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]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(€)		 Winner[b] OWGR
points		 Other
tours[c]		 Notes
22 Mar Club Colombia Masters Colombia US$200,000 Argentina Alan Wagner (1) 12 TLA
19 Apr Tusker Kenya Open Kenya 180,000 England Gary Boyd (1) 12
3 May Moroccan Classic Morocco 140,000 England Robert Coles (2) 12
17 May Allianz Open Côtes d'Armor Bretagne France 150,000 England Lee S. James (5) 12
24 May Piemonte Open Italy 150,000 Italy Edoardo Molinari (3) 12
31 May Telenet Trophy Belgium 150,000 France François Calmels (1) 12
7 Jun Kärnten Golf Open Austria 140,000 Germany Christoph Günther (1) 12 New tournament
14 Jun Challenge of Ireland Ireland 150,000 England Robert Coles (3) 12
21 Jun Saint-Omer Open France 600,000 Sweden Christian Nilsson (1) 18 EUR
28 Jun The Princess Sweden 300,000 England Andrew Butterfield (1) 12 New tournament
5 Jul Credit Suisse Challenge Switzerland 140,000 England Peter Baker (3) 12
12 Jul Allianz EurOpen de Lyon France 150,000 France Alexandre Kaleka (1) 12
26 Jul SWALEC Wales Challenge Wales 150,000 Wales Rhys Davies (1) 12
2 Aug Scottish Hydro Challenge Scotland 200,000 Scotland Jamie McLeary (1) 12
9 Aug SK Golf Challenge Finland 175,000 Belgium Nicolas Colsaerts (1) 12
16 Aug Trophée du Golf de Genève Switzerland 210,000 France Julien Quesne (1) 12
27 Aug Chinese Challenge China – Removed – New tournament
30 Aug DHL Wrocław Open Poland 140,000 Scotland Eric Ramsay (1) 12
6 Sep Fred Olsen Challenge de España Spain 150,000 Wales Rhys Davies (2) 12
13 Sep Dutch Futures Netherlands 150,000 Belgium Nicolas Colsaerts (2) 12
20 Sep Kazakhstan Open Kazakhstan 400,000 Italy Edoardo Molinari (4) 12
4 Oct ECCO Tour Championship Denmark 180,000 Portugal José-Filipe Lima (3) 12 NGL
11 Oct Allianz Golf Open Grand Toulouse France 150,000 England John Parry (1) 12
25 Oct Italian Federation Cup Italy 150,000 Italy Edoardo Molinari (5)[d] 12
31 Oct Apulia San Domenico Grand Final Italy 300,000 Scotland Peter Whiteford (3) 12 Tour Championship

Rankings

For full rankings, see 2009 Challenge Tour graduates.

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]

Rank Player Prize money (€)
1 Italy Edoardo Molinari 242,980
2 Portugal José-Filipe Lima 134,622
3 Belgium Nicolas Colsaerts 128,590
4 Wales Rhys Davies 113,187
5 Scotland Peter Whiteford 110.593

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...