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The 2002 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 Lee S. James.

Tournament schedule

The table below shows the 2002 Challenge Tour schedule.[2]

Date Tournament Host country Winner Notes
3 Mar Sameer Kenya Open Kenya England Lee S. James (2)
10 Mar Stanbic Zambia Open Zambia Zimbabwe Marc Cayeux (1)
24 Mar Madeira Island Open Portugal Spain Diego Borrego (3) Dual-ranking event with European Tour
14 Apr Panalpina Banque Commerciale du Maroc Classic Morocco France Jean-François Lucquin (1)
28 Apr Tessali Open del Sud Italy England Simon Wakefield (1)
5 May Credit Suisse Private Banking Open Switzerland Tournament abandoned due to severe weather[3]
26 May Izki Challenge de España Spain Sweden Fredrik Widmark (1)
2 Jun Austrian Golf Open Austria Austria Markus Brier (1)
9 Jun Nykredit Danish Open Denmark Australia Ed Stedman (1)
16 Jun Aa St Omer Open France Belgium Nicolas Vanhootegem (2)
16 Jun Galeria Kaufhof Pokal Challenge Germany Germany Alex Čejka (4) Alternate to the Aa St Omer Open
23 Jun Clearstream International Luxembourg Open Luxembourg England Lee S. James (3)
30 Jun Open des Volcans France United States Scott Kammann (1)
7 Jul PGA Triveneta Terme Euganee International Open Italy Germany Wolfgang Huget (2)
14 Jul Volvo Finnish Open Finland Denmark Thomas Nørret (1)
21 Jul Golf Challenge Germany England Iain Pyman (4)
28 Jul Charles Church European Challenge Tour Championship England England John E. Morgan (1)
4 Aug Talma Finnish Challenge Finland England Lee S. James (4)
11 Aug BMW Russian Open Russia England Iain Pyman (5)
18 Aug North West of Ireland Open Ireland Sweden Adam Mednick (6) Dual-ranking event with European Tour
25 Aug Rolex Trophy Switzerland England Simon Hurd (1)
25 Aug Skandia PGA Open Sweden France Thomas Besancenez (1) Alternate to the Rolex Trophy
8 Sep Formby Hall Challenge England England Matthew Blackey (1)
15 Sep Telia Grand Prix Sweden England Matthew Blackey (2)
20 Oct Fortis Bank Challenge Open Netherlands Belgium Didier de Vooght (1)
27 Oct Challenge Tour Grand Final France Republic of Ireland Peter Lawrie (1)

Rankings

The top 15 on the Challenge Tour Rankings gained membership of the European Tour for the 2003 season.[1]

Position Player Country Prize money ()
1 Lee S. James  England 121,531
2 Jean-François Lucquin  France 101,544
3 Matthew Blackey  England 94,121
4 Peter Lawrie  Ireland 89,073
5 Iain Pyman  England 75,674
6 Simon Hurd  England 68,788
7 Nicolas Vanhootegem  Belgium 63,823
8 John E. Morgan  England 62,048
9 Simon Wakefield  England 58,922
10 Nicolas Colsaerts  Belgium 52,247
11 Gary Birch Jr  Germany 51,219
12 Gustavo Rojas  Argentina 50,873
13 Benn Barham  England 50,441
14 Fredrik Widmark  Sweden 50,438
15 Julien van Hauwe  France 47,472

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Tour History". PGA European Tour. Archived from the original on 22 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-30. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "Tournament Schedule". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 2010-08-03.
  3. ^ Credit Suisse Private Banking Open abandoned

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