2011 Challenge Tour

The 2011 Challenge Tour was a series of professional golf tournaments collectively known as the Challenge Tour.

The Challenge Tour is Europe's official developmental tour and is organised by the PGA European Tour. It was introduced in 1986 and was originally called the Satellite Tour, before being renamed with its present title in 1990.

Tournament schedule

The 2011 schedule is set out below. The numbers in brackets after winners' names show the player's total number of wins on the Challenge Tour including that event. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Challenge Tour because success at this level soon leads to promotion to the European Tour.

Dates	Tournament	Host country	Winner	OWGR Points	Notes
13–16 Jan	Gujarat Kensville Challenge	India	Gaganjeet Bhullar (1)	12	New tournament
10–13 Mar	Abierto Internacional Copa Antioquia	Colombia	Joaquín Estévez (1)	12	Co-sanctioned with the Tour de las Américas
31 Mar–3 Apr	Barclays Kenya Open	Kenya	Michiel Bothma (1)	12
5–8 May	Allianz Challenge de France	France	Nicolas Meitinger (1)	12	New tournament
12–15 May	Mugello Tuscany Open	Italy	Anthony Snobeck (2)	12	New tournament
19–22 May	Madeira Islands Open	Portugal	Michael Hoey (4)	18	Dual ranking event with the European Tour
26–29 May	Telenet Trophy	Belgium	Andrew Tampion (2)	12
2–5 Jun	Kärnten Golf Open	Austria	Edouard Dubois (1)	12
9–12 Jun	Allianz Open Côtes d'Armor Bretagne	France	Phillip Archer (2)	12
16–19 Jun	Saint-Omer Open	France	Matthew Zions (1)	18	Dual ranking event with the European Tour
23–26 Jun	Scottish Hydro Challenge	Scotland	Edouard Dubois (2)	12
30 Jun–3 Jul	The Princess	Sweden	Ricardo Santos (1)	12
7–10 Jul	Acaya Open	Italy	Jamie Moul (1)	12	New tournament
14–17 Jul	Credit Suisse Challenge	Switzerland	Benjamin Hebert (1)	12
21–24 Jul	English Challenge	England	Benjamin Hebert (2)	12
11–14 Aug	Norwegian Challenge	Norway	Andrea Pavan (1)	12
17–20 Aug	ECCO Tour Championship	Denmark	Daniel Denison (1)	12	Tournament reduced to 54 holes due to weather
24–27 Aug	Rolex Trophy	Switzerland	Benjamin Hebert (3)	12	Limited field Pro-Am
8–11 Sep	Kazakhstan Open	Kazakhstan	Tommy Fleetwood (1)	12
15–18 Sep	M2M Russian Challenge Cup	Russia	Sam Little (3)	12
22–25 Sep	Allianz Golf Open Grand Toulouse	France	Sam Little (4)	12
29 Sep–2 Oct	Fred Olsen Challenge de España	Spain	Matthew Baldwin (1)	12
6–9 Oct	Allianz Golf Open de Lyon	France	Julien Quesne (2)	12
13–16 Oct	Roma Golf Open	Italy	Sam Little (5)	12
2–5 Nov	Apulia San Domenico Grand Final	Italy	Andrea Pavan (2)	16

Rankings

For full rankings, see 2011 Challenge Tour graduates.

Rank	Player	Country	Prize money (€)
1	Tommy Fleetwood	England	148,913
2	Andrea Pavan	Italy	133,052
3	Sam Little	England	130,798
4	Ricardo Santos	Portugal	97,516
5	Benjamin Hebert	France	91,293

See also

• 2011 European Tour

External links

• Schedule on the European Tour's official site
• Rankings on the European Tour's official site