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2008 Challenge Tour

Golf tour season

Field	Value
year	2008
tour	Challenge Tour
regular_season	–
no_of_events	33
most_wins	NED Taco Remkes (3)
honor1	Rankings
honoree1	ENG David Horsey
prevseason	2007
nextseason	2009

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
(€)	Winner	OWGR
points	Other
tours	Notes
2 Dec	Abierto del Litoral Personal	Argentina	US$170,000	ARG Miguel Rodríguez (2)	12	TLA, TPG	New to Challenge Tour
9 Dec	Abierto Visa de la República	Argentina	US$200,000	PRY Marco Ruiz (1)	12	TLA, TPG
9 Mar	Tusker Kenya Open	Kenya	180,000	ENG Iain Pyman (8)	12
30 Mar	Abierto Visa del Centro	Argentina	US$200,000	ARG Estanislao Goya (1)	12	TLA, TPG	New to Challenge Tour
6 Apr	Abierto Visa de la República	Argentina	US$200,000	FIN Antti Ahokas (1)	12	TLA, TPG
13 Apr	Club Colombia Masters	Colombia	US$180,000	NLD Wil Besseling (1)	12	TLA
26 Apr	AGF-Allianz Open Côtes d'Armor Bretagne	France	140,000	SWE Joakim Haeggman (3)	12
4 May	Banque Populaire Moroccan Classic	Morocco	150,000	NIR Michael Hoey (3)	12
17 May	Piemonte Open	Italy	150,000	ENG Seve Benson (1)	12		New tournament
25 May	DHL Wrocław Open	Poland	150,000	ENG Gary Clark (1)	12		New tournament
1 Jun	Oceânico Group Pro-Am Challenge	England	150,000	ITA Alessandro Tadini (2)	12
8 Jun	Reale Challenge de España	Spain	140,000	SCO Andrew McArthur (1)	12
15 Jun	SK Golf Challenge	Finland	150,000	ENG Simon Robinson (1)	12		New tournament
15 Jun	Saint-Omer Open	France	600,000	ENG David Dixon (1)	18	EUR
22 Jun	Telenet Trophy	Belgium	140,000	ENG David Horsey (1)	12
29 Jun	Scottish Challenge	Scotland	220,000	NLD Taco Remkes (1)	12
6 Jul	AGF-Allianz EurOpen de Lyon	France	200,000	ENG David Horsey (2)	12		New tournament
13 Jul	Credit Suisse Challenge	Switzerland	140,000	ESP Rafa Cabrera-Bello (2)	12
20 Jul	MAN NÖ Open	Austria	140,000	CHE André Bossert (3)	12
27 Jul	SWALEC Wales Challenge	Wales	140,000	IRL Michael McGeady (1)	12
3 Aug	Challenge of Ireland	Ireland	150,000	AUS Andrew Tampion (1)	12
10 Aug	Lexus Open	Norway	150,000	DNK Jeppe Huldahl (1)	12
17 Aug	Trophée du Golf Club de Genève	Switzerland	210,000	SWE Klas Eriksson (5)	12
17 Aug	Vodafone Challenge	Germany	140,000	SCO Richie Ramsay (1)	12
24 Aug	Ypsilon Golf Challenge	Czech Republic	180,000	ENG Seve Benson (2)	12		New tournament
31 Aug	ECCO Tour Championship	Denmark	180,000	FIN Antti Ahokas (2)	12	NGL
7 Sep	Dubliner Challenge	Sweden	140,000	DNK Mark Haastrup (1)	12		New tournament
14 Sep	Qingdao Golf Open	China	US$500,000	NIR Gareth Maybin (1)	12		New tournament
21 Sep	Kazakhstan Open	Kazakhstan	430,000	ENG Gary Lockerbie (1)	12
28 Sep	Dutch Futures	Netherlands	140,000	NLD Taco Remkes (2)	12
5 Oct	AGF-Allianz Golf Open Grand Toulouse	France	140,000	SCO Richie Ramsay (2)	12
18 Oct	Margara Diehl-Ako Platinum Open	Italy	160,000	NLD Taco Remkes (3)	12
26 Oct	Apulia San Domenico Grand Final	Italy	280,000	ARG 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	ENG David Horsey	144,118
2	ENG Gary Lockerbie	138,509
3	NED Taco Remkes	137,331
4	NIR Gareth Maybin	117,719
5	ARG Estanislao Goya	113,336

Notes

References

"2008 Tournament schedule". European Tour.
(18 October 2008). "Sensationele Derde Zege Voor Taco Renkes".
"2008 Rankings". European Tour.
(19 March 2010). "Goya steals the Grand Final as Horsey is crowned No.1". European Tour.

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