2004 Challenge Tour

The 2004 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 Slattery.

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Tournament schedule

The table below shows the 2004 Challenge Tour schedule.[2]

Dates Tournament Host country Winner Notes
12–15 Feb Panama Masters Panama Miguel Fernández
19–22 Feb Costa Rica Open Costa Rica Alessandro Tadini
26–29 Feb Abierto Telefonica Guatemala Daniel Vancsik
11–14 Mar Stanbic Zambia Open Zambia Michael Kirk
18–21 Mar Kenya Open Kenya Marc Cayeux
25–28 Mar Madeira Island Open Portugal Chris Hanell European Tour event,
50% prize money
22–25 Apr Al Ahram-Jolie Ville Sharm El Sheikh Challenge Egypt Gareth Davies
29 Apr–2 May Peugeot Challenge de León Spain Edward Rush
6–9 May Tessali-Metaponto Open di Puglia e Basilicata Italy Leif Westerberg
3–6 Jun Nykredit Danish Open Denmark Matthew Morris
10–13 Jun Segura Viudas Challenge de España Spain Philippe Lima
17–20 Jun Aa St Omer Open France Philippe Lima Dual-ranking event with the European Tour
24–27 Jun Galeria Kaufhof Pokal Challenge Germany Garry Houston
1–4 Jul Volvo Finnish Open Finland Roope Kakko (amateur)
8–11 Jul Open des Volcans - Challenge de France France Johan Axgren
14–17 Jul Texbond Open Italy Sam Little
22–25 Jul JJB Sports North West Challenge England Fredrik Henge
5–8 Aug Ryder Cup Wales Challenge Wales Graeme Storm
12–15 Aug BMW Russian Open Russia Gary Emerson Dual-ranking event with the European Tour
19–22 Aug Norwegian Challenge Norway Stephen Browne
19–22 Aug Rolex Trophy Switzerland Phillip Archer
26–29 Aug Skandia PGA Open Sweden Matthew King
2–5 Sept BA-CA Golf Open Austria Markus Brier
9–12 Sept Telia Grand Prix Sweden Lee Slattery
23–26 Sept Open de Toulouse France Marc Cayeux
30 Sept–3 Oct Estoril Challenge Open Portugal Telecom Portugal Tom Whitehouse
7–10 Oct Attijari Wafa - Tikida Beach Moroccan Classic Morocco Graeme Storm
14–17 Oct Donnington Grove Computacenter English Challenge Open England Matthew King
21–24 Oct Bouygues Telecom Grand Final France David Drysdale

Rankings

The top 15 on the Challenge Tour Rankings gained membership of the European Tour for the 2005 season.[1]

Position Player Country Prize money ()
1 Lee Slattery  England 95,980
2 Alessandro Tadini  Italy 92,121
3 Graeme Storm  England 81,065
4 Marc Cayeux  Zimbabwe 75,104
5 Matthew King  England 73,623
6 Johan Axgren  Sweden 71,118
7 Leif Westerberg  Sweden 66,534
8 Phillip Archer  England 65,606
9 Henrik Nyström  Sweden 61,736
10 Garry Houston  Wales 60,587
11 Mattias Eliasson  Sweden 60,230
12 David Drysdale  Scotland 59,856
13 Richard Bland  England 58,609
14 Fredrik Henge  Sweden 58,233
15 Oliver Wilson  England 56,166

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