2009 Challenge Tour
The 2009 Challenge Tour was the 21st 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]
| Duration | 19 March 2009 – 31 October 2009 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 24[lower-alpha 1] |
| Most wins | 3: Edoardo Molinari |
| Challenge Tour Rankings | Edoardo Molinari |
← 2008 2010 → | |
The Challenge Tour Rankings were won by Italy's Edoardo Molinari.
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2009 season.[2]
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (€) | Winner[lower-alpha 2] | OWGR points | Other tours[lower-alpha 3] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Mar | Club Colombia Masters | Colombia | US$200,000 |  Alan Wagner (1) |
12 | TLA | |
| 19 Apr | Tusker Kenya Open | Kenya | 180,000 |  Gary Boyd (1) |
12 | ||
| 3 May | Moroccan Classic | Morocco | 140,000 | Robert Coles (2) |
12 | ||
| 17 May | Allianz Open Côtes d'Armor Bretagne | France | 150,000 | Lee S. James (5) |
12 | ||
| 24 May | Piemonte Open | Italy | 150,000 | Edoardo Molinari (3) |
12 | ||
| 31 May | Telenet Trophy | Belgium | 150,000 |  François Calmels (1) |
12 | ||
| 7 Jun | Kärnten Golf Open | Austria | 140,000 |  Christoph Günther (1) |
12 | New tournament | |
| 14 Jun | Challenge of Ireland | Ireland | 150,000 | Robert Coles (3) |
12 | ||
| 21 Jun | Saint-Omer Open | France | 600,000 |  Christian Nilsson (1) |
18 | EUR | |
| 28 Jun | The Princess | Sweden | 300,000 | Andrew Butterfield (1) |
12 | New tournament | |
| 5 Jul | Credit Suisse Challenge | Switzerland | 140,000 | Peter Baker (3) |
12 | ||
| 12 Jul | Allianz EurOpen de Lyon | France | 150,000 | Alexandre Kaleka (1) |
12 | ||
| 26 Jul | SWALEC Wales Challenge | Wales | 150,000 |  Rhys Davies (1) |
12 | ||
| 2 Aug | Scottish Hydro Challenge | Scotland | 200,000 |  Jamie McLeary (1) |
12 | ||
| 9 Aug | SK Golf Challenge | Finland | 175,000 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Nicolas Colsaerts (1) |
12 | ||
| 16 Aug | Trophée du Golf de Genève | Switzerland | 210,000 | Julien Quesne (1) |
12 | ||
| Chinese Challenge | China | – | Removed | – | New tournament | ||
| 30 Aug | DHL Wrocław Open | Poland | 140,000 | Eric Ramsay (1) |
12 | ||
| 6 Sep | Fred Olsen Challenge de España | Spain | 150,000 | Rhys Davies (2) |
12 | ||
| 13 Sep | Dutch Futures | Netherlands | 150,000 | Nicolas Colsaerts (2) |
12 | ||
| 20 Sep | Kazakhstan Open | Kazakhstan | 400,000 | Edoardo Molinari (4) |
12 | ||
| 4 Oct | ECCO Tour Championship | Denmark | 180,000 |  José-Filipe Lima (3) |
12 | NGL | |
| 11 Oct | Allianz Golf Open Grand Toulouse | France | 150,000 | John Parry (1) |
12 | ||
| 25 Oct | Italian Federation Cup | Italy | 150,000 | Edoardo Molinari (5)[lower-alpha 4] |
12 | ||
| 31 Oct | Apulia San Domenico Grand Final | Italy | 300,000 | Peter Whiteford (3) |
12 | Tour Championship |
Challenge Tour Rankings
For full rankings, see 2009 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 2010 European Tour.
| Rank | Player | Prize money (€) |
|---|---|---|
| 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
Notes
- A further one tournament was scheduled but was removed from the schedule.
- 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.
- EUR − European Tour; NGL − Nordic Golf League; TLA − Tour de las Américas.
- Molinari earned immediate promotion to the European Tour, as this was his third win of the season.
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.
External links
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