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.

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

Rankings

For full rankings, see 2009 Challenge Tour graduates.

RankPlayerCountryPrize money (€)
1Edoardo Molinari Italy242,980
2José-Filipe Lima Portugal134,622
3Nicolas Colsaerts Belgium128,590
4Rhys Davies Wales113,187
5Peter Whiteford Scotland110.593

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.
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