The 2007 Challenge Tour was a series of golf

Golf

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 tournaments known as the Challenge Tour

Challenge Tour

The Challenge Tour is the second tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European Tour and as with on the main European Tour and the European Seniors Tour, some of the events are played outside of Europe...

, the official development tour run by the PGA European Tour

PGA European Tour

The PGA European Tour is an organization which operates the three leading men's professional golf tours in Europe: the elite European Tour, the European Seniors Tour and the developmental Challenge Tour. Its headquarters are at Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England...

. The tour was started as the Satellite Tour in 1986 and was renamed the Challenge Tour ready for the start of the 1990 season.

The Challenge Tour Rankings was won by France's Michael Lorenzo-Vera

Michael Lorenzo-Vera

Michael Lorenzo-Vera is an French professional golfer.Lorenzo-Vera was born in Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques in South-West France....

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Tournament schedule

The table below shows the 2007 Challenge Tour schedule. The season started in November 2006 and comprised 32 tournaments played in Europe, Latin America, East Africa and Central Asia.

The numbers in brackets after winners' names indicate the player's total number of wins on the Challenge Tour including that event. No-one accumulates many wins on the Challenge Tour because success at this level soon leads to promotion to the European Tour.

Dates	Tournament	Host country	Winner	Notes
30 Nov–3 Dec	Abierto Visa de la Republica	Argentina Argentina Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...	Rafael Echenique Rafael Echenique Rafael Echenique is an Argentine professional golfer.Echenique was born in San Luis, Argentina. He turned pro in 1999. Having failed to gain a place on the European Tour via the qualifying school on four occasions, Echenique finally won his card on the main tour by virtue of finishing seventh on...  (2)	Co-sanctioned with the Tour de las Américas Tour de las Americas The Tour de las Américas is the men's professional golf tour for Latin America.Top level tournament golf in Latin America has had an unstable history. Some of the national open championships in the region are long established, but they did not traditionally form a coherent tour...
7–10 Dec	Abierto Mexicano Corona	Mexico Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...	Fabrizio Zanotti Fabrizio Zanotti Fabrizio Zanotti is a Paraguayan professional golfer.Zanotti was born in Asunción. He was Paraguay's top ranked amateur golfer for six straight years before turning professional in 2003....  (1)	Co-sanctioned with the Tour de las Américas Tour de las Americas The Tour de las Américas is the men's professional golf tour for Latin America.Top level tournament golf in Latin America has had an unstable history. Some of the national open championships in the region are long established, but they did not traditionally form a coherent tour...
1–4 Feb	Club Colombia Masters Club Colombia Masters The Club Colombia Masters was a golf tournament co-sanctioned by the European Challenge Tour and the Tour de las Américas and was first played in 2007. The event was held at the Country Club de Bogotá, in Bogotá, Colombia. The tournament was organized by the Corporacion Internacional de Golf,...	Colombia Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...	Edoardo Molinari Edoardo Molinari Edoardo Molinari is an Italian professional golfer. He is a two-time winner on the European Tour, 2005 U.S. Amateur champion, 2009 Challenge Tour Rankings leader, winner, with his brother Francesco, of the 2009 World Cup and a member of the 2010 European Ryder Cup team...  (1)	Co-sanctioned with the Tour de las Américas Tour de las Americas The Tour de las Américas is the men's professional golf tour for Latin America.Top level tournament golf in Latin America has had an unstable history. Some of the national open championships in the region are long established, but they did not traditionally form a coherent tour...
