2008 Challenge Tour

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox golf season The 2008 Challenge Tour was the 20th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2008 season.

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

Rankings

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

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

External links

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