2007 Challenge Tour

The 2007 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 France's Mike Lorenzo-Vera.

Tournament schedule

The table below shows the 2007 Challenge Tour schedule.[2] The season started in November 2006 and comprised 32 tournaments played in Europe, Latin America, East 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.

DateTournamentHost countryWinnerNotes
3 Dec Abierto Visa de la República Argentina Rafael Echenique (2) Co-sanctioned with the Tour de las Américas
10 Dec Abierto Mexicano Corona Mexico Fabrizio Zanotti (1) Co-sanctioned with the Tour de las Américas
4 Feb Club Colombia Masters Colombia Edoardo Molinari (1) Co-sanctioned with the Tour de las Américas
11 Feb Kai Fieberg Costa Rica Open Costa Rica Miguel Rodríguez (1) Co-sanctioned with the Tour de las Américas
18 Feb Abierto Telefonica de Guatemala Guatemala Jamie Donaldson (3) Co-sanctioned with the Tour de las Américas
11 Mar Tusker Kenya Open Kenya Edoardo Molinari (2)
22 Apr Tessali-Metaponto Open di Puglia e Basilicata Italy Michael Hoey (2)
13 May AGF-Allianz Golf Open de Toulouse France Joost Luiten (1)
20 May Telenet Trophy Belgium Nicolas Vanhootegem (3)
27 May Open Mahou de Madrid Spain Ben Mason (1)
3 Jun Oceânico Developments Pro-Am Challenge England Ross McGowan (1)
10 Jun Vodafone Challenge Germany Joost Luiten (2)
17 Jun Open de Saint-Omer France Carl Suneson (6) Dual-ranking event with European Tour
24 Jun Credit Suisse Challenge Switzerland Peter Baker (1)
1 Jul Estoril Challenge de Portugal Portugal Ross McGowan (2)
8 Jul AGF-Allianz Open des Volcans – Challenge de France France Gareth Paddison (1)
22 Jul MAN NÖ Open Austria Anders Schmidt Hansen (1)
29 Jul FirstPlus Wales Challenge Wales Colm Moriarty (1)
5 Aug Challenge of Ireland Ireland Magnus A. Carlsson (1)
12 Aug Scottish Challenge Scotland Robert Dinwiddie (1)
19 Aug Rolex Trophy Switzerland Robert Dinwiddie (2)
19 Aug Lexus Open Norway Martin Wiegele (1) Alternate to the Rolex Trophy
26 Aug Postbank Challenge Germany Felipe Aguilar (1)
2 Sep ECCO Tour Championship Denmark Iain Pyman (6)
9 Sep Telia Challenge Waxholm Sweden Iain Pyman (7)
16 Sep Oki Mahou Challenge de España Spain Felipe Aguilar (2)
23 Sep Kazakhstan Open Kazakhstan Leif Westerberg (2)
30 Sep Dutch Futures Netherlands Peter Whiteford (1) New tournament
7 Oct Open AGF-Allianz Côtes d'Armor Bretagne France Peter Baker (2) New tournament
14 Oct Doc Salbe PGA European Challenge Germany Peter Whiteford (2) New tournament
21 Oct Toscana Open Italian Federation Cup Italy Mikael Lundberg (3) New tournament
28 Oct Apulia San Domenico Grand Final Italy Mike Lorenzo-Vera (1)

Rankings

The top 20 on the Challenge Tour Rankings gained membership of the European Tour for the 2008 season.[1]

PositionPlayerCountryPrize money (€)
1Mike Lorenzo-Vera France128,927
2Ross McGowan England126,645
3Felipe Aguilar Chile120,409
4Jamie Donaldson Wales111,748
5Leif Westerberg Sweden102,323
6Joost Luiten Netherlands99,406
7Magnus A. Carlsson Sweden95,670
8Robert Dinwiddie England91,257
9Mikael Lundberg Sweden87,916
10Stuart Manley Wales84,395
11Fabrizio Zanotti Paraguay73,816
12Peter Baker England72,874
13Peter Whiteford Scotland72,730
14Iain Pyman England70,725
15Julio Zapata Argentina70,158
16Edoardo Molinari Italy65,300
17Álvaro Velasco Spain59,786
18Peter Fowler Australia59,712
19François Delamontagne France59,232
20Jan-Are Larsen Norway56,244

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.
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