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1998 Challenge Tour

Golf tour season

Field	Value
year	1998
tour	Challenge Tour
regular_season	–
no_of_events	30
most_wins	ENG Warren Bennett (5)
honor1	Rankings
honoree1	ENG Warren Bennett
prevseason	1997
nextseason	1999

The 1998 Challenge Tour was the 10th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1998 season.

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse
(£)	Winner	Notes
8 Mar	Open de Côte d'Ivoire	Ivory Coast	70,000	ENG John Mellor (1)
15 Mar	Tusker Kenya Open	Kenya	65,000	ARG Ricardo González (2)
5 Apr	Is Molas Challenge	Italy	40,000	SWE Magnus Persson (3)
25 Apr	Rimini International Open	Italy	65,000	ITA Massimo Scarpa (1)	New tournament
16 May	Albarella International Open	Italy	40,000	SWE Fredrik Lindgren (2)	New tournament
24 May	Modena Classic Open	Italy	40,000	FRA Marc Pendariès (1)
31 May	Challenge de France	France	50,000	ENG Warren Bennett (3)	New tournament
7 Jun	KB Golf Challenge	Czech Republic	40,000	SCO Stephen Gallacher (1)
14 Jun	Diners Club Austrian Open	Austria	55,000	USA Kevin Carissimi (2)
14 Jun	NCC Open	Sweden	40,000	SWE Johan Ryström (2)
27 Jun	Osmanli Bankasi Klassis Turkish Open	Turkey	60,000	NOR Thomas Nielsen (1)
28 Jun	Open dei Tessali	Italy	40,000	SWE Pehr Magnebrant (1)
3 Jul	MasterCard Challenge	England	40,000	ENG Robert Lee (2)
5 Jul	Audi Quattro Trophy	Germany	55,000	ITA Marcello Santi (2)
12 Jul	BTC Slovenian Open	Slovenia	45,000	ENG Warren Bennett (4)
12 Jul	Volvo Finnish Open	Finland	40,000	FRA Christian Cévaër (2)
19 Jul	Rolex Trophy	Switzerland	50,000	WAL David Park (1)
19 Jul	Open des Volcans	France	50,000	ENG Warren Bennett (5)
26 Jul	Interlaken Open	Switzerland	75,000	AUS John Senden (1)
2 Aug	Challenge Tour Championship	England	80,000	ENG Warren Bennett (6)
9 Aug	Finnish Masters	Finland	80,000	ITA Massimo Scarpa (2)	New tournament
16 Aug	Moscow Country Club Russian Open	Russia	90,000	ENG Warren Bennett (7)
23 Aug	Netcom Norwegian Open	Norway	80,000	ENG Gary Emerson (1)
30 Aug	Navision Open Golf Championship	Denmark	40,000	DEN Søren Hansen (1)
6 Sep	Öhrlings Swedish Matchplay	Sweden	45,000	USA Kevin Carissimi (3)
6 Sep	Open de Strasbourg	France	45,000	AUS John Senden (2)	New tournament
13 Sep	Warsaw Golf Open	Poland	55,000	ESP José Manuel Lara (1)
27 Sep	Eulen Open Galea	Spain	60,000	ESP Álvaro Salto (1)
4 Oct	Telia Grand Prix	Sweden	85,000	SWE Mats Lanner (4)
10 Oct	San Paolo Vita Open	Italy	45,000	ENG Roger Winchester (2)
24 Oct	AXA Grand Final	Portugal	€75,000	ARG Jorge Berendt (2)	Tour Championship

Rankings

The rankings were based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Pound sterling. The top 15 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 1999 European Tour.

Rank	Player	Prize money (£)
1	ENG Warren Bennett	81,053
2	SWE Per Nyman	37,196
3	ITA Massimo Scarpa	35,524
4	ENG Roger Winchester	33,796
5	ARG Ricardo González	33,159

Notes

References

"1998 Tournament schedule". European Tour.
"1998 Rankings". European Tour.
(21 December 1998). "European Challenge Tour 1998 review". European Tour.

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