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2000 Challenge Tour

Golf tour season

Field	Value
year	2000
tour	Challenge Tour
regular_season	–
no_of_events	23
most_wins	IRL David Higgins (3)
SWE Henrik Stenson (3)
honor1	Rankings
honoree1	SWE Henrik Stenson
prevseason	1999
nextseason	2001

SWE Henrik Stenson (3) The 2000 Challenge Tour was the 12th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2000 season.

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse
(€)	Winner	OWGR
points	Other
tours	Notes
20 Feb	Challenge de España	Spain	78,000	SWE Eric Carlberg (2)	6
12 Mar	Tusker Kenya Open	Kenya	£70,000	ZAF Trevor Immelman (1)	6
7 May	Credit Suisse Private Banking Open	Switzerland	£60,000	ESP Álvaro Salto (2)	6		New tournament
14 May	Costa Blanca Challenge	Spain	80,000	SWE Johan Ryström (3)	6		New tournament
28 May	Muermans Real Estate Challenge Open	Netherlands	120,000	FRA Richard Gillot (1)	6
4 Jun	Danish Open	Denmark	95,000	SWE Fredrik Henge (3)	6
11 Jun	NCC Open	Sweden	SKr 750,000	IRL David Higgins (1)	6
11 Jun	Aa St Omer Open	France	1,000,000 F	FRA Pascal Edmond (1)	6		New to Challenge Tour
25 Jun	DEXIA-BIL Luxembourg Open	Luxembourg	80,000	SWE Henrik Stenson (1)	6
2 Jul	Open des Volcans	France	600,000 F	FRA Renaud Guillard (1)	6
9 Jul	Volvo Finnish Open	Finland	80,000	ZAF Jean Hugo (1)	6
23 Jul	Günther Hamburg Classic	Germany	£150,000	IRL David Higgins (2)	6
30 Jul	Beazer Homes Challenge Tour Championship	England	£90,000	ENG Shaun P. Webster (1)	6
6 Aug	BMW Russian Open	Russia	£100,000	ITA Marco Bernardini (1)	6
13 Aug	Finnish Masters	Finland	132,500	FRA Christian Cévaër (3)	6
20 Aug	Norwegian Open	Norway	£50,000	SWE Paul Nilbrink (2)	6
20 Aug	Buzzgolf.com North West of Ireland Open	Ireland	350,000	ITA Massimo Scarpa (3)	24	EUR
27 Aug	Rolex Trophy	Switzerland	CHF 150,000	IRL David Higgins (3)	6
2 Sep	Formby Hall Challenge	England	£55,000	SWE Fredrik Henge (4)	6
10 Sep	Tessali Open del Sud	Italy	78,000	ENG Kenneth Ferrie (1)	6
17 Sep	Gula Sidorna Grand Prix	Sweden	SKr 1,100,000	SWE Henrik Stenson (2)	6
7 Oct	San Paolo Vita Open	Italy	78,000	SWE Dennis Edlund (5)	6
15 Oct	Le Touquet Challenge de France	France	122,000	SWE Fredrik Andersson (2)	6
5 Nov	Cuba Challenge Tour Grand Final	Cuba	US$128,000	SWE Henrik Stenson (3)	6		Tour Championship

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the Challenge Tour, but did not carry official money, wins were still official however.

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse
(€)	Winner	OWGR
points	Notes
25 Jun	Memorial Olivier Barras	Switzerland	63,000	ITA Adriano Mori (1)	n/a
2 Jul	UBS Warburg Swiss Golf Open Neuchâtel	Switzerland	63,000	SUI Steve Rey (2)	n/a

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 2001 European Tour.

Rank	Player	Prize money (€)
1	SWE Henrik Stenson	108,710
2	IRL David Higgins	81,040
3	ESP Carlos Rodiles	71,679
4	SWE Mikael Lundberg	71,607
5	ITA Michele Reale	52,978

Notes

References

"2000 Tournament schedule". European Tour.
"2000 Rankings". European Tour.
(19 March 2010). "Stenson wins Grand Final by five". European Tour.
(19 March 2010). "Challenge Tour season reaches climax in Cuba". European Tour.

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