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2008 Challenge Tour

2008 Challenge Tour season
Duration29 November 2007 (2007-11-29) – 26 October 2008 (2008-10-26)
Number of official events33
Most winsNetherlands Taco Remkes (3)
RankingsEngland David Horsey
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The 2008 Challenge Tour was the 20th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2008 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(€)		 Winner[a] OWGR
points		 Other
tours[b]		 Notes
2 Dec Abierto del Litoral Personal Argentina US$170,000 Argentina Miguel Rodríguez (2) 12 TLA, TPG New to Challenge Tour
9 Dec Abierto Visa de la República Argentina US$200,000 Paraguay Marco Ruiz (1) 12 TLA, TPG
9 Mar Tusker Kenya Open Kenya 180,000 England Iain Pyman (8) 12
30 Mar Abierto Visa del Centro Argentina US$200,000 Argentina Estanislao Goya (1) 12 TLA, TPG New to Challenge Tour
6 Apr Abierto Visa de la República Argentina US$200,000 Finland Antti Ahokas (1) 12 TLA, TPG
13 Apr Club Colombia Masters Colombia US$180,000 Netherlands Wil Besseling (1) 12 TLA
26 Apr AGF-Allianz Open Côtes d'Armor Bretagne France 140,000 Sweden Joakim Haeggman (3) 12
4 May Banque Populaire Moroccan Classic Morocco 150,000 Northern Ireland Michael Hoey (3) 12
17 May Piemonte Open Italy 150,000 England Seve Benson (1) 12 New tournament
25 May DHL Wrocław Open Poland 150,000 England Gary Clark (1) 12 New tournament
1 Jun Oceânico Group Pro-Am Challenge England 150,000 Italy Alessandro Tadini (2) 12
8 Jun Reale Challenge de España Spain 140,000 Scotland Andrew McArthur (1) 12
15 Jun SK Golf Challenge Finland 150,000 England Simon Robinson (1) 12 New tournament
15 Jun Saint-Omer Open France 600,000 England David Dixon (1) 18 EUR
22 Jun Telenet Trophy Belgium 140,000 England David Horsey (1) 12
29 Jun Scottish Challenge Scotland 220,000 Netherlands Taco Remkes (1) 12
6 Jul AGF-Allianz EurOpen de Lyon France 200,000 England David Horsey (2) 12 New tournament
13 Jul Credit Suisse Challenge Switzerland 140,000 Spain Rafa Cabrera-Bello (2) 12
20 Jul MAN NÖ Open Austria 140,000 Switzerland André Bossert (3) 12
27 Jul SWALEC Wales Challenge Wales 140,000 Republic of Ireland Michael McGeady (1) 12
3 Aug Challenge of Ireland Ireland 150,000 Australia Andrew Tampion (1) 12
10 Aug Lexus Open Norway 150,000 Denmark Jeppe Huldahl (1) 12
17 Aug Trophée du Golf Club de Genève Switzerland 210,000 Sweden Klas Eriksson (5) 12
17 Aug Vodafone Challenge Germany 140,000 Scotland Richie Ramsay (1) 12
24 Aug Ypsilon Golf Challenge Czech Republic 180,000 England Seve Benson (2) 12 New tournament
31 Aug ECCO Tour Championship Denmark 180,000 Finland Antti Ahokas (2) 12 NGL
7 Sep Dubliner Challenge Sweden 140,000 Denmark Mark Haastrup (1) 12 New tournament
14 Sep Qingdao Golf Open China US$500,000 Northern Ireland Gareth Maybin (1) 12 New tournament
21 Sep Kazakhstan Open Kazakhstan 430,000 England Gary Lockerbie (1) 12
28 Sep Dutch Futures Netherlands 140,000 Netherlands Taco Remkes (2) 12
5 Oct AGF-Allianz Golf Open Grand Toulouse France 140,000 Scotland Richie Ramsay (2) 12
18 Oct Margara Diehl-Ako Platinum Open Italy 160,000 Netherlands Taco Remkes (3)[c] 12
26 Oct Apulia San Domenico Grand Final Italy 280,000 Argentina Estanislao Goya (2) 12 Tour Championship

Rankings

For full rankings, see 2008 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 2009 European Tour.[3]

Rank Player Prize money (€)
1 England David Horsey 144,118
2 England Gary Lockerbie 138,509
3 Netherlands Taco Remkes 137,331
4 Northern Ireland Gareth Maybin 117,719
5 Argentina Estanislao Goya 113,336

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; NGL − Nordic Golf League; TLA − Tour de las Américas; TPG − TPG Tour.
  3. ^ Remkes earned immediate promotion to the European Tour, as this was his third win of the season.[2]

References

  1. ^ "2008 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Sensationele Derde Zege Voor Taco Renkes" [Sensational third win for Taco Remkes]. 0297.nl (in Dutch). 18 October 2008. Retrieved 29 August 2023. Dit betekend directe promotie naar de European Tour! Toch heeft Taco Remkes bewust gekozen om komende week ook gewoon op de Challenge Tour van start te gaan. [This means direct promotion to the European Tour! Nevertheless, Taco Remkes has consciously chosen to start on the Challenge Tour next week.]
  3. ^ a b "2008 Rankings". European Tour. Archived from the original on 7 December 2008. Retrieved 29 August 2023. The Top 20 positions in the Final 2008 European Challenge Tour Rankings will obtain full playing rights to the 2009 European Tour International Schedule.
  4. ^ "Goya steals the Grand Final as Horsey is crowned No.1". European Tour. 19 March 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
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