2007 Challenge Tour


The 2007 Challenge Tour was a series of golf tournaments known as the Challenge Tour, the official development tour run by the PGA European Tour. The tour was started as the Satellite Tour in 1986 and was renamed the Challenge Tour ready for the start of the 1990 season.
The Challenge Tour Rankings was won by France's Michael Lorenzo-Vera.

Tournament schedule

The table below shows the 2007 Challenge Tour schedule. The season started in November 2006 and comprised 32 tournaments played in Europe, Latin America, East Africa and Central Asia.
The numbers in brackets after winners' names indicate the player's total number of wins on the Challenge Tour including that event. No-one accumulates many wins on the Challenge Tour because success at this level soon leads to promotion to the European Tour.
DateTournamentHost countryWinnerNotes
3 DecAbierto Visa de la RepúblicaArgentina Rafael Echenique Co-sanctioned with the Tour de las Américas
10 DecAbierto Mexicano CoronaMexico Fabrizio Zanotti Co-sanctioned with the Tour de las Américas
4 FebClub Colombia MastersColombia Edoardo Molinari Co-sanctioned with the Tour de las Américas
11 FebKai Fieberg Costa Rica Open Costa Rica Miguel Rodríguez Co-sanctioned with the Tour de las Américas
18 FebAbierto Telefonica de GuatemalaGuatemala Jamie Donaldson Co-sanctioned with the Tour de las Américas
11 MarTusker Kenya OpenKenya Edoardo Molinari
22 AprTessali-Metaponto Open di Puglia e BasilicataItaly Michael Hoey
13 MayAGF-Allianz Golf Open de ToulouseFrance Joost Luiten
20 MayTelenet TrophyBelgium Nicolas Vanhootegem
27 MayOpen Mahou de MadridSpain Ben Mason
3 JunOceânico Developments Pro-Am ChallengeEngland Ross McGowan
10 JunVodafone ChallengeGermany Joost Luiten
17 JunOpen de Saint-OmerFrance Carl Suneson Dual-ranking event with European Tour
24 JunCredit Suisse ChallengeSwitzerland Peter Baker
1 JulEstoril Challenge de PortugalPortugal Ross McGowan
8 JulAGF-Allianz Open des Volcans – Challenge de FranceFrance Gareth Paddison
22 JulMAN NÖ OpenAustria Anders Schmidt Hansen
29 JulFirstPlus Wales ChallengeWales Colm Moriarty
5 AugChallenge of IrelandIreland Magnus A. Carlsson
12 AugScottish ChallengeScotland Robert Dinwiddie
19 AugRolex TrophySwitzerland Robert Dinwiddie
19 AugLexus OpenNorway Martin Wiegele Alternate to the Rolex Trophy
26 AugPostbank ChallengeGermany Felipe Aguilar
2 SepECCO Tour ChampionshipDenmark Iain Pyman
9 SepTelia Challenge WaxholmSweden Iain Pyman
16 SepOki Mahou Challenge de EspañaSpain Felipe Aguilar
23 SepKazakhstan OpenKazakhstan Leif Westerberg
30 SepDutch FuturesNetherlands Peter Whiteford New tournament
7 OctOpen AGF-Allianz Côtes d'Armor BretagneFrance Peter Baker New tournament
14 OctDoc Salbe PGA European ChallengeGermany Peter Whiteford New tournament
21 OctToscana Open Italian Federation CupItaly Mikael Lundberg New tournament
28 OctApulia San Domenico Grand FinalItaly Michael Lorenzo-Vera

Rankings

The top 20 on the Challenge Tour Rankings gained membership of the European Tour for the 2008 season.
PositionPlayerCountryPrize money
1Michael Lorenzo-Vera128,927
2Ross McGowan126,645
3Felipe Aguilar120,409
4Jamie Donaldson111,748
5Leif Westerberg102,323
6Joost Luiten99,406
7Magnus A. Carlsson95,670
8Robert Dinwiddie91,257
9Mikael Lundberg87,916
10Stuart Manley84,395
11Fabrizio Zanotti73,816
12Peter Baker72,874
13Peter Whiteford72,730
14Iain Pyman70,725
15Julio Zapata70,158
16Edoardo Molinari65,300
17Álvaro Velasco59,786
18Peter Fowler59,712
19François Delamontagne59,232
20Jan-Are Larsen56,244