2009 Challenge Tour

The 2008 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 Italy's Edoardo Molinari.

Tournament schedule

The table below shows the 2009 Challenge Tour schedule.[2] The season started in March and was made up of 24 tournaments played in Europe, Latin America, Africa and Central Asia.

The numbers in brackets after winners' names indicate the player's total number of wins on the Challenge Tour including that event. No-one accumulates many wins on the Challenge Tour because success at this level soon leads to promotion to the European Tour.

DatesTournamentHost countryWinnerOWGR
Points		Notes
19–22 Mar Club Colombia Masters Colombia Argentina Alan Wagner (1) 12 Co-sanctioned with the Tour de las Americas
16–19 Apr Tusker Kenya Open Kenya England Gary Boyd (1) 12
30 Apr–3 May Moroccan Classic by Banque Populaire Morocco England Robert Coles (2) 12
14–17 May Allianz Open Côtes d'Armor Bretagne France England Lee S. James (5) 12
21–24 May Piemonte Open Italy Italy Edoardo Molinari (3) 12
28–31 May Telenet Trophy Belgium France François Calmels (1) 12
4–7 Jun Kärnten Golf Open Austria Germany Christoph Günther (1) 12 New tournament
11–14 Jun Challenge of Ireland Ireland England Robert Coles (3) 12
18–21 Jun Saint-Omer Open France Sweden Christian Nilsson (1) 18 Dual-ranking event with the European Tour
25–28 Jun The Princess Sweden England Andrew Butterfield (1) 12 New tournament
2–5 Jul Credit Suisse Challenge Switzerland England Peter Baker (3) 12
9–12 Jul Allianz EurOpen de Lyon France France Alexandre Kaleka (1) 12
23–26 Jul SWALEC Wales Challenge Wales Wales Rhys Davies (1) 12
30 Jul–2 Aug Scottish Hydro Challenge Scotland Scotland Jamie McLeary (1) 12
6–9 Aug SK Golf Challenge Finland Belgium Nicolas Colsaerts (1) 12
13–16 Aug Trophée du Golf de Genève Switzerland France Julien Quesne (1) 12 Limited field Pro-Am
27–30 Aug DHL Wroclaw Challenge Poland Scotland Eric Ramsay (1) 12
3–6 Sep Fred Olsen Challenge de España Spain Wales Rhys Davies (2) 12
10–13 Sep Dutch Futures Netherlands Belgium Nicolas Colsaerts (2) 12
17–20 Sep Kazakhstan Open Kazakhstan Italy Edoardo Molinari (4) 12
1–4 Oct ECCO Tour Championship Denmark Portugal José-Filipe Lima (3) 12
8–11 Oct Allianz Open du Grand Toulouse France England John Parry (1) 12
22–25 Oct Italian Federation Cup Italy Italy Edoardo Molinari (5) 12
28–31 Oct Apulia San Domenico Grand Final Italy Scotland Peter Whiteford (3) 12

Rankings

For full rankings, see 2009 Challenge Tour graduates.

Rank Player Country Prize money (€)
1 Edoardo Molinari  Italy 242,980
2 José-Filipe Lima  Portugal 134,622
3 Nicolas Colsaerts  Belgium 128,590
4 Rhys Davies  Wales 113,187
5 Peter Whiteford  Scotland 110.593

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Tour History". PGA European Tour. Archived from the original on 22 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
  2. ↑ "Tournament Schedule". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 2010-08-03.

External links

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