2002 Challenge Tour

2002 Challenge Tour season
Duration28 February 2002 (2002-02-28) – 27 October 2002 (2002-10-27)
Number of official events25[a]
Most winsEngland Lee S. James (3)
RankingsEngland Lee S. James
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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.[1]

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

Rankings

For full rankings, see 2002 Challenge Tour graduates.

The rankings were based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros.[3] The top 15 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 2003 European Tour.[4]

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

Notes

  1. ^ One further tournament was scheduled but was abandoned.
  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.
  3. ^ AFR − Sunshine Tour; EUR − European Tour.
  4. ^ Tournament abandoned due to persistent bad weather.[2]

References

  1. ^ "2002 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Credit Suisse Private Banking Open abandoned". European Tour. 19 March 2010. Archived from the original on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  3. ^ "2002 Rankings". European Tour. Archived from the original on 23 December 2002. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  4. ^ "European Tour places up for grabs in Challenge Tour Grand Final". European Tour. 19 March 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2023. The Grand Final represents three contests in one. There is the tournament itself with a prize fund of €200,000, the race for the Number One spot on the Rankings, and the battle to secure the 15 European Tour cards for next season.