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2002 Challenge Tour

Golf tour season

Field	Value
year	2002
tour	Challenge Tour
regular_season	–
no_of_events	25
most_wins	ENG Lee S. James (3)
honor1	Rankings
honoree1	ENG Lee S. James
prevseason	2001
nextseason	2003

The 2002 Challenge Tour was the 14th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2002 season.

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse
(€)	Winner	OWGR
points	Other
tours	Notes
3 Mar	Sameer Kenya Open	Kenya	£75,000	ENG Lee S. James (2)	6
10 Mar	Stanbic Zambia Open	Zambia	95,000	ZWE Marc Cayeux (1)	10	AFR
24 Mar	Madeira Island Open	Portugal	550,000	ESP Diego Borrego (3)	24	EUR	New to Challenge Tour
14 Apr	Panalpina Banque Commerciale du Maroc Classic	Morocco	130,000	FRA Jean-François Lucquin (1)	6		New tournament
28 Apr	Tessali Open del Sud	Italy	90,000	ENG Simon Wakefield (1)	6
5 May	Credit Suisse Private Banking Open	Switzerland	–	Abandoned	–
26 May	Izki Challenge de España	Spain	135,000	SWE Fredrik Widmark (1)	6
2 Jun	Austrian Golf Open	Austria	110,000	AUT Markus Brier (1)	6
9 Jun	Nykredit Danish Open	Denmark	125,000	AUS Ed Stedman (1)	6
16 Jun	Aa St Omer Open	France	330,000	BEL Nicolas Vanhootegem (2)	6
16 Jun	Galeria Kaufhof Pokal Challenge	Germany	90,000	DEU Alex Čejka (4)	6
23 Jun	Clearstream International Luxembourg Open	Luxembourg	105,000	ENG Lee S. James (3)	6
30 Jun	Open des Volcans	France	110,000	USA Scott Kammann (1)	6
7 Jul	PGA Triveneta Terme Euganee International Open	Italy	115,000	DEU Wolfgang Huget (2)	6
14 Jul	Volvo Finnish Open	Finland	100,000	DEN Thomas Nørret (1)	6
21 Jul	Golf Challenge	Germany	100,000	ENG Iain Pyman (4)	6
28 Jul	Charles Church European Challenge Tour Championship	England	250,000	ENG John E. Morgan (1)	6
4 Aug	Talma Finnish Challenge	Finland	150,000	ENG Lee S. James (4)	6
11 Aug	BMW Russian Open	Russia	180,000	ENG Iain Pyman (5)	6
18 Aug	North West of Ireland Open	Ireland	350,000	SWE Adam Mednick (6)	16	EUR
25 Aug	Rolex Trophy	Switzerland	CHF 225,000	ENG Simon Hurd (1)	6
25 Aug	Skandia PGA Open	Sweden	95,000	FRA Thomas Besancenez (1)	6
8 Sep	Formby Hall Challenge	England	£75,000	ENG Matthew Blackey (1)	6
15 Sep	Telia Grand Prix	Sweden	SKr 1,100,000	ENG Matthew Blackey (2)	6
20 Oct	Fortis Bank Challenge Open	Netherlands	135,000	BEL Didier de Vooght (1)	6
27 Oct	Challenge Tour Grand Final	France	200,000	IRL Peter Lawrie (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 2003 European Tour.

Rank	Player	Prize money (€)
1	ENG Lee S. James	121,531
2	FRA Jean-François Lucquin	101,544
3	ENG Matthew Blackey	94,121
4	IRL Peter Lawrie	89,073
5	ENG Iain Pyman	75,674

Notes

References

"2002 Tournament schedule". European Tour.
(19 March 2010). "Credit Suisse Private Banking Open abandoned". European Tour.
"2002 Rankings". European Tour.
(19 March 2010). "European Tour places up for grabs in Challenge Tour Grand Final". European Tour.

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