2010 Challenge Tour


The 2010 Challenge Tour is a series of professional golf tournaments collectively known as the Challenge Tour.
The Challenge Tour is Europe's official developmental tour and is organised by the PGA European Tour. It was introduced in 1986 and was originally called the Satellite Tour, before being renamed with its present title in 1990.

Tournament schedule

The 2010 schedule is set out below. The Green Challenge, scheduled for 29 July – 1 August, was cancelled. The numbers in brackets after winners' names show the player's total number of wins on the Challenge Tour including that event. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Challenge Tour because success at this level soon leads to promotion to the European Tour.
The 2010 season began in February with the Abierto Internacional de Golf II Copa Antioquia in Colombia, a new tournament to the Challenge Tour schedule. After further tournaments in Kenya and Turkey, the tour visited Europe for the first time in May for the Allianz Open Côtes d'Armor Bretagne, one of four events on the schedule that also formed part of the Allianz Golf Tour, the official tour organised by the French Golf Federation. The season concluded with the Apulia San Domenico Grand Final at the end of October.
DateTournamentHost countryWinnerOWGR
Points		Notes
21 FebAbierto Internacional de Golf II Copa AntioquiaColombia David Vanegas 12Co-sanctioned with the Tour de las Américas and Canadian Tour
28 MarKenya OpenKenya Robert Dinwiddie 12
2 MayTurkish Airlines ChallengeTurkey Charlie Ford 12
9 MayAllianz Open Côtes d'Armor BretagneFrance Sam Walker 12
23 MayMugello Tuscany OpenItaly Floris de Vries 12
30 MayTelenet TrophyBelgium Lee Slattery 12
6 JunKärnten Golf OpenAustria Martin Wiegele 12
13 JunScottish Hydro ChallengeScotland George Murray 12
20 JunMoroccan Golf ClassicMorocco Chris Baker 12Postponed from 22–25 April due to air travel issues
20 JunSaint-Omer OpenFrance Martin Wiegele 18Dual-ranking event with European Tour
27 JunFred Olsen Challenge de EspañaSpain Álvaro Velasco 12
4 JulThe PrincessSweden Thorbjørn Olesen 12
11 JulAllianz Golf Open de LyonFrance Bernd Wiesberger 12
18 JulCredit Suisse ChallengeSwitzerland Alessandro Tadini 12
25 JulEnglish ChallengeEngland Daniel Gaunt 12
14 AugRolex TrophySwitzerland Mark Tullo 12
22 AugECCO Tour ChampionshipGermany Andreas Hartø 12
28 AugSWALEC Wales ChallengeWales Oscar Florén 12
5 SepAllianz EurOpen StrasbourgFrance Romain Wattel 12
12 SepKazakhstan OpenKazakhstan Álvaro Velasco 12
19 SepM2M Russian Challenge CupRussia Carlos del Moral 12New tournament
10 OctAllianz Golf Open du Grand ToulouseFrance Bernd Wiesberger 12
16 OctRoma Golf OpenItaly Andreas Hartø 12
23 OctEgyptian OpenEgypt Mark Tullo 14
30 OctApulia San Domenico Grand FinalItaly Matt Haines 16

Rankings

For full rankings, see 2010 Challenge Tour graduates.
RankPlayerCountryPrize money
1Álvaro Velasco134,297
2Matt Haines107,152
3Thorbjørn Olesen104,754
4Floris de Vries101,288
5Bernd Wiesberger99,989