2005 Challenge Tour

2005 Challenge Tour season

Duration	25 November 2004 (2004-11-25) – 22 October 2005 (2005-10-22)
Number of official events	30
Most wins	Rafael Gómez (2) Brad Sutterfield (2) Marc Warren (2) Fredrik Widmark (2)
Rankings	Marc Warren
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The 2005 Challenge Tour was the 17th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2005 season. ^[1]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (€)	Winner [lower-alpha 1]	OWGR points	Other tours [lower-alpha 2]	Notes
28 Nov	Abierto Mexicano de Golf	Mexico	US$300,000	Rafael Gómez (1)	6	TLA	New to Challenge Tour
5 Dec	Panasonic Panama Open	Panama	US$200,000	Richard McEvoy (1)	6	TLA	New to Challenge Tour
12 Dec	TIM Peru Open	Peru	US$168,000	Brad Sutterfield (1)	6	TLA	New to Challenge Tour
13 Feb	American Express Costa Rica Open	Costa Rica	US$125,000	Kyle Dobbs (1)	6	TLA
20 Feb	Summit Panama Masters	Panama	US$125,000	Kevin Haefner (1)	6	TLA
27 Feb	Abierto Telefónica Moviles de Guatemala	Guatemala	US$125,000	César Monasterio (1)	6	TLA
21 Mar	Tusker Kenya Open	Kenya	160,000	Daniel Vancsik (3)	6
10 Apr	Madeira Island Open Caixa Geral de Depositos	Portugal	600,000	Robert-Jan Derksen (1)	16	EUR
1 May	Peugeot Challenge R.C.G. El Prat	Spain	115,000	Tomás Jesús Muñoz (1)	6
8 May	Firstplus Wales Challenge	Wales	125,000	Olivier David (1)	6
15 May	Tessali-Metaponto Open di Puglia e Basilicata	Italy	120,000	Rafael Gómez (2)	6
29 May	Riu Tikida Hotels Moroccan Classic	Morocco	130,000	Fredrik Widmark (2)	6
12 Jun	Thomas Bjørn Open	Denmark	115,000	Toni Karjalainen (1)	6		New tournament
19 Jun	Aa St Omer Open	France	400,000	Joakim Bäckström (n/a)	16	EUR
26 Jun	Galeria Kaufhof Pokal Challenge	Germany	115,000	Gareth Davies (2)	6
3 Jul	Open Mahou de Madrid	Spain	120,000	Benn Barham (2)	6		New tournament
10 Jul	Open des Volcans – Challenge de France	France	120,000	Ilya Goroneskoul (1)	6
16 Jul	Texbond Open	Italy	115,000	Fredrik Widmark (3)	6
31 Jul	Ireland Ryder Cup Challenge	Ireland	130,000	Marc Warren (1)	6		New tournament
14 Aug	Cadillac Russian Open	Russia	US$500,000	Mikael Lundberg (2)	16	EUR
21 Aug	Rolex Trophy	Switzerland	165,000	Marc Warren (2)	6
21 Aug	Skandia PGA Open	Sweden	SKr 1,000,000	David Patrick (1)	6
27 Aug	Morson International Pro-Am Challenge	England	150,000	Andrés Romero (1)	6
4 Sep	BA-CA Golf Open	Austria	150,000	Michael Hoey (1)	6
11 Sep	Telia Challenge Waxholm	Sweden	SKr 1,000,000	Morten Hagen (1)	6
18 Sep	Rotterdam International Open	Netherlands	115,000	Per G. Nyman (2)	6		New tournament
25 Sep	Kazakhstan Open	Kazakhstan	250,000	Stephen Browne (2)	6		New tournament
2 Oct	Open de Toulouse	France	115,000	Brad Sutterfield (2)	6
9 Oct	Abama Open de Canarias	Spain	450,000	John Bickerton (2)	16	EUR	New tournament
22 Oct	Apulia San Domenico Grand Final	Italy	250,000	Carl Suneson (5)	6		Tour Championship

Rankings

For full rankings, see 2005 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 2006 European Tour. ^[3]

Rank	Player	Prize money (€)
1	Marc Warren	103,577
2	Carl Suneson	103,129
3	Fredrik Widmark	99,750
4	Andrew Butterfield	94,335
5	Michael Kirk	90,620

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.
2. EUR − European Tour; TLA − Tour de las Américas.

References

1. "2005 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
2. "European Tour Results and Rankings" (PDF). European Tour. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 October 2005. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
3. "Suneson Wins Grand Final as Warren is Crowned Challenge Tour Number One". European Tour. 19 March 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2023. The European Tour's 20 newest Members have been handed their cards following Carl Suneson of Spain's victory at the Apulia San Domenico Grand Final, where he recorded a one shot victory from the man who finished the year as the European Challenge Tour's Number One – Marc Warren of Scotland.

External links

• Official website