2007 Challenge Tour

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The 2007 season on men's golf's Challenge Tour, the official developmental tour run by the PGA European Tour, was comprised of 32 tournaments played in Europe, Latin America, East Africa and Central Asia. The leading money winner was Michael Lorenzo-Vera of France with earnings of €128,927.

[edit] Tournament results

The 2007 schedule is set out below. The first two events were actually played in December 2006. There are many off weeks in the early part of the season, but through the European summer there is an event every week. The numbers in brackets after winners' names show the player's total number of wins on the Challenge Tour including that event. No-one accumulates many wins on the Challenge Tour because success at this level soon leads to promotion to the European Tour.

Dates Tournament Host country Winner Notes
20 Nov - 3 Dec 101° Campeonato Abierto Visa de la Republica Argentina Flag of Argentina Rafael Echenique (2) Co-sanctioned with the Tour de las Americas
7-10 Dec Abierto Mexicano Corona Mexico Flag of Paraguay Fabrizio Zanotti (1) Co-sanctioned with the Tour de las Americas
1-4 Feb Club Colombia Masters Colombia Flag of Italy Edoardo Molinari (1) Co-sanctioned with the Tour de las Americas
8-11 Feb Costa Rica Open Costa Rica Flag of Argentina Miguel Rodriguez (1) Co-sanctioned with the Tour de las Americas
15-18 Feb Abierto Telefonica de Guatemala Guatemala Flag of Wales Jamie Donaldson (3) Co-sanctioned with the Tour de las Americas
8-11 Mar Kenya Open Kenya Flag of Italy Edoardo Molinari (2)
19-22 Apr Open di Puglia e Basilicata Italy Flag of Northern Ireland Michael Hoey (2) First event in Europe
10-13 May Open International de Toulouse France Flag of the Netherlands Joost Luiten (1)
17-20 May Telenet Trophy Belgium Flag of Belgium Nicolas Vanhootegem (3)
24-27 May Open Mahou de Madrid Spain Flag of England Ben Mason (1)
31 May - 3 Jun Oceânico Developments Pro-Am Challenge England Flag of England Ross McGowan (1)
7-10 Jun Vodafone Challenge Germany Flag of the Netherlands Joost Luiten (2)
14-17 Jun Open de Saint-Omer France Flag of Spain Carl Suneson (6) Also an official money event on the European Tour.
21-24 Jun Credit Suisse Challenge Switzerland Flag of England Peter Baker (1)
28 Jun - 1 Jul Estoril Challenge de Portugal Portugal Flag of England Ross McGowan (2)
5-8 Jul Open des Volcans France Flag of New Zealand Gareth Paddison (1)
19-22 Jul MAN NO Open Austria Flag of Denmark Anders Schmidt Hansen (1)
26-29 Jul Firstplus Wales Challenge Wales Flag of Ireland Colm Moriarty (1)
2-5 Aug Challenge of Ireland Ireland Flag of Sweden Magnus A. Carlsson (1)
9-12 Aug Scottish Challenge Scotland Flag of England Robert Dinwiddie (1)
16-19 Aug Rolex Trophy Switzerland Flag of England Robert Dinwiddie (2) Limited field played in pro-am format.
16-19 Aug Lexus Open Norway Flag of Austria Martin Wiegele (1) Alternate to the Rolex Trophy.
23-26 Aug Postbank Challenge presented by Marcel Siem Germany Flag of Chile Felipe Aguilar (1)
30 Aug - 2 Sep ECCO Tour Championship Denmark Flag of England Iain Pyman (6)
6-9 Sep Telia Challenge Waxholm Sweden Flag of England Iain Pyman (7)
13-16 Sep OKI Mahou Challenge de España Spain Flag of Chile Felipe Aguilar (2)
20-23 Sep Kazakhstan Open Kazakhstan Flag of Sweden Leif Westerberg (2)
27-30 Sep The Dutch Futures Netherlands Flag of Scotland Peter Whiteford (1) New tournament
4-7 Oct Open AGF-Allianz Côtes d’Armor Bretagne France Flag of England Peter Baker (2) New tournament
11-14 Oct doc Salbe PGA European Challenge Germany Flag of Scotland Peter Whiteford (2) New tournament
18-21 Oct Toscana Open Italian Federation Cup Italy Flag of Sweden Mikael Lundberg (3) New tournament
25-28 Oct Apulia San Domenico Grand Final Italy Flag of France Michael Lorenzo-Vera (1) The tour championship

[edit] Challenge Tour rankings

The following table lists the leading ten golfers on the Challenge Tour rankings who secured playing rights on the European Tour for the 2008 season.

Position Player Country Prize money ()
1. Michael Lorenzo-Vera Flag of France France 128,927
2. Ross McGowan Flag of England England 126,645
3. Felipe Aguilar Flag of Chile Chile 120,409
4. Jamie Donaldson Flag of Wales Wales 111,748
5. Leif Westerberg Flag of Sweden Sweden 102,323
6. Joost Luiten Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands 99,406
7. Magnus A. Carlsson Flag of Sweden Sweden 95,670
8. Robert Dinwiddie Flag of England England 91,257
9. Mikael Lundberg Flag of Sweden Sweden 87,916
10. Stuart Manley Flag of Wales Wales 84,395

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