2001 Challenge Tour
The 2001 Challenge Tour was a series of golf tournaments known as the Challenge Tour, the official development tour run by the PGA European Tour. 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 England's Mark Foster.
Tournament schedule
The table below shows the 2001 Challenge Tour schedule.| Date | Tournament | Host country | Winner | Notes |
| 4 Mar | Tusker Kenya Open | Kenya |  Ashley Roestoff | |
| 11 Mar | Stanbic Zambia Open | Zambia |  Mark Foster | |
| 1 Apr | Segura Viudas Challenge de España | Spain |  Euan Little | |
| 29 Apr | Open Golf Montecchia - PGA Triveneta | Italy | Andrew Sherborne | |
| 6 May | Credit Suisse Private Banking Open | Switzerland | Greig Hutcheon | |
| 20 May | Austrian Open | Austria | Chris Gane | |
| 27 May | Aa Open de Saint-Omer | France |  Sébastien Delagrange | |
| 3 Jun | NCC Open | Sweden | Benn Barham | |
| 10 Jun | Nykredit Danish Open | Denmark | Sébastien Delagrange | |
| 17 Jun | Galeria Kaufhof Pokal Challenge | Germany |  Wolfgang Huget | |
| 24 Jun | DEXIA-BIL Luxembourg Open | Luxembourg | Grant Hamerton | |
| 1 Jul | Open des Volcans | France | Scott Drummond | |
| 8 Jul | Challenge Total Fina Elf | France | Kenneth Ferrie | |
| 15 Jul | Volvo Finnish Open | Finland |  Peter Hedblom | |
| 22 Jul | Günther Hamburg Classics | Germany | Peter Hanson | |
| 29 Jul | Charles Church European Challenge Tour Championship | England | Mark Foster | |
| 5 Aug | BMW Russian Open | Russia |  Jamie Donaldson | |
| 12 Aug | Talma Finnish Challenge | Finland | Klas Eriksson | |
| 19 Aug | North West of Ireland Open | Ireland | Tobias Dier | Dual-ranking event with European Tour |
| 26 Aug | Rolex Trophy | Switzerland | Stuart Little | |
| 26 Aug | Skandia PGA Open | Sweden | Christophe Pottier | Alternate to the Rolex Trophy |
| 2 Sep | Formby Hall Challenge | England | Sam Little | |
| 8 Sep | Muermans Real Estate Challenge | Netherlands | Dominique Nouailhac | |
| 16 Sep | Telia Grand Prix | Sweden | Jamie Donaldson | |
| 30 Sep | PGA of Austria Masters | Austria | Iain Pyman | |
| 6 Oct | San Paolo Vita & Asset Management Open | Italy |  Mads Vibe-Hastrup | |
| 14 Oct | Hardelot Challenge de France | France | Mårten Olander | |
| 21 Oct | Terme Euganee International Open Padova | Italy | Chris Gane | |
| 4 Nov | Challenge Tour Grand Final | France | Richard Bland |
Rankings
The top 15 on the Challenge Tour Rankings gained membership of the European Tour for the 2002 season.| Position | Player | Country | Prize money |
| 1 | Mark Foster | 97,737 | |
| 2 | Jamie Donaldson | 92,740 | |
| 3 | Philip Golding | 79,731 | |
| 4 | Andrew Marshall | 75,841 | |
| 5 | Gary Clark | 72,950 | |
| 6 | Sébastien Delagrange | 71,237 | |
| 7 | Klas Eriksson | 66,933 | |
| 8 | Robert-Jan Derksen | 61,595 | |
| 9 | Chris Gane | 60,778 | |
| 10 | Richard Bland | 60,693 | |
| 11 | Mads Vibe-Hastrup | 60,677 | |
| 12 | Peter Hanson | 60,432 | |
| 13 | Grant Hamerton | 59,581 | |
| 14 | Stuart Little | 58,650 | |
| 15 | Mårten Olander | 58,306 |