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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.

Date Tournament Host country Winner Notes
4 Dec Abierto Mexicano Corona Mexico Mexico Antonio Maldonado (1) Co-sanctioned with the Tour de las Américas
11 Dec Abierto Visa de la República Argentina United States Kevin Stadler (1) Co-sanctioned with the Tour de las Américas
5 Feb Abierto Movistar Guatemala Open Guatemala Argentina Miguel Carballo (1) Co-sanctioned with the Tour de las Américas
12 Feb Kai Fieberg Costa Rica Open Costa Rica Sweden Johan Axgren (2) Co-sanctioned with the Tour de las Américas
26 Feb Estoril Challenge Portugal Wales Kyron Sullivan (1)
12 Mar Tusker Kenya Open Kenya Sweden Johan Axgren (3)
9 Apr Peugeot Challenge R.C.G. El Prat Spain Scotland David Drysdale (2)
30 Apr Tessali Metaponto Open di Puglia e Basilicata Italy France Anthony Snobeck (1)
14 May Parco di Monza Challenge Italy Spain Álvaro Salto (3)
21 May Telenet Trophy Belgium Finland Toni Karjalainen (2)
28 May Tikida Hotels Agadir Moroccan Classic Morocco France Adrien Mörk (1)
3 Jun Morson International Pro-am Challenge England Spain Álvaro Quirós (1)
11 Jun Thomas Bjørn Open Denmark England Marcus Higley (1)
18 Jun Aa St Omer Open France Argentina César Monasterio (2) Dual-ranking event with European Tour
18 Jun Lexus Open Norway Sweden Kalle Brink (3) Alternate to the Aa St Omer Open
25 Jun Credit Suisse Challenge Switzerland Spain Francisco Cea (2)
2 Jul Open Mahou de Madrid Spain Spain Juan Parrón (1)
9 Jul Scottish Challenge Scotland England Sam Walker (1)
16 Jul Texbond Open Italy Spain Carlos del Moral (1)
23 Jul MAN NÖ Open Austria Spain Rafael Cabrera-Bello (1)
30 Jul Ryder Cup Wales Challenge Wales Wales Sion Bebb (1)
6 Aug Ireland Ryder Cup Challenge Ireland Australia John Wade (1)
13 Aug Vodafone Challenge Germany Germany Martin Kaymer (1)
20 Aug Rolex Trophy Switzerland Sweden Alexander Norén (1)
27 Aug ECCO Tour Championship Denmark England James Heath (1)
3 Sep Telia Challenge Waxholm Sweden Argentina Rafael Echenique (1)
17 Sep Open des Volcans - Challenge de France France Germany Martin Kaymer (2)
24 Sep Oki Mahou Challenge de España Spain France Adrien Mörk (2)
1 Oct Kazakhstan Open Kazakhstan Wales Mark Pilkington (1)
8 Oct Golf Open International de Toulouse France France Julien Forêt (1)
22 Oct Apulia San Domenico Grand Final Italy England James Hepworth (2)

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  Wales 119,152
2 Johan Axgren  Sweden 105,699
3 Alexander Norén  Sweden 99,631
4 Martin Kaymer  Germany 93,321
5 James Hepworth  England 84,236
6 Kyron Sullivan  Wales 83,364
7 Rafael Echenique  Argentina 82,737
8 Juan Parron  Spain 71,089
9 Sam Walker  England 69,853
10 Marcus Higley  England 67,851
11 Shaun Webster  England 65,536
12 Gary Lockerbie  England 64,073
13 Rafael Cabrera-Bello  Spain 62,849
14 James Heath  England 60,346
15 Gareth Davies  England 60,189
16 Lee S. James  England 59,704
17 Jean-Baptiste Gonnet  France 59,343
18 Álvaro Quirós  Spain 57,278
19 Mads Vibe-Hastrup  Denmark 52,485
20 Adrien Mörk  France 52,136

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "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.