1999 Challenge Tour

The 1999 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 Spain's Carl Suneson.

Tournament schedule

The table below shows the 1999 Challenge Tour schedule.[2]

DatesTournamentHost countryWinnerNotes
11–14 Mar Tusker Kenya Open Kenya Netherlands Maarten Lafeber
24–27 Mar OKI Telepizza Challenge Spain Wales David Park
15–18 Apr Open de Cote d'Ivoire Ivory Coast England Ian Poulter
29 Apr–2 May Comunitat Valenciana Challenge de España Spain Spain Carl Suneson
13–16 May BIL Luxembourg Open Luxembourg United States Kevin Carissimi
20–23 May Open dei Tessali Italy Argentina Gustavo Rojas
27–30 May Challenge de Sablé France Australia Lucas Parsons
10–13 Jun NCC Open Sweden Sweden Per G. Nyman
10–13 Jun Diners Club Austrian Open Austria Switzerland Juan Ciola
24–27 Jun Is Molas Challenge Italy Wales Bradley Dredge
1–4 Jul Open des Volcans France England Philip Golding
2–4 Jul Neuchâtel Open Golf Trophy Switzerland Sweden Richard S. Johnson Unofficial money
8–11 Jul Volvo Finnish Open Finland Norway Paul Nilbrink
15–18 Jul BTC Slovenian Open Slovenia Australia Grant Dodd
15–18 Jul Rolex Trophy Switzerland Spain Carl Suneson Unofficial money
29 Jul–1 Aug Finnish Masters Finland Australia Lucas Parsons
5–8 Aug Beazer Homes Challenge Tour Championship England Spain Carl Suneson
12–15 Aug West of Ireland Golf Classic Republic of Ireland Italy Costantino Rocca Also a European Tour event
19–22 Aug BMW Russian Open Russia England Iain Pyman
19–22 Aug Norwegian Open Norway Sweden Pehr Magnebrant
1–3 Sept Formby Hall Challenge England Scotland Greig Hutcheon
2–5 Sept Öhrlings Swedish Matchplay Sweden Sweden Kalle Brink
8–11 Sept Daewoo Warsaw Golf Open Poland Sweden Niclas Fasth
30 Sept–3 Oct Gula Sidorna Grand Prix Sweden Sweden Raimo Sjöberg
6–9 Oct San Paolo Vita Open Italy Italy Alberto Binaghi
7–10 Oct Philips Challenge Xacobeo 99 Spain South Africa Hennie Otto
14–17 Oct Challenge de France Bayer France England Iain Pyman
21–24 Oct Challenge Tour Grand Final Cuba New Zealand Stephen Scahill

Rankings

The top 15 on the Challenge Tour Rankings gained category 11b membership of the European Tour for the 2000 season.[1]

Position Player Country Prize money (€)
1 Carl Suneson  Spain 69,642
2 Iain Pyman  England 56,993
3 Markus Brier  Austria 50,184
4 Gustavo Rojas  Argentina 47,953
5 Stephen Scahill  New Zealand 47,583
6 Hennie Otto  South Africa 44,023
7 Maarten Lafeber  Netherlands 39,190
8 Bradley Dredge  Wales 36,606
9 Benoît Teilleria  France 34,620
10 Lucas Parsons  Australia 34,522
11 Didier de Vooght  Belgium 33,733
12 Knud Storgaard  Denmark 33,561
13 Philip Golding  England 32,897
14 Johan Sköld  Sweden 31,424
15 Greig Hutcheon  Scotland 31,027

See also

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.

External links

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