2001 Challenge Tour

The 2001 Challenge Tour was a series of golf tournaments known as the Challenge Tour, the official development tour run by the PGA European Tour. The tour was started as the Satellite Tour in 1986 and was renamed the Challenge Tour ready for the start of the 1990 season.

The Challenge Tour Rankings was won by England's Mark Foster.

Tournament schedule

The table below shows the 2001 Challenge Tour schedule.

Dates	Tournament	Host country	Winner	Notes
1–4 Mar	Tusker Kenya Open	Kenya	Ashley Roestoff
8–11 Mar	Stanbic Zambia Open	Zambia	Mark Foster
29 Mar–1 Apr	Segura Viudas Challenge de España	Spain	Euan Little
26–29 Apr	Open Golf Montecchia - PGA Triveneta	Italy	Andrew Sherborne
3–6 May	Credit Suisse Private Banking Open	Switzerland	Greig Hutcheon
17–20 May	Austrian Open	Austria	Chris Gane
24–27 May	Aa Open de Saint-Omer	France	Sébastien Delagrange
31 May–3 Jun	NCC Open	Sweden	Benn Barham
7–10 Jun	Nykredit Danish Open	Denmark	Sébastien Delagrange
14–17 Jun	Galeria Kaufhof Pokal Challenge	Germany	Wolfgang Huget
21–24 Jun	DEXIA-BIL Luxembourg Open	Luxembourg	Grant Hamerton
28 Jun–1 Jul	Open des Volcans	France	Scott Drummond
5–8 Jul	Challenge Total Fina Elf	France	Kenneth Ferrie
12–15 Jul	Volvo Finnish Open	Finland	Peter Hedblom
19–22 Jul	Günther Hamburg Classics	Germany	Peter Hanson
26–29 Jul	Charles Church European Challenge Tour Championship	England	Mark Foster
2–5 Aug	BMW Russian Open	Russia	Jamie Donaldson
9–12 Aug	Talma Finnish Challenge	Finland	Klas Eriksson
16–19 Aug	North West of Ireland Open	Republic of Ireland	Tobias Dier	Also a European Tour event
23–26 Aug	Rolex Trophy	Switzerland	Stuart Little
23–26 Aug	Skandia PGA Open	Sweden	Christophe Pottier
30 Aug–2 Sept	Formby Hall Challenge	England	Sam Little
5–8 Sept	Muermans Real Estate Challenge	Netherlands	Dominique Nouailhac
13–16 Sept	Telia Grand Prix	Sweden	Jamie Donaldson
27–30 Sept	PGA of Austria Masters	Austria	Iain Pyman
3–6 Oct	San Paolo Vita & Asset Management Open	Italy	Mads Vibe-Hastrup
11–14 Oct	Hardelot Challenge de France	France	Mårten Olander
18–21 Oct	Terme Euganee International Open Padova	Italy	Chris Gane
1–4 Nov	Challenge Tour Grand Final	France	Richard Bland

Rankings

The top 15 on the Challenge Tour Rankings gained membership of the European Tour for the 2002 season.

Position	Player	Country	Prize money (€)
1	Mark Foster	England	97,737
2	Jamie Donaldson	Wales	92,740
3	Philip Golding	England	79,731
4	Andrew Marshall	England	75,841
5	Gary Clark	England	72,950
6	Sébastien Delagrange	France	71,237
7	Klas Eriksson	Sweden	66,933
8	Robert-Jan Derksen	Netherlands	61,595
9	Chris Gane	England	60,778
10	Richard Bland	England	60,693
11	Mads Vibe-Hastrup	Denmark	60,677
12	Peter Hanson	Sweden	60,432
13	Grant Hamerton	England	59,581
14	Stuart Little	England	58,650
15	Mårten Olander	Sweden	58,306

See also

• 2001 European Tour

External links

• Official homepage of the Challenge Tour