2004 Challenge Tour

The 2004 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.[1]

The Challenge Tour Rankings was won by England's Lee Slattery.

Tournament schedule

The table below shows the 2004 Challenge Tour schedule.[2]

DatesTournamentHost countryWinnerNotes
12–15 Feb Panama Masters Panama Argentina Miguel Fernández
19–22 Feb Costa Rica Open Costa Rica Italy Alessandro Tadini
26–29 Feb Abierto Telefonica Guatemala Argentina Daniel Vancsik
11–14 Mar Stanbic Zambia Open Zambia South Africa Michael Kirk
18–21 Mar Kenya Open Kenya Zimbabwe Marc Cayeux
25–28 Mar Madeira Island Open Portugal Sweden Chris Hanell European Tour event,
50% prize money
22–25 Apr Al Ahram-Jolie Ville Sharm El Sheikh Challenge Egypt England Gareth Davies
29 Apr–2 May Peugeot Challenge de León Spain England Edward Rush
6–9 May Tessali-Metaponto Open di Puglia e Basilicata Italy Sweden Leif Westerberg
3–6 Jun Nykredit Danish Open Denmark England Matthew Morris
10–13 Jun Segura Viudas Challenge de España Spain France Philippe Lima
17–20 Jun Aa St Omer Open France France Philippe Lima Dual-ranking event with the European Tour
24–27 Jun Galeria Kaufhof Pokal Challenge Germany Wales Garry Houston
1–4 Jul Volvo Finnish Open Finland Finland Roope Kakko (amateur)
8–11 Jul Open des Volcans - Challenge de France France Sweden Johan Axgren
14–17 Jul Texbond Open Italy England Sam Little
22–25 Jul JJB Sports North West Challenge England Sweden Fredrik Henge
5–8 Aug Ryder Cup Wales Challenge Wales England Graeme Storm
12–15 Aug BMW Russian Open Russia England Gary Emerson Dual-ranking event with the European Tour
19–22 Aug Norwegian Challenge Norway Republic of Ireland Stephen Browne
19–22 Aug Rolex Trophy Switzerland England Phillip Archer
26–29 Aug Skandia PGA Open Sweden England Matthew King
2–5 Sept BA-CA Golf Open Austria Austria Markus Brier
9–12 Sept Telia Grand Prix Sweden England Lee Slattery
23–26 Sept Open de Toulouse France Zimbabwe Marc Cayeux
30 Sept–3 Oct Estoril Challenge Open Portugal Telecom Portugal England Tom Whitehouse
7–10 Oct Attijari Wafa - Tikida Beach Moroccan Classic Morocco England Graeme Storm
14–17 Oct Donnington Grove Computacenter English Challenge Open England England Matthew King
21–24 Oct Bouygues Telecom Grand Final France Scotland David Drysdale

Rankings

The top 15 on the Challenge Tour Rankings gained membership of the European Tour for the 2005 season.[1]

Position Player Country Prize money (€)
1 Lee Slattery  England 95,980
2 Alessandro Tadini  Italy 92,121
3 Graeme Storm  England 81,065
4 Marc Cayeux  Zimbabwe 75,104
5 Matthew King  England 73,623
6 Johan Axgren  Sweden 71,118
7 Leif Westerberg  Sweden 66,534
8 Phillip Archer  England 65,606
9 Henrik Nyström  Sweden 61,736
10 Garry Houston  Wales 60,587
11 Mattias Eliasson  Sweden 60,230
12 David Drysdale  Scotland 59,856
13 Richard Bland  England 58,609
14 Fredrik Henge  Sweden 58,233
15 Oliver Wilson  England 56,166

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Tour History". PGA European Tour. Archived from the original on 22 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
  2. ↑ "Tournament Schedule". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 2010-08-03.

External links

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