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2010 Challenge Tour

Golf tour season

Field	Value
year	2010
tour	Challenge Tour
regular_season	–
no_of_events	25
most_wins	DEN Andreas Hartø (2)
CHI Mark Tullo (2)
ESP Álvaro Velasco (2)
AUT Martin Wiegele (2)
AUT Bernd Wiesberger (2)
honor1	Rankings
honoree1	ESP Álvaro Velasco
prevseason	2009
nextseason	2011

CHI Mark Tullo (2) ESP Álvaro Velasco (2) AUT Martin Wiegele (2) AUT Bernd Wiesberger (2) The 2010 Challenge Tour was the 22nd season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

Changes for 2010

In August, the Official World Golf Ranking announced that the Apulia San Domenico Grand Final would gain "flagship event" status, meaning that the minimum points awarded would increase to 16 from 12.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2010 season.

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse
(€)	Winner	OWGR
points	Other
tours	Notes
21 Feb	Abierto Internacional de Golf II Copa Antioquia	Colombia	US$220,000	COL David Vanegas (1)	12	CAN, TLA	New to Challenge Tour
28 Mar	Kenya Open	Kenya	190,000	ENG Robert Dinwiddie (3)	12
2 May	Turkish Airlines Challenge	Turkey	175,000	ENG Charlie Ford (1)	12		New tournament
9 May	Allianz Open Côtes d'Armor Bretagne	France	150,000	ENG Sam Walker (2)	12
23 May	Mugello Tuscany Open	Italy	150,000	NLD Floris de Vries (1)	12		New tournament
30 May	Telenet Trophy	Belgium	150,000	ENG Lee Slattery (2)	12
6 Jun	Kärnten Golf Open	Austria	160,000	AUT Martin Wiegele (2)	12
13 Jun	Scottish Hydro Challenge	Scotland	200,000	SCO George Murray (1)	12
20 Jun
25 Apr	Moroccan Golf Classic	Morocco	150,000	USA Chris Baker (1)	12
20 Jun	Saint-Omer Open	France	600,000	AUT Martin Wiegele (3)	18	EUR
27 Jun	Fred Olsen Challenge de España	Spain	150,000	ESP Álvaro Velasco (1)	12
4 Jul	The Princess	Sweden	150,000	DEN Thorbjørn Olesen (1)	12
11 Jul	Allianz Golf Open de Lyon	France	150,000	AUT Bernd Wiesberger (1)	12
18 Jul	Credit Suisse Challenge	Switzerland	150,000	ITA Alessandro Tadini (3)	12
25 Jul	English Challenge	England	150,000	AUS Daniel Gaunt (1)	12
1 Aug	Green Challenge	Finland	–	Cancelled	–
14 Aug	Rolex Trophy	Switzerland	215,000	CHL Mark Tullo (1)	12
22 Aug	ECCO Tour Championship	Germany	DKr 1,350,000	DEN Andreas Hartø (a) (1)	12	DNK
28 Aug	SWALEC Wales Challenge	Wales	150,000	SWE Oscar Florén (1)	12
5 Sep	Allianz EurOpen Strasbourg	France	150,000	FRA Romain Wattel (a) (1)	12
12 Sep	Kazakhstan Open	Kazakhstan	400,000	ESP Álvaro Velasco (2)	12
19 Sep	M2M Russian Challenge Cup	Russia	175,000	ESP Carlos del Moral (2)	12		New tournament
10 Oct	Allianz Golf Open du Grand Toulouse	France	150,000	AUT Bernd Wiesberger (2)	12
16 Oct	Roma Golf Open	Italy	150,000	DEN Andreas Hartø (2)	12
23 Oct	Egyptian Open	Egypt	250,000	CHL Mark Tullo (2)	14		New to Challenge Tour
30 Oct	Apulia San Domenico Grand Final	Italy	300,000	ENG Matt Haines (1)	16		Flagship event

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 2011 European Tour.

Rank	Player	Prize money (€)
1	ESP Álvaro Velasco	134,297
2	ENG Matt Haines	107,152
3	DEN Thorbjørn Olesen	104,754
4	NED Floris de Vries	101,288
5	AUT Bernd Wiesberger	99,989

Notes

References

(23 August 2010). "Official World Golf Ranking board announces new directives". Official World Golf Ranking.
(29 July 2010). "Grand Final becomes Flagship Event". European Tour.
"2010 Tournament schedule". European Tour.
Callow, James. (19 April 2010). "Volcanic ash cloud causes widespread disruption to sporting calendar". The Guardian.
(23 April 2010). "Green Challenge removed from Challenge Tour schedule". European Tour.
"2010 Rankings". European Tour.
(30 October 2010). "Haines hits the high notes on day of drama". European Tour.
(2 November 2010). "The Challenge Tour class of 2010". European Tour.
(3 November 2010). "The Challenge Tour class of 2010 continued". European Tour.

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