2005 Challenge Tour

The 2005 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 Scotland's Marc Warren.

Tournament schedule

The table below shows the 2005 Challenge Tour schedule.[2]

DatesTournamentHost countryWinnerNotes
25–28 Nov Abierto Mexicano de Golf Mexico Argentina Rafael Gómez
2–5 Dec Panasonic Panama Open Panama England Richard McEvoy
9–12 Dec TIM Peru Open Peru United States Brad Sutterfield
10–13 Feb Costa Rica Open Costa Rica United States Kyle Dobbs
17–20 Feb Summit Panama Masters Panama United States Kevin Haefner
24–27 Feb Abierto Telefonica Moviles de Guatemala Guatemala Argentina César Monasterio
18–21 Mar Tusker Kenya Open Kenya Argentina Daniel Vancsik
7–10 Apr Madeira Island Open Caixa Geral de Depositos Portugal Netherlands Robert-Jan Derksen Dual-ranking event with the European Tour
28 Apr–1 May Peugeot Challenge R.C.G. El Prat Spain Spain Tomás Jesús Muñoz
5–8 May FIRSTPLUS Wales Challenge Wales France Olivier David
12–15 May Tessali-Metaponto Open di Puglia e Basilicata Italy Argentina Rafael Gómez
26–29 May Riu Tikida Hotels Moroccan Classic Morocco Sweden Fredrik Widmark
9–12 Jun Thomas Bjørn Open Denmark Finland Toni Karjalainen
16–19 Jun Aa St Omer Open France Sweden Joakim Bäckström Dual-ranking event with the European Tour
23–26 Jun Galeria Kaufhof Pokal Challenge Germany England Gareth Davies
30 Jun–3 Jul Open Mahou de Madrid Spain England Benn Barham
7–10 Jul Open des Volcans - Challenge de France France France Ilya Goroneskoul
13–16 Jul Texbond Open Italy Sweden Fredrik Widmark
28–31 Jul Ireland Ryder Cup Challenge Republic of Ireland Scotland Marc Warren
11–14 Aug Cadillac Russian Open Russia Sweden Mikael Lundberg Dual-ranking event with the European Tour
18–21 Aug Rolex Trophy Switzerland Scotland Marc Warren
18–21 Aug Skandia PGA Open Sweden Scotland David Patrick
24–27 Aug Morson International Pro-Am Challenge England Argentina Andrés Romero
1–4 Sept BA-CA Golf Open Austria Northern Ireland Michael Hoey
8–11 Sept Telia Challenge Waxholm Sweden Norway Morten Hagen
15–18 Sept Rotterdam International Open Netherlands Sweden Per G. Nyman
22–25 Sept Kazakhstan Open Kazakhstan Republic of Ireland Stephen Browne
29 Sept–2 Oct Open de Toulouse France United States Brad Sutterfield
6–9 Oct Abama Open de Canarias Spain England John Bickerton Dual-ranking event with the European Tour
19–22 Oct Apulia San Domenico Grand Final Italy Spain Carl Suneson

Rankings

The top 20 on the Challenge Tour Rankings gained membership of the European Tour for the 2006 season.[1]

Position Player Country Prize money (€)
1 Marc Warren  Scotland 103,577
2 Carl Suneson  Spain 103,129
3 Fredrik Widmark  Sweden 99,750
4 Andrew Butterfield  England 94,335
5 Michael Kirk  South Africa 90,620
6 Steven Jeppesen  Sweden 88,517
7 Benn Barham  England 86,259
8 Michael Hoey  Northern Ireland 86,124
9 Daniel Vancsik  Argentina 81,053
10 Richard McEvoy  England 80,047
11 Rafael Gómez  Argentina 79,880
12 David Higgins  Ireland 77,259
13 Paul Dwyer  England 73,479
14 Andrés Romero  Argentina 71,221
15 Marco Ruiz  Paraguay 69,845
16 Ariel Cañete  Argentina 66,087
17 Tom Whitehouse  England 63,344
18 Ross Fisher  England 61,029
19 Stephen Browne  Ireland 59,916
20 Toni Karjalainen  Finland 58,384

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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