1996 Challenge Tour
The 1996 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 England's Ian Garbutt.
Tournament schedule
The table below shows the 1996 Challenge Tour schedule.[2]
Rankings
The top 15 on the Challenge Tour Rankings gained membership of the European Tour for the 1997 season.[1]
| Position | Player | Country | Prize money (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ian Garbutt |  England |
37,661 |
| 2 | Dennis Edlund |  Sweden |
34,286 |
| 3 | Robert Lee | England |
33,990 |
| 4 | Andrew Sandywell | England |
33,098 |
| 5 | Massimo Florioli |  Italy |
32,708 |
| 6 | Van Phillips | England |
32,450 |
| 7 | Freddie Jacobson | Sweden |
31,297 |
| 8 | Joakim Rask | Sweden |
31,180 |
| 9 | Ignacio Feliu |  Spain |
30,998 |
| 10 | Adam Mednick | Sweden |
29,684 |
| 11 | John Mellor | England |
28,330 |
| 12 | Carl Watts | England |
28,068 |
| 13 | Stephen Scahill |  New Zealand |
27,454 |
| 14 | Mårten Olander | Sweden |
27,111 |
| 15 | Kalle Väinölä |  Finland |
26,709 |
References
- ^ a b "Tour History". PGA European Tour. Archived from the original on 22 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
- ^ "Tournament Schedule". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 2010-07-30.