8–11 Feb	Kai Fieberg Costa Rica Open	Costa Rica Costa Rica Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....	Miguel Rodríguez Miguel Rodríguez (golfer) Miguel Ángel Rodríguez is an Argentine professional golfer.Rodriguez was born in Buenos Aires. He turned professional in 1998 and has played predominantly in South America on the Tour de las Américas and the Argentine TPG Tour...  (1)	Co-sanctioned with the Tour de las Américas Tour de las Americas The Tour de las Américas is the men's professional golf tour for Latin America.Top level tournament golf in Latin America has had an unstable history. Some of the national open championships in the region are long established, but they did not traditionally form a coherent tour...
15–18 Feb	Abierto Telefonica de Guatemala Abierto Telefonica de Guatemala The Guatemala Open or Abierto de Guatemala is a golf tournament that was on the schedules of the Tour de las Americas and Challenge Tour between 2003 and 2007. It was held at the Hacienda Nueva Country Club in Guatemala City.-Winners:...	Guatemala Guatemala Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...	Jamie Donaldson Jamie Donaldson Jamie Ross Donaldson is a Welsh professional golfer.Donaldson was born in Pontypridd. He turned professional in 2000. Having failed to come through the European Tour's qualifying school, in 2001 he played predominantly on the second tier Challenge Tour...  (3)	Co-sanctioned with the Tour de las Américas Tour de las Americas The Tour de las Américas is the men's professional golf tour for Latin America.Top level tournament golf in Latin America has had an unstable history. Some of the national open championships in the region are long established, but they did not traditionally form a coherent tour...
8–11 Mar	Tusker Kenya Open	Kenya Kenya Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...	Edoardo Molinari Edoardo Molinari Edoardo Molinari is an Italian professional golfer. He is a two-time winner on the European Tour, 2005 U.S. Amateur champion, 2009 Challenge Tour Rankings leader, winner, with his brother Francesco, of the 2009 World Cup and a member of the 2010 European Ryder Cup team...  (2)
19–22 Apr	Tessali-Metaponto Open di Puglia e Basilicata	Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...	Michael Hoey (2)
10–13 May	A.G.F. Allianz Golf Open de Toulouse	France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	Joost Luiten Joost Luiten Willibrordus Adrianus Maria "Joost" Luiten is a Dutch professional golfer.- Biography :Luiten was born in Bleiswijk. He is currently a member of the European Tour. After a failed bid for a tour card on the Qualifying School he started his professional career on the EPD Tour where he claimed the...  (1)
17–20 May	Telenet Trophy Telenet Trophy The Telenet Trophy is a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, Europe's second tier men's professional golf tour. It was first played in 2006, with the host course being alternated between Limburg Golf & Country Club in Houthalen-Helchteren, Royal Waterloo in Lasne, and Rinkven Golf Club.As the...	Belgium Belgium Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...	Nicolas Vanhootegem Nicolas Vanhootegem Nicolas Vanhootegem is a Belgian professional golfer.Vanhootegem was born in Brussels. He won several tournaments as an amateur, including the Welsh Open Stroke Play, and turned professional in 1994...  (3)
24–27 May	Open Mahou de Madrid Open Mahou de Madrid The Open Mahou de Madrid was a men's professional golf tournament on the Challenge Tour from 2005 to 2007.There is also a Madrid Open on the European Tour.-Tournament hosts:*2007 Casino Club de Golf Retamares*2006 Club de Golf La Herreria...	Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	Ben Mason Ben Mason -Professional career:Mason turned professional in 1999 after a successful amateur career which included reaching the semifinals of The Amateur Championship in 1998. He joined the second-tier Challenge Tour in 2001 and from 2003 to 2005 he played full-time on the European Tour, where his best...  (1)
