1996 Challenge Tour
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| Duration | 22 February 1996 – 24 October 1996 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 32 |
| Most wins | Sweden Dennis Edlund (2) Spain Ignacio Feliu (2) Sweden Adam Mednick (2) Finland Kalle Väinölä (2) Germany Erol Şimşek (2) |
| Rankings | England Ian Garbutt |
← 1995 1997 → | |
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]
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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[lower-alpha 1] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Jun | Memorial Olivier Barras | Switzerland | CHF 75,000 | Spain Juan Quirós (1) | |
| 7 Jul | Neuchâtel Open Golf Trophy | Switzerland | CHF 75,000 | Italy 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 | England Ian Garbutt | 37,661 |
| 2 | Sweden Dennis Edlund | 34,286 |
| 3 | England Robert Lee | 33,990 |
| 4 | England Andrew Sandywell | 33,098 |
| 5 | Italy Massimo Florioli | 32,708 |
See also
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
References
- ↑ "1996 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Challenge Tour Penningligan" [Challenge Tour Money list]. Svensk Golf (in svenska). 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]