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The 2001 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 Mark Foster.

Tournament schedule

The table below shows the 2001 Challenge Tour schedule.[2]

Date Tournament Host country Winner Notes
4 Mar Tusker Kenya Open Kenya South Africa Ashley Roestoff (1)
11 Mar Stanbic Zambia Open Zambia England Mark Foster (1) Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour
1 Apr Segura Viudas Challenge de España Spain Scotland Euan Little (1)
29 Apr Open Golf Montecchia - PGA Triveneta Italy England Andrew Sherborne (1)
6 May Credit Suisse Private Banking Open Switzerland Scotland Greig Hutcheon (2)
20 May Austrian Open Austria England Chris Gane (1)
27 May Aa Open de Saint-Omer France France Sébastien Delagrange (1)
3 Jun NCC Open Sweden England Benn Barham (1)
10 Jun Nykredit Danish Open Denmark France Sébastien Delagrange (2)
17 Jun Galeria Kaufhof Pokal Challenge Germany Germany Wolfgang Huget (1)
24 Jun DEXIA-BIL Luxembourg Open Luxembourg England Grant Hamerton (1)
1 Jul Open des Volcans France Scotland Scott Drummond (1)
8 Jul Challenge Total Fina Elf France England Kenneth Ferrie (2)
15 Jul Volvo Finnish Open Finland Sweden Peter Hedblom (4)
22 Jul Günther Hamburg Classics Germany Sweden Peter Hanson (1)
29 Jul Charles Church European Challenge Tour Championship England England Mark Foster (2)
5 Aug BMW Russian Open Russia Wales Jamie Donaldson (1)
12 Aug Talma Finnish Challenge Finland Sweden Klas Eriksson (4)
19 Aug North West of Ireland Open Ireland Germany Tobias Dier (1) Dual-ranking event with European Tour
26 Aug Rolex Trophy Switzerland England Stuart Little (2)
26 Aug Skandia PGA Open Sweden France Christophe Pottier (1) Alternate to the Rolex Trophy
2 Sep Formby Hall Challenge England England Sam Little (1)
8 Sep Muermans Real Estate Challenge Netherlands France Dominique Nouailhac (1)
16 Sep Telia Grand Prix Sweden Wales Jamie Donaldson (2)
30 Sep PGA of Austria Masters Austria England Iain Pyman (3)
6 Oct San Paolo Vita & Asset Management Open Italy Denmark Mads Vibe-Hastrup (1)
14 Oct Hardelot Challenge de France France Sweden Mårten Olander (1)
21 Oct Terme Euganee International Open Padova Italy England Chris Gane (2)
4 Nov Challenge Tour Grand Final France England Richard Bland (1)

Rankings

The top 15 on the Challenge Tour Rankings gained membership of the European Tour for the 2002 season.[1]

Position Player Country Prize money ()
1 Mark Foster  England 97,737
2 Jamie Donaldson  Wales 92,740
3 Philip Golding  England 79,731
4 Andrew Marshall  England 75,841
5 Gary Clark  England 72,950
6 Sébastien Delagrange  France 71,237
7 Klas Eriksson  Sweden 66,933
8 Robert-Jan Derksen  Netherlands 61,595
9 Chris Gane  England 60,778
10 Richard Bland  England 60,693
11 Mads Vibe-Hastrup  Denmark 60,677
12 Peter Hanson  Sweden 60,432
13 Grant Hamerton  England 59,581
14 Stuart Little  England 58,650
15 Mårten Olander  Sweden 58,306

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.