2002 Challenge Tour

2002 Challenge Tour season

Duration	28 February 2002 (2002-02-28) – 27 October 2002 (2002-10-27)
Number of official events	25 [lower-alpha 1]
Most wins	Lee S. James (3)
Rankings	Lee S. James
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The 2002 Challenge Tour was the 14th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2002 season. ^[1]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (€)	Winner [lower-alpha 2]	OWGR points	Other tours [lower-alpha 3]	Notes
3 Mar	Sameer Kenya Open	Kenya	£75,000	Lee S. James (2)	6
10 Mar	Stanbic Zambia Open	Zambia	95,000	Marc Cayeux (1)	10	AFR
24 Mar	Madeira Island Open	Portugal	550,000	Diego Borrego (3)	24	EUR	New to Challenge Tour
14 Apr	Panalpina Banque Commerciale du Maroc Classic	Morocco	130,000	Jean-François Lucquin (1)	6		New tournament
28 Apr	Tessali Open del Sud	Italy	90,000	Simon Wakefield (1)	6
5 May	Credit Suisse Private Banking Open	Switzerland	–	Abandoned [lower-alpha 4]	–
26 May	Izki Challenge de España	Spain	135,000	Fredrik Widmark (1)	6
2 Jun	Austrian Golf Open	Austria	110,000	Markus Brier (1)	6
9 Jun	Nykredit Danish Open	Denmark	125,000	Ed Stedman (1)	6
16 Jun	Aa St Omer Open	France	330,000	Nicolas Vanhootegem (2)	6
16 Jun	Galeria Kaufhof Pokal Challenge	Germany	90,000	Alex Čejka (4)	6
23 Jun	Clearstream International Luxembourg Open	Luxembourg	105,000	Lee S. James (3)	6
30 Jun	Open des Volcans	France	110,000	Scott Kammann (1)	6
7 Jul	PGA Triveneta Terme Euganee International Open	Italy	115,000	Wolfgang Huget (2)	6
14 Jul	Volvo Finnish Open	Finland	100,000	Thomas Nørret (1)	6
21 Jul	Golf Challenge	Germany	100,000	Iain Pyman (4)	6
28 Jul	Charles Church European Challenge Tour Championship	England	250,000	John E. Morgan (1)	6
4 Aug	Talma Finnish Challenge	Finland	150,000	Lee S. James (4)	6
11 Aug	BMW Russian Open	Russia	180,000	Iain Pyman (5)	6
18 Aug	North West of Ireland Open	Ireland	350,000	Adam Mednick (6)	16	EUR
25 Aug	Rolex Trophy	Switzerland	CHF 225,000	Simon Hurd (1)	6
25 Aug	Skandia PGA Open	Sweden	95,000	Thomas Besancenez (1)	6
8 Sep	Formby Hall Challenge	England	£75,000	Matthew Blackey (1)	6
15 Sep	Telia Grand Prix	Sweden	SKr 1,100,000	Matthew Blackey (2)	6
20 Oct	Fortis Bank Challenge Open	Netherlands	135,000	Didier de Vooght (1)	6
27 Oct	Challenge Tour Grand Final	France	200,000	Peter Lawrie (1)	6		Tour Championship

Rankings

For full rankings, see 2002 Challenge Tour graduates.

The rankings were based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros. ^[3] The top 15 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 2003 European Tour. ^[4]

Rank	Player	Prize money (€)
1	Lee S. James	121,531
2	Jean-François Lucquin	101,544
3	Matthew Blackey	94,121
4	Peter Lawrie	89,073
5	Iain Pyman	75,674

Notes

1. A further one tournament was scheduled but was abandoned.
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. AFR − Sunshine Tour; EUR − European Tour.
4. Tournament abandoned due to persistent bad weather. ^[2]

References

1. "2002 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
2. "Credit Suisse Private Banking Open abandoned". European Tour. 19 March 2010. Archived from the original on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
3. "2002 Rankings". European Tour. Archived from the original on 23 December 2002. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
4. "European Tour places up for grabs in Challenge Tour Grand Final". European Tour. 19 March 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2023. The Grand Final represents three contests in one. There is the tournament itself with a prize fund of €200,000, the race for the Number One spot on the Rankings, and the battle to secure the 15 European Tour cards for next season.

External links

• Official website