2009 Challenge Tour
Year2009
TourChallenge Tour
Regular season19 March 2009 – 31 October 2009
No of events24[a]
Most winsEdoardo Molinari (3)
Honor 1Rankings
Honoree 1Edoardo Molinari
Prevseason2008
Nextseason2010

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

Rankings

For full rankings, see 2009 Challenge Tour graduates.

The rankings were based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros.[2][3] The top 20 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 2010 European Tour.[3]

RankPlayerPrize money (€)
1Edoardo Molinari242,980
2José-Filipe Lima134,622
3Nicolas Colsaerts128,590
4Rhys Davies113,187
5Peter 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.[4]

References

  1. ^ "2009 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  2. ^ "2009 Rankings". European Tour. Archived 15 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  3. ^ "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...
  4. ^ "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.