1996 Challenge Tour

The 1996 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 England's Ian Garbutt.

Tournament schedule

The table below shows the 1996 Challenge Tour schedule.[2]

DatesTournamentHost countryWinnerNotes
2225 Feb Kenya Open Kenya Scotland Mike Miller
710 Mar Open de Cote d'Ivoire Ivory Coast Italy Massimo Florioli
1114 Apr Is Molas Challenge Italy England Simon Burnell
1821 Apr Le Pavoniere Challenge Italy Finland Kalle Vainola
2427 Apr Alianca UAP Challenger Portugal England Gary Marks
25 May Canarias Challenge Spain England Robert Lee
1619 May Open de Dijon France Spain Francisco Cea
2326 May Club Med Open Italy Spain Ignacio Feliu
30 May2 Jun Siab Open Sweden Finland Kalle Vainola
69 Jun KB Golf Challenge Czech Republic Sweden Joakim Rask
79 Jun Himmerland Open Denmark Sweden Niklas Diethelm
1416 Jun Västerås Open Sweden Sweden Johan Axgren
2023 Jun Team Erhverv Danish Open Denmark Sweden Robert Jonsson
2023 Jun Open dei Tessali Italy New Zealand Stephen Scahill
2730 Jun Audi Quattro Trophy Germany Germany Erol Simsek
2830 Jun Memorial Olivier Barras Switzerland Spain Juan Quirós Unofficial money
47 Jul Open des Volcans France England Andrew Sandywell
57 Jul Neuchâtel Open Golf Trophy Switzerland Italy Federico Bisazza Unofficial money
1114 Jul Volvo Finnish Open Finland Sweden Björn Bäck
1113 Jul Gosen Challenge England England Greg Owen
2628 Jul Interlaken Open Switzerland England Van Phillips
14 Aug English Challenge Tour Championship England Sweden Dennis Edlund
710 Aug Rolex Pro-Am Switzerland Sweden Dennis Edlund
1518 Aug Karsten Ping Norwegian Open Norway Spain Ignacio Feliu
2225 Aug Dutch Challenge Netherlands Australia Mathew Goggin
2325 Aug Toyota Danish PGA Championship Denmark Sweden Adam Mednick
30 Aug1 Sept Kentab/RBG Open Sweden Sweden Max Anglert
58 Sept Russian Open Russia England Carl Watts
58 Sept Swedish Matchplay Sweden Sweden Adam Mednick
1215 Sept Perrier European Pro-Am Belgium United States Kevin Carissimi
1821 Sept Eulen Open Galea Spain Spain José Antonio Sota
2529 Sept Telia InfoMedia Grand Prix Sweden England Scott Watson
2528 Sept Modena Classic Open Italy England Lee S. James
36 Sept Bank Pekao Polish Open Poland Germany Erol Simsek
1720 Oct UAP Grand Final Portugal England Ian Garbutt

Rankings

The top 15 on the Challenge Tour Rankings gained membership of the European Tour for the 1997 season.[1]

Position Player Country Prize money (£)
1 Ian Garbutt  England 37,661
2 Dennis Edlund  Sweden 34,286
3 Robert Lee  England 33,990
4 Andrew Sandywell  England 33,098
5 Massimo Florioli  Italy 32,708
6 Van Phillips  England 32,450
7 Fredrik Jacobson  Sweden 31,297
8 Joakim Rask  Sweden 31,180
9 Ignacio Feliu  Spain 30,998
10 Adam Mednick  Sweden 29,684
11 John Mellor  England 28,330
12 Carl Watts  England 28,068
13 Stephen Scahill  New Zealand 27,454
14 Mårten Olander  Sweden 27,111
15 Kalle Vainola  Finland 26,709

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 2010-07-30.

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