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Wikipedia / 2007 Challenge Tour

The 2007 Challenge Tour was the 19th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

Changes for 2007

Five new tournaments were added to the schedule, including the Club Colombia Masters, the Dutch Futures, the Open AGF-Allianz Côtes d'Armor Bretagne, the Doc Salbe PGA European Challenge in Germany and the Toscana Open Italian Federation Cup.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2007 season.

Date

Tournament

Host country

Purse(€)

Winner

OWGRpoints

Othertours

Notes

3 Dec

Abierto Visa de la República

Argentina

US$200,000

Rafael Echenique (2)

12

ARG, TLA

10 Dec

Abierto Mexicano Corona

Mexico

US$310,000

Fabrizio Zanotti (1)

12

TLA

4 Feb

Club Colombia Masters

Colombia

US$175,000

Edoardo Molinari (1)

12

TLA

New tournament

11 Feb

Kai Fieberg Costa Rica Open

Costa Rica

US$175,000

Miguel Rodríguez (1)

12

TLA

18 Feb

Abierto Telefónica de Guatemala

Guatemala

US$150,000

Jamie Donaldson (3)

12

TLA

11 Mar

Tusker Kenya Open

Kenya

160,000

Edoardo Molinari (2)

12

22 Apr

Tessali-Metaponto Open di Puglia e Basilicata

Italy

130,000

Michael Hoey (2)

12

6 May

Moroccan Classic

Morocco

–

Removed

–

13 May

A.G.F. Allianz Golf Open de Toulouse

France

130,000

Joost Luiten (1)

12

20 May

Telenet Trophy

Belgium

130,000

Nicolas Vanhootegem (3)

12

27 May

Open Mahou de Madrid

Spain

130,000

Ben Mason (1)

12

3 Jun

Oceânico Developments Pro-Am Challenge

England

100,000

Ross McGowan (1)

12

10 Jun

Vodafone Challenge

Germany

130,000

Joost Luiten (2)

12

17 Jun

Open de Saint-Omer

France

500,000

Carl Suneson (6)

18

EUR

24 Jun

Credit Suisse Challenge

Switzerland

140,000

Peter Baker (1)

12

1 Jul

Estoril Challenge de Portugal

Portugal

130,000

Ross McGowan (2)

12

8 Jul

AGF-Allianz Open des Volcans – Challenge de France

France

130,000

Gareth Paddison (1)

12

22 Jul

MAN NÖ Open

Austria

130,000

Anders Schmidt Hansen (1)

12

29 Jul

Firstplus Wales Challenge

Wales

130,000

Colm Moriarty (1)

12

5 Aug

Challenge of Ireland

Ireland

150,000

Magnus A. Carlsson (1)

12

12 Aug

Scottish Challenge

Scotland

200,000

Robert Dinwiddie (1)

12

19 Aug

Rolex Trophy

Switzerland

210,000

Robert Dinwiddie (2)

12

19 Aug

Lexus Open

Norway

130,000

Martin Wiegele (1)

12

26 Aug

Postbank Challenge

Germany

140,000

Felipe Aguilar (1)

12

2 Sep

ECCO Tour Championship

Denmark

130,000

Iain Pyman (6)

12

NGL

9 Sep

Telia Challenge Waxholm

Sweden

SKr 1,175,000

Iain Pyman (7)

12

16 Sep

OKI Mahou Challenge de España

Spain

130,000

Felipe Aguilar (2)

12

23 Sep

Kazakhstan Open

Kazakhstan

330,000

Leif Westerberg (2)

12

30 Sep

Dutch Futures

Netherlands

140,000

Peter Whiteford (1)

12

New tournament

7 Oct

Open AGF-Allianz Côtes d'Armor Bretagne

France

140,000

Peter Baker (2)

12

New to Challenge Tour

14 Oct

Doc Salbe PGA European Challenge

Germany

140,000

Peter Whiteford (2)

12

New tournament

20 Oct

Toscana Open Italian Federation Cup

Italy

140,000

Mikael Lundberg (3)

12

New tournament

27 Oct

Apulia San Domenico Grand Final

Italy

250,000

Mike Lorenzo-Vera (1)

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 2008 European Tour.

Rank

Player

Prize money (€)

1

Mike Lorenzo-Vera

128,927

2

Ross McGowan

126,645

3

Felipe Aguilar

120,409

4

Jamie Donaldson

111,748

5

Leif Westerberg

102,323

Notes

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