2007 Challenge Tour

The 2007 Challenge Tour was the 19th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour. The tour started as the Satellite Tour with its first Order of Merit rankings in 1989 and was officially renamed as the Challenge Tour at the start of the 1990 season.[1]

2007 Challenge Tour season
Duration30 November 2006 (2006-11-30) – 28 October 2007 (2007-10-28)
Number of official events32[lower-alpha 1]
Most wins2:
Felipe Aguilar
Peter Baker
Robert Dinwiddie
Joost Luiten
Ross McGowan
Edoardo Molinari
Iain Pyman
Peter Whiteford
Challenge Tour Rankings Mike Lorenzo-Vera
← 2006
2008 →

The Challenge Tour Rankings were won by France's Mike Lorenzo-Vera.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2007 season.[2]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(€)		Winner[lower-alpha 2]OWGR
points		Other
tours[lower-alpha 3]		Notes
3 Dec Abierto Visa de la República Argentina US$200,000 Rafael Echenique (2) 12 TLA
10 Dec Abierto Mexicano Corona Mexico US$310,000 Fabrizio Zanotti (1) 12 TLA
4 Feb Club Colombia Masters Colombia US$175,000 Edoardo Molinari (1) 12 TLA New tournament
11 Feb Kai Fieberg Costa Rica Open Costa Rica US$175,000 Miguel Rodríguez (1) 12 TLA
18 Feb Abierto Telefónica de Guatemala Guatemala US$150,000 Jamie Donaldson (3) 12 TLA
11 Mar Tusker Kenya Open Kenya 160,000 Edoardo Molinari (2) 12
22 Apr Tessali-Metaponto Open di Puglia e Basilicata Italy 130,000 Michael Hoey (2) 12
6 May Moroccan Classic Morocco – Removed –
13 May A.G.F. Allianz Golf Open de Toulouse France 130,000 Joost Luiten (1) 12
20 May Telenet Trophy Belgium 130,000 Nicolas Vanhootegem (3) 12
27 May Open Mahou de Madrid Spain 130,000 Ben Mason (1) 12
3 Jun Oceânico Developments Pro-Am Challenge England 100,000 Ross McGowan (1) 12
10 Jun Vodafone Challenge Germany 130,000 Joost Luiten (2) 12
17 Jun Open de Saint-Omer France 500,000 Carl Suneson (6) 18 EUR
24 Jun Credit Suisse Challenge Switzerland 140,000 Peter Baker (1) 12
1 Jul Estoril Challenge de Portugal Portugal 130,000 Ross McGowan (2) 12
8 Jul AGF-Allianz Open des Volcans – Challenge de France France 130,000 Gareth Paddison (1) 12
22 Jul MAN NÖ Open Austria 130,000 Anders Schmidt Hansen (1) 12
29 Jul FIRSTPLUS Wales Challenge Wales 130,000 Colm Moriarty (1) 12
5 Aug Challenge of Ireland Ireland 150,000 Magnus A. Carlsson (1) 12
12 Aug Scottish Challenge Scotland 200,000 Robert Dinwiddie (1) 12
19 Aug Rolex Trophy Switzerland 210,000 Robert Dinwiddie (2) 12
19 Aug Lexus Open Norway 130,000 Martin Wiegele (1) 12
26 Aug Postbank Challenge Germany 140,000 Felipe Aguilar (1) 12
2 Sep ECCO Tour Championship Denmark 130,000 Iain Pyman (6) 12 NGL
9 Sep Telia Challenge Waxholm Sweden SKr 1,175,000 Iain Pyman (7) 12
16 Sep OKI Mahou Challenge de España Spain 130,000 Felipe Aguilar (2) 12
23 Sep Kazakhstan Open Kazakhstan 330,000 Leif Westerberg (2) 12
30 Sep Dutch Futures Netherlands 140,000 Peter Whiteford (1) 12 New tournament
7 Oct Open AGF-Allianz Côtes d'Armor Bretagne France 140,000 Peter Baker (2) 12 New to Challenge Tour
14 Oct Doc Salbe PGA European Challenge Germany 140,000 Peter Whiteford (2) 12 New tournament
21 Oct Toscana Open Italian Federation Cup Italy 140,000 Mikael Lundberg (3) 12 New tournament
28 Oct Apulia San Domenico Grand Final Italy 250,000 Mike Lorenzo-Vera (1) 12 Tour Championship

Challenge Tour Rankings

For full rankings, see 2007 Challenge Tour graduates.

The rankings were based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros. The top 20 players on the tour earned status to play on the 2008 European Tour.

RankPlayerPrize money (€)
1 Mike Lorenzo-Vera128,927
2 Ross McGowan126,645
3 Felipe Aguilar120,409
4 Jamie Donaldson111,748
5 Leif Westerberg102,323

See also

Notes
  1. A further one tournament was scheduled but was removed from the schedule.
  2. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Challenge Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Challenge Tour members. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Challenge Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the European Tour.
  3. EUR − European Tour; NGL − Nordic Golf League; TLA − Tour de las Américas.

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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