The 1999 Challenge Tour was the 11th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1999 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(€)		 Winner[a] OWGR
points		 Other
tours[b]		 Notes
14 Mar Tusker Kenya Open Kenya 91,000 Netherlands Maarten Lafeber (1) n/a
27 Mar OKI Telepizza Challenge Spain 63,000 Wales David Park (2) n/a New tournament
18 Apr Open de Côte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast 70,000 England Ian Poulter (1) n/a
2 May Comunitat Valenciana Challenge de España Spain 91,000 Spain Carl Suneson (2) n/a New tournament
16 May BIL Luxembourg Open Luxembourg 63,000 United States Kevin Carissimi (4) n/a New tournament
23 May Open dei Tessali Italy 63,000 Argentina Gustavo Rojas (1) n/a
30 May Challenge de Sablé France 70,000 Australia Lucas Parsons (1) n/a New tournament
13 Jun NCC Open Sweden 63,000 Sweden Per G. Nyman (1) n/a
13 Jun Diners Club Austrian Open Austria 77,000 Switzerland Juan Ciola (1) n/a
27 Jun Is Molas Challenge Italy 63,000 Wales Bradley Dredge (2) n/a
4 Jul Neuchâtel Open Golf Trophy Switzerland 63,000 Sweden Richard S. Johnson (1) n/a Invitational event
4 Jul Open des Volcans France 70,000 England Philip Golding (3) n/a
11 Jul Volvo Finnish Open Finland 70,000 Sweden Paul Nilbrink (1) n/a
18 Jul Rolex Trophy Switzerland 70,000 Spain Carl Suneson (3) n/a Invitational event
18 Jul BTC Slovenian Open Slovenia 70,000 Australia Grant Dodd (1) n/a
1 Aug Finnish Masters Finland 112,000 Australia Lucas Parsons (2) n/a
8 Aug Beazer Homes Challenge Tour Championship England 112,000 Spain Carl Suneson (4) n/a
15 Aug West of Ireland Golf Classic Ireland 350,000 Italy Costantino Rocca (2) 24 EUR New tournament
22 Aug BMW Russian Open Russia £90,000 England Iain Pyman (1) n/a
22 Aug Norwegian Open Norway 63,000 Sweden Pehr Magnebrant (2) n/a
3 Sep Formby Hall Challenge England 70,000 Scotland Greig Hutcheon (1) n/a
5 Sep Öhrlings Swedish Matchplay Sweden 63,000 Sweden Kalle Brink (2) n/a
11 Sep Daewoo Warsaw Golf Open Poland 100,000 Sweden Niclas Fasth (4) n/a
3 Oct Gula Sidorna Grand Prix Sweden 120,000 Sweden Raimo Sjöberg (1) n/a
9 Oct San Paolo Vita Open Italy 70,000 Italy Alberto Binaghi (2) n/a
10 Oct Philips Challenge Xacobeo 99 Spain 80,000 South Africa Hennie Otto (1) n/a New tournament
17 Oct Challenge de France Bayer France 114,000 England Iain Pyman (2) n/a
24 Oct Cuba European Challenge Tour Grand Final Cuba 105,000 New Zealand Stephen Scahill (2) n/a Tour Championship

Rankings

For full rankings, see 1999 Challenge Tour graduates.

The rankings were based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros.[2] The top 15 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 2000 European Tour.[3]

Rank Player Prize money (€)
1 Spain Carl Suneson 69,641
2 England Iain Pyman 56,993
3 Austria Markus Brier 50,184
4 Argentina Gustavo Rojas 47,953
5 New Zealand Stephen Scahill 47,583

Notes

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ EUR − European Tour.

References

  1. ^ "1999 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  2. ^ "1999 Rankings". European Tour. Archived from the original on 4 November 1999. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Grand Finale in Cuba". European Tour. 19 March 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2023. ...when the leading players contest the final Rankings with the top 15 earning their cards for the main Tour next year.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Challenge_Tour
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