2005 Challenge Tour

2005 Challenge Tour season
Duration25 November 2004 (2004-11-25) – 22 October 2005 (2005-10-22)
Number of official events30
Most winsArgentina Rafael Gómez (2)
United States Brad Sutterfield (2)
Scotland Marc Warren (2)
Sweden Fredrik Widmark (2)
RankingsScotland Marc Warren
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The 2005 Challenge Tour was the 17th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2005 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(€)		 Winner[a] OWGR
points		 Other
tours[b]		 Notes
28 Nov Abierto Mexicano de Golf Mexico US$300,000 Argentina Rafael Gómez (1) 6 TLA New to Challenge Tour
5 Dec Panasonic Panama Open Panama US$200,000 England Richard McEvoy (1) 6 TLA New to Challenge Tour
12 Dec TIM Peru Open Peru US$168,000 United States Brad Sutterfield (1) 6 TLA New to Challenge Tour
13 Feb American Express Costa Rica Open Costa Rica US$125,000 United States Kyle Dobbs (1) 6 TLA
20 Feb Summit Panama Masters Panama US$125,000 United States Kevin Haefner (1) 6 TLA
27 Feb Abierto Telefónica Moviles de Guatemala Guatemala US$125,000 Argentina César Monasterio (1) 6 TLA
21 Mar Tusker Kenya Open Kenya 160,000 Argentina Daniel Vancsik (3) 6
10 Apr Madeira Island Open Caixa Geral de Depositos Portugal 600,000 Netherlands Robert-Jan Derksen (1) 16 EUR
1 May Peugeot Challenge R.C.G. El Prat Spain 115,000 Spain Tomás Jesús Muñoz (1) 6
8 May Firstplus Wales Challenge Wales 125,000 France Olivier David (1) 6
15 May Tessali-Metaponto Open di Puglia e Basilicata Italy 120,000 Argentina Rafael Gómez (2) 6
29 May Riu Tikida Hotels Moroccan Classic Morocco 130,000 Sweden Fredrik Widmark (2) 6
12 Jun Thomas Bjørn Open Denmark 115,000 Finland Toni Karjalainen (1) 6 New tournament
19 Jun Aa St Omer Open France 400,000 Sweden Joakim Bäckström (n/a) 16 EUR
26 Jun Galeria Kaufhof Pokal Challenge Germany 115,000 England Gareth Davies (2) 6
3 Jul Open Mahou de Madrid Spain 120,000 England Benn Barham (2) 6 New tournament
10 Jul Open des Volcans – Challenge de France France 120,000 France Ilya Goroneskoul (1) 6
16 Jul Texbond Open Italy 115,000 Sweden Fredrik Widmark (3) 6
31 Jul Ireland Ryder Cup Challenge Ireland 130,000 Scotland Marc Warren (1) 6 New tournament
14 Aug Cadillac Russian Open Russia US$500,000 Sweden Mikael Lundberg (2) 16 EUR
21 Aug Rolex Trophy Switzerland 165,000 Scotland Marc Warren (2) 6
21 Aug Skandia PGA Open Sweden SKr 1,000,000 Scotland David Patrick (1) 6
27 Aug Morson International Pro-Am Challenge England 150,000 Argentina Andrés Romero (1) 6
4 Sep BA-CA Golf Open Austria 150,000 Northern Ireland Michael Hoey (1) 6
11 Sep Telia Challenge Waxholm Sweden SKr 1,000,000 Norway Morten Hagen (1) 6
18 Sep Rotterdam International Open Netherlands 115,000 Sweden Per G. Nyman (2) 6 New tournament
25 Sep Kazakhstan Open Kazakhstan 250,000 Republic of Ireland Stephen Browne (2) 6 New tournament
2 Oct Open de Toulouse France 115,000 United States Brad Sutterfield (2) 6
9 Oct Abama Open de Canarias Spain 450,000 England John Bickerton (2) 16 EUR New tournament
22 Oct Apulia San Domenico Grand Final Italy 250,000 Spain Carl Suneson (5) 6 Tour Championship

Rankings

For full rankings, see 2005 Challenge Tour graduates.

The rankings were based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros.[2][3] The top 20 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 2006 European Tour.[3]

Rank Player Prize money (€)
1 Scotland Marc Warren 103,577
2 Spain Carl Suneson 103,129
3 Sweden Fredrik Widmark 99,750
4 England Andrew Butterfield 94,335
5 South Africa Michael Kirk 90,620

Notes

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ EUR − European Tour; TLA − Tour de las Américas.

References

  1. ^ "2005 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  2. ^ "European Tour Results and Rankings" (PDF). European Tour. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 October 2005. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Suneson Wins Grand Final as Warren is Crowned Challenge Tour Number One". European Tour. 19 March 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2023. The European Tour's 20 newest Members have been handed their cards following Carl Suneson of Spain's victory at the Apulia San Domenico Grand Final, where he recorded a one shot victory from the man who finished the year as the European Challenge Tour's Number One – Marc Warren of Scotland.