2009 Challenge Tour
The 2008 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 Italy's Edoardo Molinari.
Tournament schedule
The table below shows the 2009 Challenge Tour schedule. The season started in March and was made up of 24 tournaments played in Europe, Latin America, 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.
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Winner | OWGR Points | Notes |
| 22 Mar | Club Colombia Masters | Colombia |  Alan Wagner | 12 | Co-sanctioned with the Tour de las Américas |
| 19 Apr | Tusker Kenya Open | Kenya |  Gary Boyd | 12 | |
| 3 May | Moroccan Classic | Morocco | Robert Coles | 12 | |
| 17 May | Allianz Open Côtes d'Armor Bretagne | France | Lee S. James | 12 | |
| 24 May | Piemonte Open | Italy |  Edoardo Molinari | 12 | |
| 31 May | Telenet Trophy | Belgium |  François Calmels | 12 | |
| 7 Jun | Kärnten Golf Open | Austria |  Christoph Günther | 12 | New tournament |
| 14 Jun | Challenge of Ireland | Ireland | Robert Coles | 12 | |
| 21 Jun | Saint-Omer Open | France |  Christian Nilsson | 18 | Dual-ranking event with European Tour |
| 28 Jun | The Princess | Sweden | Andrew Butterfield | 12 | New tournament |
| 5 Jul | Credit Suisse Challenge | Switzerland | Peter Baker | 12 | |
| 12 Jul | Allianz EurOpen de Lyon | France | Alexandre Kaleka | 12 | |
| 26 Jul | SWALEC Wales Challenge | Wales |  Rhys Davies | 12 | |
| 2 Aug | Scottish Hydro Challenge | Scotland |  Jamie McLeary | 12 | |
| 9 Aug | SK Golf Challenge | Finland |  Nicolas Colsaerts | 12 | |
| 16 Aug | Trophée du Golf de Genève | Switzerland | Julien Quesne | 12 | |
| 30 Aug | DHL Wrocław Open | Poland | Eric Ramsay | 12 | |
| 6 Sep | Fred Olsen Challenge de España | Spain | Rhys Davies | 12 | |
| 13 Sep | Dutch Futures | Netherlands | Nicolas Colsaerts | 12 | |
| 20 Sep | Kazakhstan Open | Kazakhstan | Edoardo Molinari | 12 | |
| 4 Oct | ECCO Tour Championship | Denmark |  José-Filipe Lima | 12 | |
| 11 Oct | Allianz Open du Grand Toulouse | France | John Parry | 12 | |
| 25 Oct | Italian Federation Cup | Italy | Edoardo Molinari | 12 | |
| 31 Oct | Apulia San Domenico Grand Final | Italy | Peter Whiteford | 12 |
Rankings
For full rankings, see 2009 Challenge Tour graduates.| Rank | Player | Country | Prize money |
| 1 | Edoardo Molinari | 242,980 | |
| 2 | José-Filipe Lima | 134,622 | |
| 3 | Nicolas Colsaerts | 128,590 | |
| 4 | Rhys Davies | 113,187 | |
| 5 | Peter Whiteford | 110.593 |