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.

DateTournamentHost countryPurse ()WinnerOWGR pointsOther toursNotes
3 DecAbierto Visa de la RepúblicaArgentinaUS$200,000Argentina Rafael Echenique (2)12ARG, TLA
10 DecAbierto Mexicano CoronaMexicoUS$310,000Paraguay Fabrizio Zanotti (1)12TLA
4 FebClub Colombia MastersColombiaUS$175,000Italy Edoardo Molinari (1)12TLANew tournament
11 FebKai Fieberg Costa Rica OpenCosta RicaUS$175,000Argentina Miguel Rodríguez (1)12TLA
18 FebAbierto Telefónica de GuatemalaGuatemalaUS$150,000Wales Jamie Donaldson (3)12TLA
11 MarTusker Kenya OpenKenya160,000Italy Edoardo Molinari (2)12
22 AprTessali-Metaponto Open di Puglia e BasilicataItaly130,000Northern Ireland Michael Hoey (2)12
6 MayMoroccan ClassicMoroccoRemoved
13 MayA.G.F. Allianz Golf Open de ToulouseFrance130,000Netherlands Joost Luiten (1)12
20 MayTelenet TrophyBelgium130,000Belgium Nicolas Vanhootegem (3)12
27 MayOpen Mahou de MadridSpain130,000England Ben Mason (1)12
3 JunOceânico Developments Pro-Am ChallengeEngland100,000England Ross McGowan (1)12
10 JunVodafone ChallengeGermany130,000Netherlands Joost Luiten (2)12
17 JunOpen de Saint-OmerFrance500,000Spain Carl Suneson (6)18EUR
24 JunCredit Suisse ChallengeSwitzerland140,000England Peter Baker (1)12
1 JulEstoril Challenge de PortugalPortugal130,000England Ross McGowan (2)12
8 JulAGF-Allianz Open des Volcans – Challenge de FranceFrance130,000New Zealand Gareth Paddison (1)12
22 JulMAN NÖ OpenAustria130,000Denmark Anders Schmidt Hansen (1)12
29 JulFirstplus Wales ChallengeWales130,000Republic of Ireland Colm Moriarty (1)12
5 AugChallenge of IrelandIreland150,000Sweden Magnus A. Carlsson (1)12
12 AugScottish ChallengeScotland200,000England Robert Dinwiddie (1)12
19 AugRolex TrophySwitzerland210,000England Robert Dinwiddie (2)12
19 AugLexus OpenNorway130,000Austria Martin Wiegele (1)12
26 AugPostbank ChallengeGermany140,000Chile Felipe Aguilar (1)12
2 SepECCO Tour ChampionshipDenmark130,000England Iain Pyman (6)12NGL
9 SepTelia Challenge WaxholmSwedenSKr 1,175,000England Iain Pyman (7)12
16 SepOKI Mahou Challenge de EspañaSpain130,000Chile Felipe Aguilar (2)12
23 SepKazakhstan OpenKazakhstan330,000Sweden Leif Westerberg (2)12
30 SepDutch FuturesNetherlands140,000Scotland Peter Whiteford (1)12New tournament
7 OctOpen AGF-Allianz Côtes d'Armor BretagneFrance140,000England Peter Baker (2)12New to Challenge Tour
14 OctDoc Salbe PGA European ChallengeGermany140,000Scotland Peter Whiteford (2)12New tournament
20 OctToscana Open Italian Federation CupItaly140,000Sweden Mikael Lundberg (3)12New tournament
27 OctApulia San Domenico Grand FinalItaly250,000France Mike Lorenzo-Vera (1)12Tour 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.

RankPlayerPrize money ()
1France Mike Lorenzo-Vera128,927
2England Ross McGowan126,645
3Chile Felipe Aguilar120,409
4Wales Jamie Donaldson111,748
5Sweden Leif Westerberg102,323

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