2006 Challenge Tour
The 2006 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 Wales' Mark Pilkington. Frenchman Adrien Mörk shot the first 59 in the history of the PGA European Tour's three tours at the Moroccan Classic.
Tournament schedule
The table below shows the 2006 Challenge Tour schedule.[2] The season started in December 2005 and comprised 31 tournaments played in Europe, Latin America, East 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.
Rankings
The top 20 on the Challenge Tour Rankings gained membership of the European Tour for the 2007 season.[1]
Position | Player | Country | Prize money (€) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Mark Pilkington | ![]() |
119,152 |
2 | Johan Axgren | ![]() |
105,699 |
3 | Alexander Norén | ![]() |
99,631 |
4 | Martin Kaymer | ![]() |
93,321 |
5 | James Hepworth | ![]() |
84,236 |
6 | Kyron Sullivan | ![]() |
83,364 |
7 | Rafael Echenique | ![]() |
82,737 |
8 | Juan Parron | ![]() |
71,089 |
9 | Sam Walker | ![]() |
69,853 |
10 | Marcus Higley | ![]() |
67,851 |
11 | Shaun Webster | ![]() |
65,536 |
12 | Gary Lockerbie | ![]() |
64,073 |
13 | Rafael Cabrera-Bello | ![]() |
62,849 |
14 | James Heath | ![]() |
60,346 |
15 | Gareth Davies | ![]() |
60,189 |
16 | Lee S. James | ![]() |
59,704 |
17 | Jean-Baptiste Gonnet | ![]() |
59,343 |
18 | Álvaro Quirós | ![]() |
57,278 |
19 | Mads Vibe-Hastrup | ![]() |
52,485 |
20 | Adrien Mörk | ![]() |
52,136 |
See also
References
- ^ a b "Tour History". PGA European Tour. Archived from the original on 22 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
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