2009 Challenge Tour

2009 Challenge Tour season
Duration19 March 2009 (2009-03-19) – 31 October 2009 (2009-10-31)
Number of official events24[a]
Most winsItaly Edoardo Molinari (3)
RankingsItaly Edoardo Molinari
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The 2009 Challenge Tour was the 21st season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2009 season.[1]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(€)		Winner[b]OWGR
points		Other
tours[c]		Notes
22 MarClub Colombia MastersColombiaUS$200,000Argentina Alan Wagner (1)12TLA
19 AprTusker Kenya OpenKenya180,000England Gary Boyd (1)12
3 MayMoroccan ClassicMorocco140,000England Robert Coles (2)12
17 MayAllianz Open Côtes d'Armor BretagneFrance150,000England Lee S. James (5)12
24 MayPiemonte OpenItaly150,000Italy Edoardo Molinari (3)12
31 MayTelenet TrophyBelgium150,000France François Calmels (1)12
7 JunKärnten Golf OpenAustria140,000Germany Christoph Günther (1)12New tournament
14 JunChallenge of IrelandIreland150,000England Robert Coles (3)12
21 JunSaint-Omer OpenFrance600,000Sweden Christian Nilsson (1)18EUR
28 JunThe PrincessSweden300,000England Andrew Butterfield (1)12New tournament
5 JulCredit Suisse ChallengeSwitzerland140,000England Peter Baker (3)12
12 JulAllianz EurOpen de LyonFrance150,000France Alexandre Kaleka (1)12
26 JulSWALEC Wales ChallengeWales150,000Wales Rhys Davies (1)12
2 AugScottish Hydro ChallengeScotland200,000Scotland Jamie McLeary (1)12
9 AugSK Golf ChallengeFinland175,000Belgium Nicolas Colsaerts (1)12
16 AugTrophée du Golf de GenèveSwitzerland210,000France Julien Quesne (1)12
27 AugChinese ChallengeChina–Removed–New tournament
30 AugDHL Wrocław OpenPoland140,000Scotland Eric Ramsay (1)12
6 SepFred Olsen Challenge de EspañaSpain150,000Wales Rhys Davies (2)12
13 SepDutch FuturesNetherlands150,000Belgium Nicolas Colsaerts (2)12
20 SepKazakhstan OpenKazakhstan400,000Italy Edoardo Molinari (4)12
4 OctECCO Tour ChampionshipDenmark180,000Portugal José-Filipe Lima (3)12NGL
11 OctAllianz Golf Open Grand ToulouseFrance150,000England John Parry (1)12
25 OctItalian Federation CupItaly150,000Italy Edoardo Molinari (5)[d]12
31 OctApulia San Domenico Grand FinalItaly300,000Scotland Peter Whiteford (3)12Tour Championship

Rankings

The rankings were based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros.[3][4] The top 20 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 2010 European Tour.[4]

RankPlayerPrize money (€)
1Italy Edoardo Molinari242,980
2Portugal José-Filipe Lima134,622
3Belgium Nicolas Colsaerts128,590
4Wales Rhys Davies113,187
5Scotland Peter Whiteford110,593

Notes

  1. ^ One further tournament was scheduled but was removed from the schedule.
  2. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Challenge Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Challenge Tour members. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Challenge Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the European Tour.
  3. ^ EUR − European Tour; NGL − Nordic Golf League; TLA − Tour de las Américas.
  4. ^ Molinari earned immediate promotion to the European Tour, as this was his third win of the season.[2]

References

  1. ^ "2009 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Molinari Secures Order of Merit with Win". Phil Kenyon Putting. 24 November 2009. Retrieved 29 August 2023. In so doing, Edoardo Molinari also earns himself Battlefield Promotion to the European Tour.
  3. ^ "2009 Rankings". European Tour. Archived from the original on 15 December 2009. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Whiteford wins season finale with final flourish". European Tour. 19 March 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2023. ...and the Scot can now look forward to joining The 2010 Race to Dubai after finishing fifth in the Rankings, which were won by Italy's Edoardo Molinari with record earnings of €242,979... There was also despair for Germany's Christoph Günther, whose place in the all-important top 20 was taken by Whiteford's fellow Scot Andrew McArthur...
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