2009 Challenge Tour

2009 Challenge Tour season

Duration	19 March 2009 (2009-03-19) – 31 October 2009 (2009-10-31)
Number of official events	24 [a]
Most wins	Edoardo Molinari (3)
Rankings	Edoardo Molinari
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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]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (€)	Winner [b]	OWGR points	Other tours [c]	Notes
22 Mar	Club Colombia Masters	Colombia	US$200,000	Alan Wagner (1)	12	TLA
19 Apr	Tusker Kenya Open	Kenya	180,000	Gary Boyd (1)	12
3 May	Moroccan Classic	Morocco	140,000	Robert Coles (2)	12
17 May	Allianz Open Côtes d'Armor Bretagne	France	150,000	Lee S. James (5)	12
24 May	Piemonte Open	Italy	150,000	Edoardo Molinari (3)	12
31 May	Telenet Trophy	Belgium	150,000	François Calmels (1)	12
7 Jun	Kärnten Golf Open	Austria	140,000	Christoph Günther (1)	12		New tournament
14 Jun	Challenge of Ireland	Ireland	150,000	Robert Coles (3)	12
21 Jun	Saint-Omer Open	France	600,000	Christian Nilsson (1)	18	EUR
28 Jun	The Princess	Sweden	300,000	Andrew Butterfield (1)	12		New tournament
5 Jul	Credit Suisse Challenge	Switzerland	140,000	Peter Baker (3)	12
12 Jul	Allianz EurOpen de Lyon	France	150,000	Alexandre Kaleka (1)	12
26 Jul	SWALEC Wales Challenge	Wales	150,000	Rhys Davies (1)	12
2 Aug	Scottish Hydro Challenge	Scotland	200,000	Jamie McLeary (1)	12
9 Aug	SK Golf Challenge	Finland	175,000	Nicolas Colsaerts (1)	12
16 Aug	Trophée du Golf de Genève	Switzerland	210,000	Julien Quesne (1)	12
27 Aug	Chinese Challenge	China	–	Removed	–		New tournament
30 Aug	DHL Wrocław Open	Poland	140,000	Eric Ramsay (1)	12
6 Sep	Fred Olsen Challenge de España	Spain	150,000	Rhys Davies (2)	12
13 Sep	Dutch Futures	Netherlands	150,000	Nicolas Colsaerts (2)	12
20 Sep	Kazakhstan Open	Kazakhstan	400,000	Edoardo Molinari (4)	12
4 Oct	ECCO Tour Championship	Denmark	180,000	José-Filipe Lima (3)	12	NGL
11 Oct	Allianz Golf Open Grand Toulouse	France	150,000	John Parry (1)	12
25 Oct	Italian Federation Cup	Italy	150,000	Edoardo Molinari (5) [d]	12
31 Oct	Apulia San Domenico Grand Final	Italy	300,000	Peter Whiteford (3)	12		Tour Championship

Rankings

For full rankings, see 2009 Challenge Tour graduates.

The rankings were based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros. ^{[3] [4]} The top 20 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 2010 European Tour. ^[4]

Rank	Player	Prize money (€)
1	Edoardo Molinari	242,980
2	José-Filipe Lima	134,622
3	Nicolas Colsaerts	128,590
4	Rhys Davies	113,187
5	Peter Whiteford	110.593

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. ^[2]

References

1. "2009 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
2. "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.
3. "2009 Rankings". European Tour. Archived from the original on 15 December 2009. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
4. "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...

External links

• Official website