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1999 Challenge Tour

Golf tour season

Field	Value
year	1999
tour	Challenge Tour
regular_season	–
no_of_events	28
most_wins	ESP Carl Suneson (3)
honor1	Rankings
honoree1	ESP Carl Suneson
prevseason	1998
nextseason	2000

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.

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

Rankings

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

Rank	Player	Prize money (€)
1	ESP Carl Suneson	69,641
2	ENG Iain Pyman	56,993
3	AUT Markus Brier	50,184
4	ARG Gustavo Rojas	47,953
5	NZL Stephen Scahill	47,583

Notes

References

"1999 Tournament schedule". European Tour.
"1999 Rankings". European Tour.
(19 March 2010). "Grand Finale in Cuba". European Tour.

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