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2001 Challenge Tour season
Duration1 March 2001 (2001-03-01) – 4 November 2001 (2001-11-04)
Number of official events29
Most winsFrance Sébastien Delagrange (2)
Wales Jamie Donaldson (2)
England Chris Gane (2)
England Mark Foster (2)
RankingsEngland Mark Foster
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The 2001 Challenge Tour was the 13th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2001 season.

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(€)		 Winner OWGR
points		 Other
tours		 Notes
4 Mar Tusker Kenya Open Kenya £75,000 South Africa Ashley Roestoff (1) 6
11 Mar Stanbic Zambia Open Zambia £50,000 England Mark Foster (1) 6 AFR New to Challenge Tour
1 Apr Segura Viudas Challenge de España Spain 90,000 Scotland Euan Little (1) 6
29 Apr Open Golf Montecchia - PGA Triveneta Italy 115,000 England Andrew Sherborne (1) 6 New tournament
6 May Credit Suisse Private Banking Open Switzerland 105,000 Scotland Greig Hutcheon (2) 6
20 May Austrian Open Austria 90,000 England Chris Gane (1) 6
27 May Aa St Omer Open France 150,000 France Sébastien Delagrange (1) 6
3 Jun NCC Open Sweden SKr 840,000 England Benn Barham (1) 6
10 Jun Nykredit Danish Open Denmark 110,000 France Sébastien Delagrange (2) 6
17 Jun Galeria Kaufhof Pokal Challenge Germany 85,000 Germany Wolfgang Huget (1) 6 New tournament
24 Jun DEXIA-BIL Luxembourg Open Luxembourg 90,000 England Grant Hamerton (1) 6
1 Jul Open des Volcans France 90,000 Scotland Scott Drummond (1) 6
8 Jul Challenge Total Fina Elf France 120,000 England Kenneth Ferrie (2) 6 New tournament
15 Jul Volvo Finnish Open Finland 80,000 Sweden Peter Hedblom (4) 6
22 Jul Günther Hamburg Classic Germany 280,000 Sweden Peter Hanson (1) 6
29 Jul Charles Church European Challenge Tour Championship England £130,000 England Mark Foster (2) 6
5 Aug BMW Russian Open Russia £100,000 Wales Jamie Donaldson (1) 6
12 Aug Talma Finnish Challenge Finland 150,000 Sweden Klas Eriksson (4) 6 New tournament
19 Aug North West of Ireland Open Ireland 350,000 Germany Tobias Dier (1) 16 EUR
26 Aug Rolex Trophy Switzerland CHF 150,000 England Stuart Little (2) 6
26 Aug Skandia PGA Open Sweden SKr 800,000 France Christophe Pottier (1) 6
2 Sep Formby Hall Challenge England £50,000 England Sam Little (1) 6
8 Sep Muermans Real Estate Challenge Netherlands 120,000 France Dominique Nouailhac (1) 6
16 Sep Telia Grand Prix Sweden SKr 1,100,000 Wales Jamie Donaldson (2) 6
30 Sep PGA of Austria Masters Austria 135,000 England Iain Pyman (3) 6 New tournament
6 Oct San Paolo Vita & Asset Management Open Italy 125,000 Denmark Mads Vibe-Hastrup (1) 6
14 Oct Hardelot Challenge de France France 120,000 Sweden Mårten Olander (1) 6
21 Oct Terme Euganee International Open Padova Italy 115,000 England Chris Gane (2) 6 New tournament
4 Nov Challenge Tour Grand Final France 200,000 England Richard Bland (1) 6 Tour Championship

Rankings

For full rankings, see 2001 Challenge Tour graduates.

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 2002 European Tour.

Rank Player Prize money (€)
1 England Mark Foster 97,737
2 Wales Jamie Donaldson 92,740
3 England Philip Golding 79,731
4 England Andrew Marshall 75,841
5 England Gary Clark 72,950

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. AFR − Sunshine Tour; EUR − European Tour.

References

  1. "2001 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  2. "2001 Rankings". European Tour. Archived from the original on 4 December 2001. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  3. "Brilliant Bland shoots 63 to win Grand Final". European Tour. 19 March 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2023. The race for the No.1 spot on the rankings was won by Mark Foster.
  4. "Challenge Tour Season Reaches Climax in France". European Tour. 19 March 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2023. ...and the battle to secure the 15 cards for The European Tour next season.

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