31 May–3 Jun	Oceânico Developments Pro-Am Challenge	England England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...	Ross McGowan Ross McGowan This article is about the golfer. For the anchorman for KTVU, see Ross McGowan Ross Ian Thomas McGowan is an English professional golfer....  (1)
7–10 Jun	Vodafone Challenge Vodafone Challenge The Vodafone Challenge was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour from 2006 to 2008. It was played at Golf & Country Club An der Elfrather Mühle in Düsseldorf, Germany....	Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...	Joost Luiten Joost Luiten Willibrordus Adrianus Maria "Joost" Luiten is a Dutch professional golfer.- Biography :Luiten was born in Bleiswijk. He is currently a member of the European Tour. After a failed bid for a tour card on the Qualifying School he started his professional career on the EPD Tour where he claimed the...  (2)
14–17 Jun	Open de Saint-Omer	France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	Carl Suneson Carl Suneson Carl José Suneson is a Spanish professional golfer.Suneson was born in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria to a Swedish father and an English mother. He represented England in amateur competition, and attended Oklahoma State University in the United States, but in 1996 he took Spanish citizenship.Suneson...  (6)	Dual-ranking event with the European Tour
21–24 Jun	Credit Suisse Challenge Credit Suisse Challenge The Credit Suisse Challenge is a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, held in Switzerland. It was first played as the Credit Suisse Private Banking Open in 2000 and 2001 at the Golf Club Patriziale Ascona in Ascona. Following a four year hiatus, the tournament returned in 2006 and was held at the...	Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....	Peter Baker Peter Baker (golfer) Peter A. Baker is an English professional golfer.Baker was born in Shifnal, Shropshire, and currently lives near Wolverhampton. He learned golf at his father's nine hole Himley Hall course and was taught by Sandy Lyle's father Alex....  (1)
28 Jun–1 Jul	Estoril Challenge de Portugal Estoril Challenge de Portugal The Estoril Challenge de Portugal was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour that was held near Estoril, Portugal. It was first played in 1997. Then it took a 6 year hiatus until it was played again in 2004. It was not played in 2005 and then it returned in 2006 and 2007.-Winners:-External links:*...	Portugal Portugal Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...	Ross McGowan Ross McGowan This article is about the golfer. For the anchorman for KTVU, see Ross McGowan Ross Ian Thomas McGowan is an English professional golfer....  (2)
5–8 Jul	AGF-Allianz Open des Volcans – Challenge de France	France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	Gareth Paddison Gareth Paddison Gareth Paddison is a New Zealand professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour of Australasia.As an amateur, Paddison won the New Zealand Amateur Stroke Play Championship and the Queensland Amateur Championship 1999 and the Canadian Amateur Championship in 2001. He also represented New Zealand at...  (1)
19–22 Jul	MAN NÖ Open MAN NÖ Open The MAN NÖ Open was a men's professional golf tournament held in Austria. It was founded in 2004 as an event on the third tier Alps Tour, before moving up to the second tier Challenge Tour in 2006, replacing the Austrian Open, which had been promoted to the full European Tour schedule. It was...	Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...	Anders Schmidt Hansen Anders Schmidt Hansen Anders Schmidt Hansen is a Danish professional golfer.Hansen won his national open in 1999 as an amateur, before turning professional in 2003 at the age of 25. At the end of that year he reached the final stage of the European Tour's Qualifying School, entitling him to play on the second-tier...  (1)
