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1995 Challenge Tour

Golf tour season

Field	Value
year	1995
tour	Challenge Tour
regular_season	–
no_of_events	30
most_wins	DEN Thomas Bjørn (3)
honor1	Rankings
honoree1	DEN Thomas Bjørn
prevseason	1994
nextseason	1996

The 1995 Challenge Tour was the seventh season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1995 season.

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse
(£)	Winner	Notes
5 Mar	Kenya Open	Kenya	65,000	WAL James Lee (1)
30 Apr	Canarias Challenge	Spain	Pta 11,000,000	ESP Pedro Linhart (1)
14 May	KB Golf Challenge	Czech Republic	60,000	FRA Éric Giraud (3)	New tournament
28 May	Compaq Open	Sweden	SKr 350,000	SWE Dennis Edlund (2)
4 Jun	SIAB Open	Sweden	SKr 350,000	FIN Anssi Kankkonen (1)
5 Jun	Challenge Chargeurs	France	50,000	NED Rolf Muntz (2)
11 Jun	Himmerland Open	Denmark	SKr 350,000	DEN Thomas Bjørn (1)
11 Jun	Club Med Open	Italy	Lit 160,000,000	ITA Emanuele Bolognesi (2)
25 Jun	Team Erhverv Danish Open	Denmark	SKr 640,000	ENG Rob Edwards (1)
25 Jun	Memorial Olivier Barras	Switzerland	CHF 75,000	ENG Simon D. Hurley (4)
2 Jul	Neuchâtel Open SBS Trophy	Switzerland	CHF 75,000	BEL Nicolas Vanhootegem (1)
9 Jul	Open Divonne	France	50,000	SWE Patrik Sjöland (1)
9 Jul	Volvo Finnish Open	Finland	SKr 350,000	SWE Fredrik Plahn (1)
15 Jul	Open des Volcans	France	55,000	DEU Thomas Gögele (1)
23 Jul	Interlaken Open	Switzerland	CHF 100,000	DEN Thomas Bjørn (2)
30 Jul	Karsten Ping Norwegian Open	Norway	SKr 700,000	ENG Stephen Field (2)
6 Aug	Audi Quattro Trophy	Germany	72,000	NED Joost Steenkamer (1)
6 Aug	Rolex Pro-Am	Switzerland	CHF 75,000	ESP Carl Suneson (1)
13 Aug	SM Match Play	Sweden	SKr 350,000	SWE Peter Thörn (1)
20 Aug	Steelcover Dutch Challenge Open	Netherlands	ƒ190,000	ENG Warren Bennett (1)
20 Aug	Toyota Danish PGA Championship	Denmark	SKr 350,000	FRA François Lamare (1)
26 Aug	Coca-Cola Open	England	65,000	DEN Thomas Bjørn (3)
2 Sep	Tessali Open	Italy	Lit 110,000,000	ENG Andrew Collison (1)
10 Sep	Perrier European Pro-Am	Belgium	55,000	ESP Diego Borrego (2)
17 Sep	Open de Dijon Bourgogne	France	35,000	FRA Tim Planchin (3)
17 Sep	Kentab Open	Sweden	SKr 350,000	SWE Per Nyman (3)
23 Sep	Eulen Open Galea	Spain	Pta 15,000,000	DEN Ben Tinning (1)	New tournament
29 Sep	Lomas Bosque Challenge	Spain	Pta 6,000,000	SWE Per Nyman (4)	New tournament
7 Oct	Tunisian Open Challenge	Tunisia	70,000	ENG Ricky Willison (2)
15 Oct	UAP Grand Final	Portugal	60,000	ESP Francisco Valera (2)	New tournament
Tour Championship

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the Challenge Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse
(£)	Winner	Notes
17 Jun	Italian Native Open	Italy	Lit 140,000,000	ITA Emanuele Bolognesi
18 Jun	Championnat de France Pro	France	50,000	FRA Éric Giraud
24 Jun	Nedcar National Open	Netherlands	ƒ50,000	NED Rolf Muntz
31 Jul	UPS German PGA Championship	Germany	25,000	DEU Erol Şimşek
13 Aug	Finnish PGA Championship	Finland	3,500	FIN Mikael Piltz
13 Aug	Esbjerg Danish Closed	Denmark	10,000	DEN Thomas Bjørn
4 Oct	Swiss PGA Championship	Switzerland	CHF 25,000	SUI Steve Rey

Rankings

The rankings were based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Pound sterling. The top 10 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 1996 European Tour.

Rank	Player	Prize money (£)
1	DEN Thomas Bjørn	46,471
2	FRA Tim Planchin	32,702
3	ESP Diego Borrego	32,459
4	FRA Éric Giraud	27,365
5	ENG Simon D. Hurley	25,683

Notes

References

"1995 Tournament schedule". European Tour.
(31 October 1995). "European Challenge Tour Final Money List". The Daily Telegraph.
(13 October 1995). "Graf bound for Brighton". The Daily Telegraph.

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