2007 Challenge Tour season
Duration30 November 2006 (2006-11-30) – 27 October 2007 (2007-10-27)
Number of official events32[lower-alpha 1]
Most winsChile Felipe Aguilar (2)
England Peter Baker (2)
England Robert Dinwiddie (2)
Netherlands Joost Luiten (2)
England Ross McGowan (2)
Italy Edoardo Molinari (2)
England Iain Pyman (2)
Scotland Peter Whiteford (2)
RankingsFrance Mike Lorenzo-Vera
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The 2007 Challenge Tour was the 19th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

Changes for 2007

Five new tournaments were added to the schedule, including the Club Colombia Masters,[1] the Dutch Futures, the Open AGF-Allianz Côtes d'Armor Bretagne, the Doc Salbe PGA European Challenge in Germany and the Toscana Open Italian Federation Cup.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2007 season.[2]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(€)		Winner[lower-alpha 2]OWGR
points		Other
tours[lower-alpha 3]		Notes
3 Dec Abierto Visa de la República Argentina US$200,000 Argentina Rafael Echenique (2) 12 TLA
10 Dec Abierto Mexicano Corona Mexico US$310,000 Paraguay Fabrizio Zanotti (1) 12 TLA
4 Feb Club Colombia Masters Colombia US$175,000 Italy Edoardo Molinari (1) 12 TLA New tournament
11 Feb Kai Fieberg Costa Rica Open Costa Rica US$175,000 Argentina Miguel Rodríguez (1) 12 TLA
18 Feb Abierto Telefónica de Guatemala Guatemala US$150,000 Wales Jamie Donaldson (3) 12 TLA
11 Mar Tusker Kenya Open Kenya 160,000 Italy Edoardo Molinari (2) 12
22 Apr Tessali-Metaponto Open di Puglia e Basilicata Italy 130,000 Northern Ireland Michael Hoey (2) 12
6 May Moroccan Classic Morocco – Removed –
13 May A.G.F. Allianz Golf Open de Toulouse France 130,000 Netherlands Joost Luiten (1) 12
20 May Telenet Trophy Belgium 130,000 Belgium Nicolas Vanhootegem (3) 12
27 May Open Mahou de Madrid Spain 130,000 England Ben Mason (1) 12
3 Jun Oceânico Developments Pro-Am Challenge England 100,000 England Ross McGowan (1) 12
10 Jun Vodafone Challenge Germany 130,000 Netherlands Joost Luiten (2) 12
17 Jun Open de Saint-Omer France 500,000 Spain Carl Suneson (6) 18 EUR
24 Jun Credit Suisse Challenge Switzerland 140,000 England Peter Baker (1) 12
1 Jul Estoril Challenge de Portugal Portugal 130,000 England Ross McGowan (2) 12
8 Jul AGF-Allianz Open des Volcans – Challenge de France France 130,000 New Zealand Gareth Paddison (1) 12
22 Jul MAN NÖ Open Austria 130,000 Denmark Anders Schmidt Hansen (1) 12
29 Jul Firstplus Wales Challenge Wales 130,000 Republic of Ireland Colm Moriarty (1) 12
5 Aug Challenge of Ireland Ireland 150,000 Sweden Magnus A. Carlsson (1) 12
12 Aug Scottish Challenge Scotland 200,000 England Robert Dinwiddie (1) 12
19 Aug Rolex Trophy Switzerland 210,000 England Robert Dinwiddie (2) 12
19 Aug Lexus Open Norway 130,000 Austria Martin Wiegele (1) 12
26 Aug Postbank Challenge Germany 140,000 Chile Felipe Aguilar (1) 12
2 Sep ECCO Tour Championship Denmark 130,000 England Iain Pyman (6) 12 NGL
9 Sep Telia Challenge Waxholm Sweden SKr 1,175,000 England Iain Pyman (7) 12
16 Sep OKI Mahou Challenge de España Spain 130,000 Chile Felipe Aguilar (2) 12
23 Sep Kazakhstan Open Kazakhstan 330,000 Sweden Leif Westerberg (2) 12
30 Sep Dutch Futures Netherlands 140,000 Scotland Peter Whiteford (1) 12 New tournament
7 Oct Open AGF-Allianz Côtes d'Armor Bretagne France 140,000 England Peter Baker (2) 12 New to Challenge Tour
14 Oct Doc Salbe PGA European Challenge Germany 140,000 Scotland Peter Whiteford (2) 12 New tournament
20 Oct Toscana Open Italian Federation Cup Italy 140,000 Sweden Mikael Lundberg (3) 12 New tournament
27 Oct Apulia San Domenico Grand Final Italy 250,000 France Mike Lorenzo-Vera (1) 12 Tour Championship

Rankings

For full rankings, see 2007 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 2008 European Tour.[5]

RankPlayerPrize money (€)
1France Mike Lorenzo-Vera128,927
2England Ross McGowan126,645
3Chile Felipe Aguilar120,409
4Wales Jamie Donaldson111,748
5Sweden Leif Westerberg102,323

Notes

  1. ↑ A further one 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.

References

  1. ↑ "Challenge Tour Resumes With Historic Visit to Colombia". European Tour. 19 March 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  2. ↑ "2007 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  3. ↑ "2007 Rankings". European Tour. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "Lorenzo-Vera crowned Challenge Tour King at Grand Final". European Tour. 19 March 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "Challenge Tour set for a thrilling climax". European Tour. 19 March 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2023. ...where the best 45 players of the season are preparing for one final push in their bids to win one of the 20 available places on The 2008 European Tour.
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