26–29 Jul	FIRSTPLUS Wales Challenge Firstplus Wales Challenge The SWALEC Wales Challenge is a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour. It has run annually since 2003.-Winners:PO – won following playoff-External links:*...	Wales Wales Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...	Colm Moriarty Colm Moriarty Colm Moriarty is an Irish professional golfer.Moriarty was born in Dublin. He turned professional in 2003, after playing in the victorious Great Britain and Ireland Walker Cup team. He has competed mostly on lower level tours, qualifying for his first full season on the second tier Challenge Tour...  (1)
2–5 Aug	Challenge of Ireland Challenge of Ireland The Challenge of Ireland was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, held in the Republic of Ireland. It was played from 2005 to 2009.Robert Coles won the 2009 event in a playoff over Belgian Nicolas Colsaerts.-Winners:PO – won following playoff...	Ireland Republic of Ireland Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...	Magnus A. Carlsson Magnus A. Carlsson Magnus A. Carlsson is a Swedish professional golfer.Carlsson was born in Västerås, Sweden. He turned professional in 2001....  (1)
9–12 Aug	Scottish Challenge Scottish Challenge The Scottish Hydro Challenge is a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour. It has run annually since 2006.-Winners:-External links:*...	Scotland Scotland Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...	Robert Dinwiddie Robert Dinwiddie (golfer) -Early years:Dinwiddie was born in Dumfries, Scotland. He went to college in the United States, where he attended Tennessee State University, and was the number one ranked English golfer....  (1)
16–19 Aug	Rolex Trophy Rolex Trophy The Rolex Trophy is a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, that is played in Geneva, Switzerland. It has been held annually since 1991.Unlike many Challenge Tour events, the Rolex Trophy has been played at the same venue, the Golf Club de Genève, every year...	Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....	Robert Dinwiddie Robert Dinwiddie (golfer) -Early years:Dinwiddie was born in Dumfries, Scotland. He went to college in the United States, where he attended Tennessee State University, and was the number one ranked English golfer....  (2)	Limited field pro-am
16–19 Aug	Lexus Open	Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...	Martin Wiegele Martin Wiegele Martin Wiegele is a Austrian professional golfer.Wiegele was born in Graz. He turned professional in 2003 when he joined the second tier Challenge Tour. He enjoyed some success during his first season finishing fourth on the end of season rankings to graduate to the top level European Tour for 2004...  (1)	Alternate to the Rolex Trophy
23–26 Aug	POSTBANK Challenge Postbank Challenge The Postbank Challenge was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour that was played in 2007 at Golfclub Mülheim an der Ruhr near Mülheim, Germany. It was hosted by European Tour player Marcel Siem.-Winners:-External links:*...	Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...	Felipe Aguilar Felipe Aguilar Felipe Aguilar Schuller is a Chilean professional golfer who has won over 30 events in Chile.Aguilar is currently a member of the European Tour. In 2006 he became the second Chilean, after Roy Mackenzie to earn full membership to the European Tour but failed to retain full playing rights at the...  (1)
30 Aug–2 Sep	ECCO Tour Championship ECCO Tour Championship The ECCO Tour Championship is the most prestigious golf tournament on the Denmark based ECCO Tour, being jointly sanctioned by Europe's second tier Challenge Tour. It has run annually since 2006...	Denmark Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...	Iain Pyman Iain Pyman Iain Pyman is an English golfer.Pyman was born in Whitby. He was English Boys Stroke Play Champion in 1991, and played in a winning Jacques Léglise Trophy team the same year. In 1993 he won The Amateur Championship by defeating Paul Page after 37 holes at Royal Portrush, and was the leading...  (6)
