2010 Challenge Tour

The 2010 Challenge Tour is a series of professional golf tournaments collectively known as the Challenge Tour.

The Challenge Tour is Europe's official developmental tour and is organised by the PGA European Tour. It was introduced in 1986 and was originally called the Satellite Tour, before being renamed with its present title in 1990.[1]

Tournament schedule

The 2010 schedule is set out below.[2] The Green Challenge, scheduled for 29 July – 1 August, was cancelled.[3] The numbers in brackets after winners' names show the player's total number of wins on the Challenge Tour including that event. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Challenge Tour because success at this level soon leads to promotion to the European Tour.

The 2010 season began in February with the Abierto Internacional de Golf II Copa Antioquia in Colombia, a new tournament to the Challenge Tour schedule. After further tournaments in Kenya and Turkey, the tour visited Europe for the first time in May for the Allianz Open Côtes d'Armor Bretagne, one of four events on the schedule that also formed part of the Allianz Golf Tour, the official tour organised by the French Golf Federation. The season concluded with the Apulia San Domenico Grand Final at the end of October.

DateTournamentHost countryWinnerOWGR
Points		Notes
21 Feb Abierto Internacional de Golf II Copa Antioquia Colombia David Vanegas (1) 12 Co-sanctioned with the Tour de las Américas and Canadian Tour
28 Mar Kenya Open Kenya Robert Dinwiddie (3) 12
2 May Turkish Airlines Challenge Turkey Charlie Ford (1) 12
9 May Allianz Open Côtes d'Armor Bretagne France Sam Walker (2) 12
23 May Mugello Tuscany Open Italy Floris de Vries (1) 12
30 May Telenet Trophy Belgium Lee Slattery (2) 12
6 Jun Kärnten Golf Open Austria Martin Wiegele (2) 12
13 Jun Scottish Hydro Challenge Scotland George Murray (1) 12
20 Jun Moroccan Golf Classic Morocco Chris Baker (1) 12 Postponed from 22–25 April due to air travel issues[4]
20 Jun Saint-Omer Open France Martin Wiegele (3) 18 Dual-ranking event with European Tour
27 Jun Fred Olsen Challenge de España Spain Álvaro Velasco (1) 12
4 Jul The Princess Sweden Thorbjørn Olesen (1) 12
11 Jul Allianz Golf Open de Lyon France Bernd Wiesberger (1) 12
18 Jul Credit Suisse Challenge Switzerland Alessandro Tadini (3) 12
25 Jul English Challenge England Daniel Gaunt (1) 12
14 Aug Rolex Trophy Switzerland Mark Tullo (1) 12
22 Aug ECCO Tour Championship Germany Andreas Hartø (a,1) 12
28 Aug SWALEC Wales Challenge Wales Oscar Florén (1) 12
5 Sep Allianz EurOpen Strasbourg France Romain Wattel (a,1) 12
12 Sep Kazakhstan Open Kazakhstan Álvaro Velasco (2) 12
19 Sep M2M Russian Challenge Cup Russia Carlos del Moral (2) 12 New tournament
10 Oct Allianz Golf Open du Grand Toulouse France Bernd Wiesberger (2) 12
16 Oct Roma Golf Open Italy Andreas Hartø (2) 12
23 Oct Egyptian Open Egypt Mark Tullo (2) 14
30 Oct Apulia San Domenico Grand Final Italy Matt Haines (1) 16 Flagship event

Rankings

For full rankings, see 2010 Challenge Tour graduates.

RankPlayerCountryPrize money (€)
1Álvaro Velasco Spain134,297
2Matt Haines England107,152
3Thorbjørn Olesen Denmark104,754
4Floris de Vries Netherlands101,288
5Bernd Wiesberger Austria99,989

See also

References
  1. "Tour History". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
  2. "Challenge Tour Schedule 2010". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
  3. "Green Challenge removed from Challenge Tour schedule". PGA European Tour. 23 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
  4. Callow, James (19 April 2010). "Volcanic ash cloud causes widespread disruption to sporting calendar". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 22 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-29.
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