2008 Challenge Tour

The 2008 Challenge Tour was the 20th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2008 season.

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (€)	Winner	OWGR points	Other tours	Notes
2 Dec	Abierto del Litoral Personal	Argentina	US$170,000	Argentina Miguel Rodríguez (2)	12	TLA, TPG	New to Challenge Tour
9 Dec	Abierto Visa de la República	Argentina	US$200,000	Paraguay Marco Ruiz (1)	12	TLA, TPG
9 Mar	Tusker Kenya Open	Kenya	180,000	England Iain Pyman (8)	12
30 Mar	Abierto Visa del Centro	Argentina	US$200,000	Argentina Estanislao Goya (1)	12	TLA, TPG	New to Challenge Tour
6 Apr	Abierto Visa de la República	Argentina	US$200,000	Finland Antti Ahokas (1)	12	TLA, TPG
13 Apr	Club Colombia Masters	Colombia	US$180,000	Netherlands Wil Besseling (1)	12	TLA
26 Apr	AGF-Allianz Open Côtes d'Armor Bretagne	France	140,000	Sweden Joakim Haeggman (3)	12
4 May	Banque Populaire Moroccan Classic	Morocco	150,000	Northern Ireland Michael Hoey (3)	12
17 May	Piemonte Open	Italy	150,000	England Seve Benson (1)	12		New tournament
25 May	DHL Wrocław Open	Poland	150,000	England Gary Clark (1)	12		New tournament
1 Jun	Oceânico Group Pro-Am Challenge	England	150,000	Italy Alessandro Tadini (2)	12
8 Jun	Reale Challenge de España	Spain	140,000	Scotland Andrew McArthur (1)	12
15 Jun	SK Golf Challenge	Finland	150,000	England Simon Robinson (1)	12		New tournament
15 Jun	Saint-Omer Open	France	600,000	England David Dixon (1)	18	EUR
22 Jun	Telenet Trophy	Belgium	140,000	England David Horsey (1)	12
29 Jun	Scottish Challenge	Scotland	220,000	Netherlands Taco Remkes (1)	12
6 Jul	AGF-Allianz EurOpen de Lyon	France	200,000	England David Horsey (2)	12		New tournament
13 Jul	Credit Suisse Challenge	Switzerland	140,000	Spain Rafa Cabrera-Bello (2)	12
20 Jul	MAN NÖ Open	Austria	140,000	Switzerland André Bossert (3)	12
27 Jul	SWALEC Wales Challenge	Wales	140,000	Republic of Ireland Michael McGeady (1)	12
3 Aug	Challenge of Ireland	Ireland	150,000	Australia Andrew Tampion (1)	12
10 Aug	Lexus Open	Norway	150,000	Denmark Jeppe Huldahl (1)	12
17 Aug	Trophée du Golf Club de Genève	Switzerland	210,000	Sweden Klas Eriksson (5)	12
17 Aug	Vodafone Challenge	Germany	140,000	Scotland Richie Ramsay (1)	12
24 Aug	Ypsilon Golf Challenge	Czech Republic	180,000	England Seve Benson (2)	12		New tournament
31 Aug	ECCO Tour Championship	Denmark	180,000	Finland Antti Ahokas (2)	12	NGL
7 Sep	Dubliner Challenge	Sweden	140,000	Denmark Mark Haastrup (1)	12		New tournament
14 Sep	Qingdao Golf Open	China	US$500,000	Northern Ireland Gareth Maybin (1)	12		New tournament
21 Sep	Kazakhstan Open	Kazakhstan	430,000	England Gary Lockerbie (1)	12
28 Sep	Dutch Futures	Netherlands	140,000	Netherlands Taco Remkes (2)	12
5 Oct	AGF-Allianz Golf Open Grand Toulouse	France	140,000	Scotland Richie Ramsay (2)	12
18 Oct	Margara Diehl-Ako Platinum Open	Italy	160,000	Netherlands Taco Remkes (3)	12
26 Oct	Apulia San Domenico Grand Final	Italy	280,000	Argentina Estanislao Goya (2)	12		Tour 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 2009 European Tour.

Rank	Player	Prize money (€)
1	England David Horsey	144,118
2	England Gary Lockerbie	138,509
3	Netherlands Taco Remkes	137,331
4	Northern Ireland Gareth Maybin	117,719
5	Argentina Estanislao Goya	113,336

2008 Challenge Tour

Schedule

Rankings

Notes

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