1999 Challenge Tour

The 1999 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 Spain's Carl Suneson.

Tournament schedule

The table below shows the 1999 Challenge Tour schedule.

Dates	Tournament	Host country	Winner	Notes
11–14 Mar	Tusker Kenya Open	Kenya	Maarten Lafeber
24–27 Mar	OKI Telepizza Challenge	Spain	David Park
15–18 Apr	Open de Cote d'Ivoire	Ivory Coast	Ian Poulter
29 Apr–2 May	Comunitat Valenciana Challenge de España	Spain	Carl Suneson
13–16 May	BIL Luxembourg Open	Luxembourg	Kevin Carissimi
20–23 May	Open dei Tessali	Italy	Gustavo Rojas
27–30 May	Challenge de Sablé	France	Lucas Parsons
10–13 Jun	NCC Open	Sweden	Per G. Nyman
10–13 Jun	Diners Club Austrian Open	Austria	Juan Ciola
24–27 Jun	Is Molas Challenge	Italy	Bradley Dredge
1–4 Jul	Open des Volcans	France	Philip Golding
2–4 Jul	Neuchâtel Open Golf Trophy	Switzerland	Richard S. Johnson	Unofficial money
8–11 Jul	Volvo Finnish Open	Finland	Paul Nilbrink
15–18 Jul	BTC Slovenian Open	Slovenia	Grant Dodd
15–18 Jul	Rolex Trophy	Switzerland	Carl Suneson	Unofficial money
29 Jul–1 Aug	Finnish Masters	Finland	Lucas Parsons
5–8 Aug	Beazer Homes Challenge Tour Championship	England	Carl Suneson
12–15 Aug	West of Ireland Golf Classic	Republic of Ireland	Costantino Rocca	Also a European Tour event
19–22 Aug	BMW Russian Open	Russia	Iain Pyman
19–22 Aug	Norwegian Open	Norway	Pehr Magnebrant
1–3 Sept	Formby Hall Challenge	England	Greig Hutcheon
2–5 Sept	Öhrlings Swedish Matchplay	Sweden	Kalle Brink
8–11 Sept	Daewoo Warsaw Golf Open	Poland	Niclas Fasth
30 Sept–3 Oct	Gula Sidorna Grand Prix	Sweden	Raimo Sjöberg
6–9 Oct	San Paolo Vita Open	Italy	Alberto Binaghi
7–10 Oct	Philips Challenge Xacobeo 99	Spain	Hennie Otto
14–17 Oct	Challenge de France Bayer	France	Iain Pyman
21–24 Oct	Challenge Tour Grand Final	Cuba	Stephen Scahill

Rankings

The top 15 on the Challenge Tour Rankings gained category 11b membership of the European Tour for the 2000 season.

Position	Player	Country	Prize money (€)
1	Carl Suneson	Spain	69,642
2	Iain Pyman	England	56,993
3	Markus Brier	Austria	50,184
4	Gustavo Rojas	Argentina	47,953
5	Stephen Scahill	New Zealand	47,583
6	Hennie Otto	South Africa	44,023
7	Maarten Lafeber	Netherlands	39,190
8	Bradley Dredge	Wales	36,606
9	Benoît Teilleria	France	34,620
10	Lucas Parsons	Australia	34,522
11	Didier de Vooght	Belgium	33,733
12	Knud Storgaard	Denmark	33,561
13	Philip Golding	England	32,897
14	Johan Sköld	Sweden	31,424
15	Greig Hutcheon	Scotland	31,027

See also

• 1999 European Tour

External links

• Official homepage of the Challenge Tour