Year: | 1996 |
Tour: | Challenge Tour |
Regular Season: | – |
No Of Events: | 33 |
Most Wins: | Dennis Edlund (2) Ignacio Feliu (2) Adam Mednick (2) Kalle Väinölä (2) Erol Şimşek (2) |
Honor1: | Rankings |
Honoree1: | Ian Garbutt |
Prevseason: | 1995 |
Nextseason: | 1997 |
The 1996 Challenge Tour was the eighth season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.
The following table lists official events during the 1996 season.[1]
Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (£) | Winner | Notes | |
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25 Feb | Kenya | 65,000 | Mike Miller (1) | |||
10 Mar | Ivory Coast | 70,000 | Massimo Florioli (1) | |||
14 Apr | Italy | 35,000 | Simon Burnell (1) | New tournament | ||
21 Apr | Italy | 35,000 | Kalle Väinölä (1) | New tournament | ||
27 Apr | Portugal | 50,000 | Gary Marks (1) | New tournament | ||
5 May | Spain | 65,000 | Robert Lee (1) | |||
19 May | France | 45,000 | Francisco Cea (1) | |||
26 May | Italy | 60,000 | Ignacio Feliu (2) | |||
2 Jun | Sweden | 35,000 | Kalle Väinölä (2) | |||
9 Jun | Czech Republic | 65,000 | Joakim Rask (2) | |||
9 Jun | Denmark | 35,000 | Niklas Diethelm (1) | |||
16 Jun | Sweden | SKr 150,000 | Johan Axgren (1) | |||
23 Jun | Denmark | 70,000 | Robert Jonsson (1) | |||
23 Jun | Italy | 40,000 | Stephen Scahill (1) | |||
30 Jun | Germany | 72,000 | Erol Şimşek (1) | |||
7 Jul | France | 60,000 | Andrew Sandywell (2) | |||
13 Jul | England | 35,000 | Greg Owen (1) | New tournament | ||
14 Jul | Finland | 35,000 | Björn Bäck (1) | |||
28 Jul | Switzerland | 55,000 | Van Phillips (1) | |||
4 Aug | England | 65,000 | Dennis Edlund (3) | |||
10 Aug | Switzerland | 55,000 | Dennis Edlund (4) | |||
18 Aug | Norway | 60,000 | Ignacio Feliu (3) | |||
25 Aug | Netherlands | 60,000 | Mathew Goggin (1) | |||
25 Aug | Denmark | 40,000 | Adam Mednick (4) | |||
1 Sep | Sweden | 40,000 | Max Anglert (1) | |||
8 Sep | Russia | 65,000 | Carl Watts (2) | New to Challenge Tour | ||
8 Sep | Sweden | 50,000 | Adam Mednick (5) | |||
15 Sep | Belgium | 55,000 | Kevin Carissimi (1) | |||
21 Sep | Spain | 72,000 | José Antonio Sota (1) | |||
28 Sep | Italy | 35,000 | Lee S. James (1) | New tournament | ||
29 Sep | Sweden | SKr 1,000,000 | Scott Watson (1) | |||
6 Oct | Poland | 40,000 | Erol Şimşek (2) | New to Challenge Tour | ||
20 Oct | Portugal | 65,000 | Ian Garbutt (1) | Tour Championship |
The following events were sanctioned by the Challenge Tour, but did not carry official money, wins were still official however.
Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (£) | Winner | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
30 Jun | Switzerland | 40,000 | Juan Quirós (1) | |||
7 Jul | Switzerland | 35,000 | Federico Bisazza (1) |
The rankings were based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Pound sterling.[2] The top 15 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 1997 European Tour.[2]
Rank | Player | Prize money (£) | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 37,661 | ||
2 | 34,286 | ||
3 | 33,990 | ||
4 | 33,098 | ||
5 | 32,708 |