1997 Challenge Tour

The 1997 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 Italy's Michele Reale.

Tournament schedule

The table below shows the 1997 Challenge Tour schedule.[2]

DatesTournamentHost countryWinnerNotes
58 Mar Open de Cote d'Ivoire Ivory Coast Denmark Knud Storgaard
1316 Mar Lonrho Kenya Open Kenya Argentina Jorge Berendt
1013 Apr Is Molas Challenge Italy England Andrew Collison
1619 Apr Le Pavoniere Supercal Challenge Italy England Andrew Collison
2427 Apr Alianca UAP Challenger Portugal Finland Anssi Kankkonen
14 May Canarias Challenge Spain Italy Michele Reale
1518 May Modena Classic Open Italy Spain Jesús María Arruti
2225 May Matchmaker Austrian Open Austria Germany Erol Simsek
30 May1 Jun Himmerland Open Denmark Sweden Mikael Lundberg
58 Jun KB Golf Challenge Czech Republic Germany Alex Čejka
58 Jun Siab Open Sweden Sweden Joakim Rask
1922 Jun Team Erhverv Danish Open Denmark England David Lynn
2022 Jun Memorial Olivier Barras Switzerland France Raphaël Jacquelin Unofficial money
2629 Jun Audi Quattro Trophy Germany England David A. Russell
2629 Jun Open dei Tessali Italy Spain Ivó Giner
36 Jul Open des Volcans France Wales Mark Litton
57 Jul Neuchâtel Open Switzerland Germany Erol Simsek
1013 Jul Volvo Finnish Open Finland Denmark Søren Kjeldsen
1720 Jul Rolex Pro-Am Switzerland Finland Anssi Kankkonen
2427 Jul Interlaken Open Switzerland England Mark Foster Tournament cancelled after
1st round because of rain
2427 Jul BTC Slovenian Open Slovenia Sweden Kalle Brink
31 Jul3 Aug Klassis Turkish Open Turkey Wales Bradley Dredge
710 Aug Challenge Tour Championship England Australia Greg Chalmers
2124 Aug Netcom Norwegian Open Norway Switzerland Demitri Bieri
2831 Aug Steelcover Dutch Challenge Netherlands France Raphaël Jacquelin
2325 Aug Toyota Danish PGA Championship Denmark Sweden Fredrik Henge
36 Sept Sovereign Russian Open Russia Italy Michele Reale
47 Sept Öhrlings Swedish Matchplay Sweden United States Gregory Garbero
1114 Sept Perrier European Pro-Am Belgium United States Craig Hainline
1821 Sept Eulen Open Galea Spain England Warren Bennett
2326 Sept BPGT Challenge England France Olivier Edmond
2528 Sept Polish Open Poland Cancelled due to rain
25 Oct Telia InfoMedia Grand Prix Sweden Sweden Fredrik Henge
811 Oct San Paolo Vita Open Italy Australia Mathew Goggin
1619 Oct Estoril Challenge Portugal Spain José Manuel Carriles
2326 Oct Estoril Grand Final Portugal France Nicolas Joakimides

Rankings

The top 15 on the Challenge Tour Rankings gained membership of the European Tour for the 1998 season.[1]

Position Player Country Prize money (£)
1 Michele Reale  Italy 51,679
2 Kalle Brink  Sweden 36,112
3 Greg Chalmers  Australia 35,267
4 Raphaël Jacquelin  France 34,538
5 Anssi Kankkonen  Finland 32,128
6 Nicolas Joakimides  France 31,497
7 David Lynn  England 31,342
8 Steen Tinning  Denmark 29,522
9 Knud Storgaard  Denmark 29,426
10 Craig Hainline  United States 29,368
11 Stephen Leaney  Australia 28,614
12 Heinz Peter Thül  Germany 27,418
13 Nicolas Vanhootegem  Belgium 26,936
14 Søren Kjeldsen  Denmark 26,581
15 Bradley Dredge  Wales 26,415

References

  1. 1 2 "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.

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