6–9 Sep	Telia Challenge Waxholm Telia Challenge Waxholm The Telia Challenge Waxholm was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour and the Telia Tour. It ran from 1996 to 2007 and was always played in Sweden.-Winners:-External links:*...	Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....	Iain Pyman Iain Pyman Iain Pyman is an English golfer.Pyman was born in Whitby. He was English Boys Stroke Play Champion in 1991, and played in a winning Jacques Léglise Trophy team the same year. In 1993 he won The Amateur Championship by defeating Paul Page after 37 holes at Royal Portrush, and was the leading...  (7)
13–16 Sep	OKI Mahou Challenge de España OKI Mahou Challenge de España The Challenge de España is a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour that is played in Spain. It has run annually since 1999 except in 2005.-Winners:PO – won following playoff-External links:*...	Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	Felipe Aguilar Felipe Aguilar Felipe Aguilar Schuller is a Chilean professional golfer who has won over 30 events in Chile.Aguilar is currently a member of the European Tour. In 2006 he became the second Chilean, after Roy Mackenzie to earn full membership to the European Tour but failed to retain full playing rights at the...  (2)
20–23 Sep	Kazakhstan Open Kazakhstan Open The Kazakhstan Open is a men's professional golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, the official developmental tour of the PGA European Tour. First played in 2005, it was held at the Nurtau Golf Club in Almaty, Kazakhstan for the first four editions before moving to the Zhailjau Golf Resort, also in...	Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...	Leif Westerberg Leif Westerberg Leif Westerberg is a Swedish professional golfer.Westerberg was born in Stockholm and turned professional in 1997. He has played predominantly on Europe's second tier Challenge Tour where he has won two tournaments. He has graduated from the Challenge Tour twice, in 2004 and 2007, when he finished...  (2)
27–30 Sep	Dutch Futures	Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...	Peter Whiteford Peter Whiteford Peter William Whiteford is a Scottish professional golfer.Whiteford was born in Kirkcaldy. He turned professional in 2002....  (1)	New tournament
4–7 Oct	Open AGF-Allianz Côtes d’Armor Bretagne	France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	Peter Baker Peter Baker (golfer) Peter A. Baker is an English professional golfer.Baker was born in Shifnal, Shropshire, and currently lives near Wolverhampton. He learned golf at his father's nine hole Himley Hall course and was taught by Sandy Lyle's father Alex....  (2)	New tournament
11–14 Oct	doc Salbe PGA European Challenge Doc Salbe PGA European Challenge The Doc Salbe PGA European Challenge was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour. It was only held once, in 2007, and played over the New Course at the Golf & Vitalpark Bad Waldsee in Bad Waldsee, Upper Swabia, Germany. The event was won by Scotland's Peter Whiteford.-Winners:-External links:*...	Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...	Peter Whiteford Peter Whiteford Peter William Whiteford is a Scottish professional golfer.Whiteford was born in Kirkcaldy. He turned professional in 2002....  (2)	New tournament
18–21 Oct	Toscana Open Italian Federation Cup Toscana Open Italian Federation Cup The Roma Golf Open is a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour. It was first played in 2007 at Le Pavoniere Golf & Country Club in Florence, Italy when Sweden's Mikael Lundberg was the winner.-Winners:-External links:*...	Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...	Mikael Lundberg Mikael Lundberg Mikael Lundberg is a Swedish professional golfer who currently plays on the European Tour.Lundberg was born in Helsingborg, Sweden. He represented Sweden in the 1994 Eisenhower Trophy and turned professional in 1995...  (3)	New tournament
25–28 Oct	Apulia San Domenico Grand Final	Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...	Michael Lorenzo-Vera Michael Lorenzo-Vera Michael Lorenzo-Vera is an French professional golfer.Lorenzo-Vera was born in Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques in South-West France....  (1)

