1995 Challenge Tour

1995 Challenge Tour season

Duration	2 March 1995 (1995-03-02) – 15 October 1995 (1995-10-15)
Number of official events	30
Most wins	Thomas Bjørn (3)
Rankings	Thomas Bjørn
← 1994 1996 →

The 1995 Challenge Tour was the seventh season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1995 season. ^[1]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (£)	Winner [lower-alpha 1]	Notes
5 Mar	Kenya Open	Kenya	65,000	James Lee (1)
30 Apr	Canarias Challenge	Spain	55,000	Pedro Linhart (1)
14 May	KB Golf Challenge	Czech Republic	60,000	Éric Giraud (3)	New tournament
28 May	Compaq Open	Sweden	SKr 350,000	Dennis Edlund (2)
4 Jun	SIAB Open	Sweden	SKr 350,000	Anssi Kankkonen (1)
5 Jun	Challenge Chargeurs	France	50,000	Rolf Muntz (2)
11 Jun	Himmerland Open	Denmark	SKr 350,000	Thomas Bjørn (1)
11 Jun	Club Med Open	Italy	60,000	Emanuele Bolognesi (2)
25 Jun	Team Erhverv Danish Open	Denmark	SKr 640,000	Rob Edwards (1)
25 Jun	Memorial Olivier Barras	Switzerland	35,000	Simon D. Hurley (4)
2 Jul	Neuchâtel Open SBS Trophy	Switzerland	35,000	Nicolas Vanhootegem (1)
9 Jul	Open Divonne	France	50,000	Patrik Sjöland (1)
9 Jul	Volvo Finnish Open	Finland	SKr 350,000	Fredrik Plahn (1)
15 Jul	Open des Volcans	France	55,000	Thomas Gögele (1)
23 Jul	Interlaken Open	Switzerland	50,000	Thomas Bjørn (2)
30 Jul	Karsten Ping Norwegian Open	Norway	SKr 700,000	Stephen Field (2)
6 Aug	Audi Quattro Trophy	Germany	72,000	Joost Steenkamer (1)
6 Aug	Rolex Pro-Am	Switzerland	40,000	Carl Suneson (1)
13 Aug	SM Match Play	Sweden	SKr 350,000	Peter Thörn (1)
20 Aug	Steelcover Dutch Challenge Open	Netherlands	60,000	Warren Bennett (1)
20 Aug	Toyota Danish PGA Championship	Denmark	SKr 350,000	François Lamare (1)
26 Aug	Coca-Cola Open	England	65,000	Thomas Bjørn (3)
2 Sep	Tessali Open	Italy	40,000	Andrew Collison (1)
10 Sep	Perrier European Pro-Am	Belgium	55,000	Diego Borrego (2)
17 Sep	Open de Dijon Bourgogne	France	35,000	Tim Planchin (3)
17 Sep	Kentab Open	Sweden	SKr 350,000	Per Nyman (3)
23 Sep	Eulen Open Galea	Spain	70,000	Ben Tinning (1)	New tournament
29 Sep	Lomas Bosque Challenge	Spain	30,000	Per Nyman (4)	New tournament
7 Oct	Tunisian Open Challenge	Tunisia	70,000	Ricky Willison (2)
15 Oct	UAP Grand Final	Portugal	60,000	Francisco Valera (2)	New tournament Tour Championship

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
17 Jun	Italian Native Open	Italy	50,000	Emanuele Bolognesi
18 Jun	Championnat de France Pro	France	50,000	Éric Giraud
24 Jun	Nedcar National Open	Netherlands	20,000	Rolf Muntz
31 Jul	UPS German PGA Championship	Germany	25,000	Erol Şimşek
13 Aug	Finnish PGA Championship	Finland	3,500	Mikael Piltz
13 Aug	Esbjerg Danish Closed	Denmark	10,000	Thomas Bjørn
4 Oct	Swiss PGA Championship	Switzerland	15,000	Steve Rey

Rankings

For full rankings, see 1995 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 1996 European Tour. ^[3]

Rank	Player	Prize money (£)
1	Thomas Bjørn	46,471
2	Tim Planchin	32,702
3	Diego Borrego	32,459
4	Éric Giraud	27,365
5	Simon D. Hurley	25,683

See also

• 1995 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. "1995 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
2. "European Challenge Tour Final Money List". The Daily Telegraph. London, United Kingdom. 31 October 1995. p. 43. Retrieved 2 October 2023– via Newspapers.com.
3. "Graf bound for Brighton". The Daily Telegraph. London, United Kingdom. 13 October 1995. p. 35. Retrieved 2 October 2023– via Newspapers.com. ...end-of-season PGA Challenge Tour event to climb into the top 10 of the Order of Merit and qualify automatically for the main tour.

External links

• Official website