2010 Challenge Tour season
Duration 18February2010(2010-02-18) – 30October2010(2010-10-30)
Number of official events 25
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The 2010 Challenge Tour was the 22nd season of the Challenge Tour , the official development tour to the European Tour .
Changes for 2010 In August, the Official World Golf Ranking announced that the Apulia San Domenico Grand Final would gain "flagship event" status, meaning that the minimum points awarded would increase to 16 from 12.
Schedule The following table lists official events during the 2010 season.
Date Tournament Host country Purse (€ ) Winner OWGR pointsOther tours Notes 21 Feb Abierto Internacional de Golf II Copa Antioquia Colombia US$220,000 Colombia David Vanegas (1)12 CAN , TLA New to Challenge Tour 28 Mar Kenya Open Kenya 190,000 England Robert Dinwiddie (3)12 2 May Turkish Airlines Challenge Turkey 175,000 England Charlie Ford (1)12 New tournament 9 May Allianz Open Côtes d'Armor Bretagne France 150,000 England Sam Walker (2)12 23 May Mugello Tuscany Open Italy 150,000 Netherlands Floris de Vries (1)12 New tournament 30 May Telenet Trophy Belgium 150,000 England Lee Slattery (2)12 6 Jun Kärnten Golf Open Austria 160,000 Austria Martin Wiegele (2)12 13 Jun Scottish Hydro Challenge Scotland 200,000 Scotland George Murray (1)12 20 Jun 25 Apr Moroccan Golf Classic Morocco 150,000 United States Chris Baker (1)12 20 Jun Saint-Omer Open France 600,000 Austria Martin Wiegele (3)18 EUR 27 Jun Fred Olsen Challenge de España Spain 150,000 Spain Álvaro Velasco (1)12 4 Jul The Princess Sweden 150,000 Denmark Thorbjørn Olesen (1)12 11 Jul Allianz Golf Open de Lyon France 150,000 Austria Bernd Wiesberger (1)12 18 Jul Credit Suisse Challenge Switzerland 150,000 Italy Alessandro Tadini (3)12 25 Jul English Challenge England 150,000 Australia Daniel Gaunt (1)12 1 Aug Green Challenge Finland – Cancelled – 14 Aug Rolex Trophy Switzerland 215,000 Chile Mark Tullo (1)12 22 Aug ECCO Tour Championship Germany DKr 1,350,000 Denmark Andreas Hartø (a) (1)12 DNK 28 Aug SWALEC Wales Challenge Wales 150,000 Sweden Oscar Florén (1)12 5 Sep Allianz EurOpen Strasbourg France 150,000 France Romain Wattel (a) (1)12 12 Sep Kazakhstan Open Kazakhstan 400,000 Spain Álvaro Velasco (2)12 19 Sep M2M Russian Challenge Cup Russia 175,000 Spain Carlos del Moral (2)12 New tournament 10 Oct Allianz Golf Open du Grand Toulouse France 150,000 Austria Bernd Wiesberger (2)12 16 Oct Roma Golf Open Italy 150,000 Denmark Andreas Hartø (2)12 23 Oct Egyptian Open Egypt 250,000 Chile Mark Tullo (2)14 New to Challenge Tour 30 Oct Apulia San Domenico Grand Final Italy 300,000 England Matt Haines (1)16 Flagship event
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 2011 European Tour .
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