1994 Challenge Tour

1994 Challenge Tour season

Duration	16 March 1994 (1994-03-16) – 9 October 1994 (1994-10-09)
Number of official events	34
Most wins	Michael Campbell (3)
Rankings	Raymond Burns
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The 1994 Challenge Tour was the sixth season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1994 season. ^[1]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (£)	Winner [lower-alpha 1]	Notes
19 Mar	Tunisian Challenge	Tunisia	70,000	Jon Robson (1)	New tournament
26 Mar	El Corte Inglés Open	Spain	30,000	Juan Carlos Piñero (2)
2 Apr	Tessali Open	Italy	40,000	Michael Archer (1)
10 Apr	Open Jezequel	France	55,000	Carl Watts (1)
22 Apr	Stockley Park Challenge	England	40,000	Ricky Willison (1)
30 Apr	Centenario Copa Palmer	Spain	50,000	Daniel Westermark (2)	New tournament
28 May	Club Med Open	Italy	60,000	Raymond Burns (1)
29 May	Ramlösa Open	Sweden	SKr 315,000	Eric Carlberg (a) (1)
5 Jun	SIAB Open	Sweden	SKr 350,000	Per Haugsrud (2)
5 Jun	Challenge AGF	France	50,000	Jon Robson (2)
12 Jun	Himmerland Open	Denmark	SKr 360,000	Michael Archer (2)	New tournament
26 Jun	Memorial Olivier Barras	Switzerland	30,000	Michael Campbell (1)
3 Jul	Bank Austria Open	Austria	50,000	Michael Campbell (2)
3 Jul	Västerås Open	Sweden	SKr 315,000	Joakim Grönhagen (1)
3 Jul	Neuchâtel Open SBS Trophy	Switzerland	70,000	Rolf Muntz (1)
9 Jul	Open Divonne	France	55,000	Stuart Cage (1)
10 Jul	Volvo Finnish Open	Finland	SKr 350,000	Mikael Piltz (1)
17 Jul	Open des Volcans	France	70,000	Éric Giraud (2)
24 Jul	Interlaken Open	Switzerland	45,000	Neal Briggs (2)
24 Jul	Jämtland Open	Sweden	SKr 315,000	Daniel Chopra (1)	New tournament
6 Aug	Rolex Pro-Am	Switzerland	45,000	Stuart Little (1)
7 Aug	SM Match Play	Sweden	SKr 315,000	Per Nyman (2)
14 Aug	Audi Quattro Trophy	Germany	55,000	Michael Campbell (3)
21 Aug	Karsten Ping Norwegian Challenge	Norway	SKr 700,000	Raymond Burns (2)	New tournament
26 Aug	Gore-Tex Challenge	Scotland	35,000	John Bickerton (1)
28 Aug	Toyota Danish PGA Championship	Denmark	SKr 360,000	Anders Overbring (1)
4 Sep	Open de Dijon Bourgogne	France	35,000	Marcello Santi (1)
4 Sep	Compaq Open	Sweden	SKr 315,000	Adam Mednick (3)
11 Sep	Dutch Challenge Open	Netherlands	60,000	Jean-François Remésy (1)
18 Sep	Challenge Novotel	France	50,000	Jarmo Sandelin (2)
24 Sep	Perrier European Pro-Am	Belgium	50,000	Andrew Sandywell (1)
25 Sep	Team Erhverv Danish Open	Denmark	SKr 630,000	Liam White (1)
2 Oct	Challenge Chargeurs	France	50,000	Daniel Chopra (2)
9 Oct	Biarritz International Pro-Am	France	25,000	Mark Litton (3)

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the Challenge Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (£)	Winner	Notes
15 May	American Express Trophy	Germany	40,000	Torsten Giedeon
15 May	Scottish Professional Championship	Scotland	55,000	Andrew Coltart

Rankings

For full rankings, see 1994 Challenge Tour graduates.

The rankings were based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Pound sterling. ^[2] The top 10 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 1995 European Tour (Volvo Tour). ^[3]

Rank	Player	Prize money (£)
1	Raymond Burns	43,583
2	Jon Robson	38,334
3	Michael Campbell	29,707
4	Michael Archer	29,673
5	Neal Briggs	29,626

See also

• 1994 Swedish Golf Tour

Notes

1. 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.

References

1. "1994 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
2. "Challenge Tour Penningligan" [Challenge Tour Money list]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 11. November 1994. p. 82. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
3. "Captains closing the door on their county careers". The Birmingham Post. Birmingham, United Kingdom. 13 October 1994. p. 18. Retrieved 2 October 2023– via Newspapers.com. There will be ten new names on the European Tour next season...

External links

• Official website