Rankings

The top 20 on the Challenge Tour Rankings gained membership of the European Tour for the 2008 season.

Position	Player	Country	Prize money (€ Euro The euro is the official currency of the eurozone: 17 of the 27 member states of the European Union. It is also the currency used by the Institutions of the European Union. The eurozone consists of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,... )
1	Michael Lorenzo-Vera Michael Lorenzo-Vera Michael Lorenzo-Vera is an French professional golfer.Lorenzo-Vera was born in Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques in South-West France....		128,927
2	Ross McGowan Ross McGowan This article is about the golfer. For the anchorman for KTVU, see Ross McGowan Ross Ian Thomas McGowan is an English professional golfer....		126,645
3	Felipe Aguilar Felipe Aguilar Felipe Aguilar Schuller is a Chilean professional golfer who has won over 30 events in Chile.Aguilar is currently a member of the European Tour. In 2006 he became the second Chilean, after Roy Mackenzie to earn full membership to the European Tour but failed to retain full playing rights at the...		120,409
4	Jamie Donaldson Jamie Donaldson Jamie Ross Donaldson is a Welsh professional golfer.Donaldson was born in Pontypridd. He turned professional in 2000. Having failed to come through the European Tour's qualifying school, in 2001 he played predominantly on the second tier Challenge Tour...		111,748
5	Leif Westerberg Leif Westerberg Leif Westerberg is a Swedish professional golfer.Westerberg was born in Stockholm and turned professional in 1997. He has played predominantly on Europe's second tier Challenge Tour where he has won two tournaments. He has graduated from the Challenge Tour twice, in 2004 and 2007, when he finished...		102,323
6	Joost Luiten Joost Luiten Willibrordus Adrianus Maria "Joost" Luiten is a Dutch professional golfer.- Biography :Luiten was born in Bleiswijk. He is currently a member of the European Tour. After a failed bid for a tour card on the Qualifying School he started his professional career on the EPD Tour where he claimed the...		99,406
7	Magnus A. Carlsson Magnus A. Carlsson Magnus A. Carlsson is a Swedish professional golfer.Carlsson was born in Västerås, Sweden. He turned professional in 2001....		95,670
8	Robert Dinwiddie Robert Dinwiddie (golfer) -Early years:Dinwiddie was born in Dumfries, Scotland. He went to college in the United States, where he attended Tennessee State University, and was the number one ranked English golfer....		91,257
9	Mikael Lundberg Mikael Lundberg Mikael Lundberg is a Swedish professional golfer who currently plays on the European Tour.Lundberg was born in Helsingborg, Sweden. He represented Sweden in the 1994 Eisenhower Trophy and turned professional in 1995...		87,916
10	Stuart Manley		84,395
11	Fabrizio Zanotti Fabrizio Zanotti Fabrizio Zanotti is a Paraguayan professional golfer.Zanotti was born in Asunción. He was Paraguay's top ranked amateur golfer for six straight years before turning professional in 2003....		73,816
12	Peter Baker Peter Baker (golfer) Peter A. Baker is an English professional golfer.Baker was born in Shifnal, Shropshire, and currently lives near Wolverhampton. He learned golf at his father's nine hole Himley Hall course and was taught by Sandy Lyle's father Alex....		72,874
13	Peter Whiteford Peter Whiteford Peter William Whiteford is a Scottish professional golfer.Whiteford was born in Kirkcaldy. He turned professional in 2002....		72,730
14	Iain Pyman Iain Pyman Iain Pyman is an English golfer.Pyman was born in Whitby. He was English Boys Stroke Play Champion in 1991, and played in a winning Jacques Léglise Trophy team the same year. In 1993 he won The Amateur Championship by defeating Paul Page after 37 holes at Royal Portrush, and was the leading...		70,725
15	Julio Zapata Julio Zapata Julio Cesar Zapata is an Argentine professional golfer.Zapata was born in Rafaela, Santa Fe Province, and turned professional in 1997....		70,158
16	Edoardo Molinari Edoardo Molinari Edoardo Molinari is an Italian professional golfer. He is a two-time winner on the European Tour, 2005 U.S. Amateur champion, 2009 Challenge Tour Rankings leader, winner, with his brother Francesco, of the 2009 World Cup and a member of the 2010 European Ryder Cup team...		65,300
17	Álvaro Velasco Álvaro Velasco (golfer) Álvaro Velasco Roca is a Spanish professional golfer.Velasco was born in Barcelona and attended Coastal Carolina University on a golf scholarship where he graduated with a degree in Business Administration...		59,786
18	Peter Fowler Peter Fowler Peter Randall Fowler is an Australian golfer.Fowler was born in Hornsby, New South Wales. He turned professional in 1977 and won the Australian Open in 1983. He has spent a large part of his career playing on the European Tour, where he made the top one hundred on the Order of Merit every year...		59,712
19	François Delamontagne François Delamontagne François Delamontagne is a French professional golfer.-Professional career:Delamontagne turned professional in 2001 prior to competing in the European Tour's qualifying school. He reached the final stage, a performance which enabled him to play a full season on the second-tier Challenge Tour in 2002...		59,232
20	Jan-Are Larsen Jan-Are Larsen Jan-Are Larsen is a Norwegian professional golfer.Having shown promise as an amateur golfer, Larsen earned a scholarship to play on the golf team at the University of Alabama. Upon graduating in 2002, he entered qualifying school for the European Tour as an amateur, and was successful in claiming...		56,244

External links

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