morocco Jean-François Lucquin
25–28 Apr Tessali Open del Sud Italy Simon Wakefield
2–5 May Credit Suisse Private Banking Open Switzerland Tournament abandoned
23–26 May Izki Challenge de España Spain Fredrik Widmark
30 May–2 Jun Austrian Golf Open Austria Markus Brier
6–9 Jun Nykredit Danish Open Denmark Ed Stedman
13–16 Jun Aa St Omer Open France Nicolas Vanhootegem
13–16 Jun Galeria Kaufhof Pokal Challenge Germany Alex Čejka
20–23 Jun Clearstream International Luxembourg Open Luxembourg Lee S James
27–30 Jun Open des Volcans France Scott Kammann
4–7 Jul PGA Triveneta Terme Euganeee International Open Italy Wolfgang Huget
11–14 Jul Volvo Finnish Open Finland Thomas Nørret
18–21 Jul Golf Challenge Germany Iain Pyman
25–28 Jul Charles Church European Challenge Tour Championship England John E. Morgan
1–4 Aug Talma Finnish Challenge Finland Lee S. James
8–11 Aug BMW Russian Open Russia Lee S. James
15–18 Aug North West of Ireland Open Republic of Ireland Adam Mednick Also a European Tour event
22–25 Aug Skandia PGA Open Sweden Thomas Besancenez
22–25 Aug Rolex Trophy Switzerland Simon Hurd
5–8 Sept Formby Hall Challenge England Matthew Blackey
12–15 Sept Telia Grand Prix Sweden Matthew Blackey
17–20 Oct Fortis Bank Challenge Open Netherlands Didier de Vooght
24–27 Oct Challenge Tour Grand Final France Peter Lawrie

Rankings

The top 15 on the Challenge Tour Rankings gained membership of the European Tour for the 2003 season.[1]

Position Player Country Prize money ()
1 Lee S. James  England 121,531
2 Jean-François Lucquin  France 101,544
3 Matthew Blackey  England 94,121
4 Peter Lawrie  Ireland 89,073
5 Iain Pyman  England 75,674
6 Simon Hurd  England 68,788
7 Nicolas Vanhootegem  Belgium 63,823
8 John E. Morgan  England 62,048
9 Simon Wakefield  England 58,922
10 Nicolas Colsaerts  Belgium 52,247
11 Gary Birch Jr  Germany 51,219
12 Gustavo Rojas  Argentina 50,873
13 Benn Barham  England 50,441
14 Fredrik Widmark  Sweden 50,438
15 Julien van Hauwe  France 47,472

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