2010 Challenge Tour
The 2010 Challenge Tour is a series of professional golf tournaments collectively known as the Challenge Tour.
The Challenge Tour is Europe's official developmental tour and is organised by the PGA European Tour. It was introduced in 1986 and was originally called the Satellite Tour, before being renamed with its present title in 1990.
Tournament schedule
The 2010 schedule is set out below. The Green Challenge, scheduled for 29 July – 1 August, was cancelled. The numbers in brackets after winners' names show the player's total number of wins on the Challenge Tour including that event. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Challenge Tour because success at this level soon leads to promotion to the European Tour.The 2010 season began in February with the Abierto Internacional de Golf II Copa Antioquia in Colombia, a new tournament to the Challenge Tour schedule. After further tournaments in Kenya and Turkey, the tour visited Europe for the first time in May for the Allianz Open Côtes d'Armor Bretagne, one of four events on the schedule that also formed part of the Allianz Golf Tour, the official tour organised by the French Golf Federation. The season concluded with the Apulia San Domenico Grand Final at the end of October.
Date | Tournament | Host country | Winner | OWGR Points | Notes |
21 Feb | Abierto Internacional de Golf II Copa Antioquia | Colombia | David Vanegas | 12 | Co-sanctioned with the Tour de las Américas and Canadian Tour |
28 Mar | Kenya Open | Kenya | Robert Dinwiddie | 12 | |
2 May | Turkish Airlines Challenge | Turkey | Charlie Ford | 12 | |
9 May | Allianz Open Côtes d'Armor Bretagne | France | Sam Walker | 12 | |
23 May | Mugello Tuscany Open | Italy | Floris de Vries | 12 | |
30 May | Telenet Trophy | Belgium | Lee Slattery | 12 | |
6 Jun | Kärnten Golf Open | Austria | Martin Wiegele | 12 | |
13 Jun | Scottish Hydro Challenge | Scotland | George Murray | 12 | |
20 Jun | Moroccan Golf Classic | Morocco | Chris Baker | 12 | Postponed from 22–25 April due to air travel issues |
20 Jun | Saint-Omer Open | France | Martin Wiegele | 18 | Dual-ranking event with European Tour |
27 Jun | Fred Olsen Challenge de España | Spain | Álvaro Velasco | 12 | |
4 Jul | The Princess | Sweden | Thorbjørn Olesen | 12 | |
11 Jul | Allianz Golf Open de Lyon | France | Bernd Wiesberger | 12 | |
18 Jul | Credit Suisse Challenge | Switzerland | Alessandro Tadini | 12 | |
25 Jul | English Challenge | England | Daniel Gaunt | 12 | |
14 Aug | Rolex Trophy | Switzerland | Mark Tullo | 12 | |
22 Aug | ECCO Tour Championship | Germany | Andreas Hartø | 12 | |
28 Aug | SWALEC Wales Challenge | Wales | Oscar Florén | 12 | |
5 Sep | Allianz EurOpen Strasbourg | France | Romain Wattel | 12 | |
12 Sep | Kazakhstan Open | Kazakhstan | Álvaro Velasco | 12 | |
19 Sep | M2M Russian Challenge Cup | Russia | Carlos del Moral | 12 | New tournament |
10 Oct | Allianz Golf Open du Grand Toulouse | France | Bernd Wiesberger | 12 | |
16 Oct | Roma Golf Open | Italy | Andreas Hartø | 12 | |
23 Oct | Egyptian Open | Egypt | Mark Tullo | 14 | |
30 Oct | Apulia San Domenico Grand Final | Italy | Matt Haines | 16 |
Rankings
For full rankings, see 2010 Challenge Tour graduates.Rank | Player | Country | Prize money |
1 | Álvaro Velasco | 134,297 | |
2 | Matt Haines | 107,152 | |
3 | Thorbjørn Olesen | 104,754 | |
4 | Floris de Vries | 101,288 | |
5 | Bernd Wiesberger | 99,989 |