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1996 Challenge Tour season
Duration	22 February 1996 – 24 October 1996
Number of official events	32
Most wins	Dennis Edlund (2); Ignacio Feliu (2); Adam Mednick (2); Kalle Väinölä (2); Erol Şimşek (2)
Rankings	Ian Garbutt
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The 1996 Challenge Tour was the eighth season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1996 season.^[1]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (£)	Winner^[a]	Notes
25 Feb	Kenya Open	Kenya	65,000	Mike Miller (1)
10 Mar	Open de Côte d'Ivoire	Ivory Coast	70,000	Massimo Florioli (1)
14 Apr	Is Molas Challenge	Italy	Lit 80,000,000	Simon Burnell (1)	New tournament
21 Apr	Le Pavoniere Challenge	Italy	Lit 80,000,000	Kalle Väinölä (1)	New tournament
27 Apr	Alianca UAP Challenger	Portugal	50,000	Gary Marks (1)	New tournament
5 May	Canarias Challenge	Spain	Pta 12,000,000	Robert Lee (1)
19 May	Open de Dijon	France	45,000	Francisco Cea (1)
26 May	Club Med Open	Italy	Lit 140,000,000	Ignacio Feliu (2)
2 Jun	SIAB Open	Sweden	35,000	Kalle Väinölä (2)
9 Jun	KB Golf Challenge	Czech Republic	65,000	Joakim Rask (2)
9 Jun	Himmerland Open	Denmark	35,000	Niklas Diethelm (1)
23 Jun	Team Erhverv Danish Open	Denmark	70,000	Robert Jonsson (1)
23 Jun	Open dei Tessali	Italy	Lit 100,000,000	Stephen Scahill (1)
30 Jun	Audi Quattro Trophy	Germany	72,000	Erol Şimşek (1)
7 Jul	Open des Volcans	France	60,000	Andrew Sandywell (2)
13 Jul	Gosen Challenge	England	35,000	Greg Owen (1)	New tournament
14 Jul	Volvo Finnish Open	Finland	35,000	Björn Bäck (1)
28 Jul	Interlaken Open	Switzerland	CHF 100,000	Van Phillips (1)
4 Aug	English Challenge Tour Championship	England	65,000	Dennis Edlund (3)
10 Aug	Rolex Trophy Pro-Am	Switzerland	CHF 100,000	Dennis Edlund (4)
18 Aug	Karsten Ping Norwegian Open	Norway	60,000	Ignacio Feliu (3)
25 Aug	Dutch Challenge	Netherlands	60,000	Mathew Goggin (1)
25 Aug	Toyota Danish PGA Championship	Denmark	40,000	Adam Mednick (4)
1 Sep	Kentab/RBG Open	Sweden	40,000	Max Anglert (1)
8 Sep	Russian Open	Russia	65,000	Carl Watts (2)	New to Challenge Tour
8 Sep	SM Match Play	Sweden	50,000	Adam Mednick (5)
15 Sep	Perrier European Pro-Am	Belgium	55,000	Kevin Carissimi (1)
21 Sep	Eulen Open Galea	Spain	72,000	José Antonio Sota (1)
28 Sep	Modena Classic Open	Italy	35,000	Lee S. James (1)	New tournament
29 Sep	Telia InfoMedia Grand Prix	Sweden	SKr 1,000,000	Scott Watson (1)
6 Oct	Bank Pekao Polish Open	Poland	40,000	Erol Şimşek (2)	New to Challenge Tour
20 Oct	UAP Grand Final	Portugal	65,000	Ian Garbutt (1)	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^[a]	Notes
30 Jun	Memorial Olivier Barras	Switzerland	CHF 75,000	Juan Quirós (1)
7 Jul	Neuchâtel Open Golf Trophy	Switzerland	CHF 75,000	Federico Bisazza (1)

Rankings

The rankings were based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Pound sterling.^[2] The top 15 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 1997 European Tour.^[2]

Rank	Player	Prize money (£)
1	Ian Garbutt	37,661
2	Dennis Edlund	34,286
3	Robert Lee	33,990
4	Andrew Sandywell	33,098
5	Massimo Florioli	32,708

Notes

^ ^a ^b The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Challenge Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Challenge Tour members. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Challenge Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the European Tour.

References

^ "1996 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Challenge Tour Penningligan" [Challenge Tour Money list]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 12. December 1996. p. 90. Retrieved 10 October 2023. De femton bästa får kortet till Europatouren [The top fifteen will receive a European Tour card]

External links

Official website

[totals-2] The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Challenge Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Challenge Tour members. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Challenge Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the European Tour.

[1] "1996 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 31 August 2023.

[money-3] "Challenge Tour Penningligan" [Challenge Tour Money list]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 12. December 1996. p. 90. Retrieved 10 October 2023. De femton bästa får kortet till Europatouren [The top fifteen will receive a European Tour card]

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