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2001 Challenge Tour

Golf tour season

Field	Value
year	2001
tour	Challenge Tour
regular_season	–
no_of_events	29
most_wins	FRA Sébastien Delagrange (2)
WAL Jamie Donaldson (2)
ENG Chris Gane (2)
ENG Mark Foster (2)
honor1	Rankings
honoree1	ENG Mark Foster
prevseason	2000
nextseason	2002

WAL Jamie Donaldson (2) ENG Chris Gane (2) ENG Mark Foster (2) The 2001 Challenge Tour was the 13th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2001 season.

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse
(€)	Winner	OWGR
points	Other
tours	Notes
4 Mar	Tusker Kenya Open	Kenya	£75,000	ZAF Ashley Roestoff (1)	6
11 Mar	Stanbic Zambia Open	Zambia	£50,000	ENG Mark Foster (1)	6	AFR	New to Challenge Tour
1 Apr	Segura Viudas Challenge de España	Spain	90,000	SCO Euan Little (1)	6
29 Apr	Open Golf Montecchia - PGA Triveneta	Italy	115,000	ENG Andrew Sherborne (1)	6		New tournament
6 May	Credit Suisse Private Banking Open	Switzerland	105,000	SCO Greig Hutcheon (2)	6
20 May	Austrian Open	Austria	90,000	ENG Chris Gane (1)	6
27 May	Aa St Omer Open	France	150,000	FRA Sébastien Delagrange (1)	6
3 Jun	NCC Open	Sweden	SKr 840,000	ENG Benn Barham (1)	6
10 Jun	Nykredit Danish Open	Denmark	110,000	FRA Sébastien Delagrange (2)	6
17 Jun	Galeria Kaufhof Pokal Challenge	Germany	85,000	DEU Wolfgang Huget (1)	6		New tournament
24 Jun	DEXIA-BIL Luxembourg Open	Luxembourg	90,000	ENG Grant Hamerton (1)	6
1 Jul	Open des Volcans	France	90,000	SCO Scott Drummond (1)	6
8 Jul	Challenge Total Fina Elf	France	120,000	ENG Kenneth Ferrie (2)	6		New tournament
15 Jul	Volvo Finnish Open	Finland	80,000	SWE Peter Hedblom (4)	6
22 Jul	Günther Hamburg Classic	Germany	280,000	SWE Peter Hanson (1)	6
29 Jul	Charles Church European Challenge Tour Championship	England	£130,000	ENG Mark Foster (2)	6
5 Aug	BMW Russian Open	Russia	£100,000	WAL Jamie Donaldson (1)	6
12 Aug	Talma Finnish Challenge	Finland	150,000	SWE Klas Eriksson (4)	6		New tournament
19 Aug	North West of Ireland Open	Ireland	350,000	DEU Tobias Dier (1)	16	EUR
26 Aug	Rolex Trophy	Switzerland	CHF 150,000	ENG Stuart Little (2)	6
26 Aug	Skandia PGA Open	Sweden	SKr 800,000	FRA Christophe Pottier (1)	6
2 Sep	Formby Hall Challenge	England	£50,000	ENG Sam Little (1)	6
8 Sep	Muermans Real Estate Challenge	Netherlands	120,000	FRA Dominique Nouailhac (1)	6
16 Sep	Telia Grand Prix	Sweden	SKr 1,100,000	WAL Jamie Donaldson (2)	6
30 Sep	PGA of Austria Masters	Austria	135,000	ENG Iain Pyman (3)	6		New tournament
6 Oct	San Paolo Vita & Asset Management Open	Italy	125,000	DNK Mads Vibe-Hastrup (1)	6
14 Oct	Hardelot Challenge de France	France	120,000	SWE Mårten Olander (1)	6
21 Oct	Terme Euganee International Open Padova	Italy	115,000	ENG Chris Gane (2)	6		New tournament
4 Nov	Challenge Tour Grand Final	France	200,000	ENG Richard Bland (1)	6		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 2002 European Tour.

Rank	Player	Prize money (€)
1	ENG Mark Foster	97,737
2	WAL Jamie Donaldson	92,740
3	ENG Philip Golding	79,731
4	ENG Andrew Marshall	75,841
5	ENG Gary Clark	72,950

Notes

References

"2001 Tournament schedule". European Tour.
"2001 Rankings". European Tour.
(19 March 2010). "Brilliant Bland shoots 63 to win Grand Final". European Tour.
(19 March 2010). "Challenge Tour Season Reaches Climax in France". European Tour.

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