2008 Challenge Tour

The 2008 Challenge Tour was the 20th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

2008 Challenge Tour season

Duration	29 November 2007 (2007-11-29) – 26 October 2008 (2008-10-26)
Number of official events	33
Most wins	Taco Remkes (3)
Rankings	David Horsey
← 2007 2009 →

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2008 season.^[1]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (€)	Winner[a]	OWGR points	Other tours[b]	Notes
2 Dec	Abierto del Litoral Personal	Argentina	US$170,000	Miguel Rodríguez (2)	12	TLA, TPG	New to Challenge Tour
9 Dec	Abierto Visa de la República	Argentina	US$200,000	Marco Ruiz (1)	12	TLA, TPG
9 Mar	Tusker Kenya Open	Kenya	180,000	Iain Pyman (8)	12
30 Mar	Abierto Visa del Centro	Argentina	US$200,000	Estanislao Goya (1)	12	TLA, TPG	New to Challenge Tour
6 Apr	Abierto Visa de la República	Argentina	US$200,000	Antti Ahokas (1)	12	TLA, TPG
13 Apr	Club Colombia Masters	Colombia	US$180,000	Wil Besseling (1)	12	TLA
26 Apr	AGF-Allianz Open Côtes d'Armor Bretagne	France	140,000	Joakim Haeggman (3)	12
4 May	Banque Populaire Moroccan Classic	Morocco	150,000	Michael Hoey (3)	12
17 May	Piemonte Open	Italy	150,000	Seve Benson (1)	12		New tournament
25 May	DHL Wrocław Open	Poland	150,000	Gary Clark (1)	12		New tournament
1 Jun	Oceânico Group Pro-Am Challenge	England	150,000	Alessandro Tadini (2)	12
8 Jun	Reale Challenge de España	Spain	140,000	Andrew McArthur (1)	12
15 Jun	SK Golf Challenge	Finland	150,000	Simon Robinson (1)	12		New tournament
15 Jun	Saint-Omer Open	France	600,000	David Dixon (1)	18	EUR
22 Jun	Telenet Trophy	Belgium	140,000	David Horsey (1)	12
29 Jun	Scottish Challenge	Scotland	220,000	Taco Remkes (1)	12
6 Jul	AGF-Allianz EurOpen de Lyon	France	200,000	David Horsey (2)	12		New tournament
13 Jul	Credit Suisse Challenge	Switzerland	140,000	Rafa Cabrera-Bello (2)	12
20 Jul	MAN NÖ Open	Austria	140,000	André Bossert (3)	12
27 Jul	SWALEC Wales Challenge	Wales	140,000	Michael McGeady (1)	12
3 Aug	Challenge of Ireland	Ireland	150,000	Andrew Tampion (1)	12
10 Aug	Lexus Open	Norway	150,000	Jeppe Huldahl (1)	12
17 Aug	Trophée du Golf Club de Genève	Switzerland	210,000	Klas Eriksson (5)	12
17 Aug	Vodafone Challenge	Germany	140,000	Richie Ramsay (1)	12
24 Aug	Ypsilon Golf Challenge	Czech Republic	180,000	Seve Benson (2)	12		New tournament
31 Aug	ECCO Tour Championship	Denmark	180,000	Antti Ahokas (2)	12	NGL
7 Sep	Dubliner Challenge	Sweden	140,000	Mark Haastrup (1)	12		New tournament
14 Sep	Qingdao Golf Open	China	US$500,000	Gareth Maybin (1)	12		New tournament
21 Sep	Kazakhstan Open	Kazakhstan	430,000	Gary Lockerbie (1)	12
28 Sep	Dutch Futures	Netherlands	140,000	Taco Remkes (2)	12
5 Oct	AGF-Allianz Golf Open Grand Toulouse	France	140,000	Richie Ramsay (2)	12
18 Oct	Margara Diehl-Ako Platinum Open	Italy	160,000	Taco Remkes (3)[c]	12
26 Oct	Apulia San Domenico Grand Final	Italy	280,000	Estanislao Goya (2)	12		Tour Championship

Rankings

For full rankings, see 2008 Challenge Tour graduates.

The rankings were based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros.^[3][4] The top 20 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 2009 European Tour.^[3]

Rank	Player	Prize money (€)
1	David Horsey	144,118
2	Gary Lockerbie	138,509
3	Taco Remkes	137,331
4	Gareth Maybin	117,719
5	Estanislao Goya	113,336

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; NGL − Nordic Golf League; TLA − Tour de las Américas; TPG − TPG Tour.
3. Remkes earned immediate promotion to the European Tour, as this was his third win of the season.^[2]

References

1. "2008 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
2. "Sensationele Derde Zege Voor Taco Renkes" [Sensational third win for Taco Remkes]. 0297.nl (in Dutch). 18 October 2008. Retrieved 29 August 2023. Dit betekend directe promotie naar de European Tour! Toch heeft Taco Remkes bewust gekozen om komende week ook gewoon op de Challenge Tour van start te gaan. [This means direct promotion to the European Tour! Nevertheless, Taco Remkes has consciously chosen to start on the Challenge Tour next week.]
3. "2008 Rankings". European Tour. Archived from the original on 7 December 2008. Retrieved 29 August 2023. The Top 20 positions in the Final 2008 European Challenge Tour Rankings will obtain full playing rights to the 2009 European Tour International Schedule.
4. "Goya steals the Grand Final as Horsey is crowned No.1". European Tour. 19 March 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2023.

External links

• Official website