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2009 Challenge Tour

Golf tour season

Field	Value
year	2009
tour	Challenge Tour
regular_season	–
no_of_events	24
most_wins	ITA Edoardo Molinari (3)
honor1	Rankings
honoree1	ITA Edoardo Molinari
prevseason	[2008](2008-challenge-tour)
nextseason	[2010](2010-challenge-tour)

The 2009 Challenge Tour was the 21st season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2009 season.

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse
(€)	Winner	OWGR
points	Other
tours	Notes
22 Mar	Club Colombia Masters	Colombia	US$200,000	ARG Alan Wagner (1)	12	[TLA](2009-tour-de-las-americas)
19 Apr	Tusker Kenya Open	Kenya	180,000	ENG Gary Boyd (1)	12
3 May	Moroccan Classic	Morocco	140,000	ENG Robert Coles (2)	12
17 May	Allianz Open Côtes d'Armor Bretagne	France	150,000	ENG Lee S. James (5)	12
24 May	Piemonte Open	Italy	150,000	ITA Edoardo Molinari (3)	12
31 May	Telenet Trophy	Belgium	150,000	FRA François Calmels (1)	12
7 Jun	Kärnten Golf Open	Austria	140,000	DEU Christoph Günther (1)	12		New tournament
14 Jun	Challenge of Ireland	Ireland	150,000	ENG Robert Coles (3)	12
21 Jun	Saint-Omer Open	France	600,000	SWE Christian Nilsson (1)	18	[EUR](2009-european-tour)
28 Jun	The Princess	Sweden	300,000	ENG Andrew Butterfield (1)	12		New tournament
5 Jul	Credit Suisse Challenge	Switzerland	140,000	ENG Peter Baker (3)	12
12 Jul	Allianz EurOpen de Lyon	France	150,000	FRA Alexandre Kaleka (1)	12
26 Jul	SWALEC Wales Challenge	Wales	150,000	WAL Rhys Davies (1)	12
2 Aug	Scottish Hydro Challenge	Scotland	200,000	SCO Jamie McLeary (1)	12
9 Aug	SK Golf Challenge	Finland	175,000	BEL Nicolas Colsaerts (1)	12
16 Aug	Trophée du Golf de Genève	Switzerland	210,000	FRA Julien Quesne (1)	12
27 Aug	Chinese Challenge	China	–	Removed	–		New tournament
30 Aug	DHL Wrocław Open	Poland	140,000	SCO Eric Ramsay (1)	12
6 Sep	Fred Olsen Challenge de España	Spain	150,000	WAL Rhys Davies (2)	12
13 Sep	Dutch Futures	Netherlands	150,000	BEL Nicolas Colsaerts (2)	12
20 Sep	Kazakhstan Open	Kazakhstan	400,000	ITA Edoardo Molinari (4)	12
4 Oct	ECCO Tour Championship	Denmark	180,000	PRT José-Filipe Lima (3)	12	[NGL](2009-nordic-golf-league)
11 Oct	Allianz Golf Open Grand Toulouse	France	150,000	ENG John Parry (1)	12
25 Oct	Italian Federation Cup	Italy	150,000	ITA Edoardo Molinari (5)	12
31 Oct	Apulia San Domenico Grand Final	Italy	300,000	SCO Peter Whiteford (3)	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 2010 European Tour.

Rank	Player	Prize money (€)
1	ITA Edoardo Molinari	242,980
2	POR José-Filipe Lima	134,622
3	BEL Nicolas Colsaerts	128,590
4	WAL Rhys Davies	113,187
5	SCO Peter Whiteford	110,593

Notes

References

"2009 Tournament schedule". European Tour.
(24 November 2009). "Molinari Secures Order of Merit with Win". Phil Kenyon Putting.
"2009 Rankings". European Tour.
(19 March 2010). "Whiteford wins season finale with final flourish". European Tour.

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