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1996 Challenge Tour

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1996 Challenge Tour season
Duration22 February 1996 (1996-02-22) – 24 October 1996 (1996-10-24)
Number of official events32
Most winsSweden Dennis Edlund (2)
Spain Ignacio Feliu (2)
Sweden Adam Mednick (2)
Finland Kalle Väinölä (2)
Germany Erol Şimşek (2)
RankingsEngland Ian Garbutt
1995
1997

The 1996 Challenge Tour was the eighth season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 1996 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(£)
Winner[a] Notes
25 Feb Kenya Open Kenya 65,000 Scotland Mike Miller (1)
10 Mar Open de Côte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast 70,000 Italy Massimo Florioli (1)
14 Apr Is Molas Challenge Italy Lit 80,000,000 England Simon Burnell (1) New tournament
21 Apr Le Pavoniere Challenge Italy Lit 80,000,000 Finland Kalle Väinölä (1) New tournament
27 Apr Alianca UAP Challenger Portugal 50,000 England Gary Marks (1) New tournament
5 May Canarias Challenge Spain Pta 12,000,000 England Robert Lee (1)
19 May Open de Dijon France 45,000 Spain Francisco Cea (1)
26 May Club Med Open Italy Lit 140,000,000 Spain Ignacio Feliu (2)
2 Jun SIAB Open Sweden 35,000 Finland Kalle Väinölä (2)
9 Jun KB Golf Challenge Czech Republic 65,000 Sweden Joakim Rask (2)
9 Jun Himmerland Open Denmark 35,000 Sweden Niklas Diethelm (1)
23 Jun Team Erhverv Danish Open Denmark 70,000 Sweden Robert Jonsson (1)
23 Jun Open dei Tessali Italy Lit 100,000,000 New Zealand Stephen Scahill (1)
30 Jun Audi Quattro Trophy Germany 72,000 Germany Erol Şimşek (1)
7 Jul Open des Volcans France 60,000 England Andrew Sandywell (2)
13 Jul Gosen Challenge England 35,000 England Greg Owen (1) New tournament
14 Jul Volvo Finnish Open Finland 35,000 Sweden Björn Bäck (1)
28 Jul Interlaken Open Switzerland CHF 100,000 England Van Phillips (1)
4 Aug English Challenge Tour Championship England 65,000 Sweden Dennis Edlund (3)
10 Aug Rolex Trophy Pro-Am Switzerland CHF 100,000 Sweden Dennis Edlund (4)
18 Aug Karsten Ping Norwegian Open Norway 60,000 Spain Ignacio Feliu (3)
25 Aug Dutch Challenge Netherlands 60,000 Australia Mathew Goggin (1)
25 Aug Toyota Danish PGA Championship Denmark 40,000 Sweden Adam Mednick (4)
1 Sep Kentab/RBG Open Sweden 40,000 Sweden Max Anglert (1)
8 Sep Russian Open Russia 65,000 England Carl Watts (2) New to Challenge Tour
8 Sep SM Match Play Sweden 50,000 Sweden Adam Mednick (5)
15 Sep Perrier European Pro-Am Belgium 55,000 United States Kevin Carissimi (1)
21 Sep Eulen Open Galea Spain 72,000 Spain José Antonio Sota (1)
28 Sep Modena Classic Open Italy 35,000 England Lee S. James (1) New tournament
29 Sep Telia InfoMedia Grand Prix Sweden SKr 1,000,000 England Scott Watson (1)
6 Oct Bank Pekao Polish Open Poland 40,000 Germany Erol Şimşek (2) New to Challenge Tour
20 Oct UAP Grand Final Portugal 65,000 England Ian Garbutt (1) Tour Championship

Unofficial events

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The following events were sanctioned by the Challenge Tour, but did not carry official money, wins were still official however.

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(£)
Winner[a] Notes
30 Jun Memorial Olivier Barras Switzerland CHF 75,000 Spain Juan Quirós (1)
7 Jul Neuchâtel Open Golf Trophy Switzerland CHF 75,000 Italy Federico Bisazza (1)

Rankings

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The rankings were based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Pound sterling.[2] The top 15 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 1997 European Tour.[2]

Rank Player Prize money (£)
1 England Ian Garbutt 37,661
2 Sweden Dennis Edlund 34,286
3 England Robert Lee 33,990
4 England Andrew Sandywell 33,098
5 Italy Massimo Florioli 32,708

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b 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

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  1. ^ "1996 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Challenge Tour Penningligan" [Challenge Tour Money list]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 12. December 1996. p. 90. Retrieved 10 October 2023. De femton bästa får kortet till Europatouren [The top fifteen will receive a European Tour card]
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