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.
Date | Tournament | Host country | Winner | OWGR Points | Notes |
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22 Mar | Club Colombia Masters | Colombia | 12 | Co-sanctioned with the Tour de las Américas | |
19 Apr | Tusker Kenya Open | Kenya | 12 | ||
3 May | Moroccan Classic | Morocco | 12 | ||
17 May | Allianz Open Côtes d'Armor Bretagne | France | 12 | ||
24 May | Piemonte Open | Italy | 12 | ||
31 May | Telenet Trophy | Belgium | 12 | ||
7 Jun | Kärnten Golf Open | Austria | 12 | New tournament | |
14 Jun | Challenge of Ireland | Ireland | 12 | ||
21 Jun | Saint-Omer Open | France | 18 | Dual-ranking event with European Tour | |
28 Jun | The Princess | Sweden | 12 | New tournament | |
5 Jul | Credit Suisse Challenge | Switzerland | 12 | ||
12 Jul | Allianz EurOpen de Lyon | France | 12 | ||
26 Jul | SWALEC Wales Challenge | Wales | 12 | ||
2 Aug | Scottish Hydro Challenge | Scotland | 12 | ||
9 Aug | SK Golf Challenge | Finland | 12 | ||
16 Aug | Trophée du Golf de Genève | Switzerland | 12 | ||
30 Aug | DHL Wrocław Open | Poland | 12 | ||
6 Sep | Fred Olsen Challenge de España | Spain | 12 | ||
13 Sep | Dutch Futures | Netherlands | 12 | ||
20 Sep | Kazakhstan Open | Kazakhstan | 12 | ||
4 Oct | ECCO Tour Championship | Denmark | 12 | ||
11 Oct | Allianz Open du Grand Toulouse | France | 12 | ||
25 Oct | Italian Federation Cup | Italy | 12 | ||
31 Oct | Apulia San Domenico Grand Final | Italy | 12 |
Rankings
For full rankings, see 2009 Challenge Tour graduates.
Rank | Player | Country | Prize money (€) |
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1 | Edoardo Molinari | 242,980 | |
2 | José-Filipe Lima | 134,622 | |
3 | Nicolas Colsaerts | 128,590 | |
4 | Rhys Davies | 113,187 | |
5 | Peter Whiteford | 110.593 |
See also
References
- "Tour History". PGA European Tour. Archived from the original on 22 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
- "Tournament Schedule". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 2010-08-03.