1990 Challenge Tour
Duration | 21 March 1990 | – 6 October 1990
---|---|
Number of official events | 30 |
Most wins | Giuseppe Calì (2) Quentin Dabson (2) John McHenry (2) Eoghan O'Connell (2) |
Rankings | Giuseppe Calì |
← 1989 1991 → |
The 1990 Challenge Tour was the second season of the
European Tour
.
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 1990 season.[1][2]
Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (£) |
Winner[a] | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
23 Mar | Torras Hostench 1 | Spain | 20,000 | Simon D. Hurley (2) | New tournament series |
7 Apr | Tessali Open |
Italy | 50,000 | Emanuele Bolognesi (1) | |
4 May | Torras Hostench 2 | Spain | 20,000 | Antonio Garrido (1) | |
12 May | Boggi Open | Italy | 50,000 | John McHenry (1) | New tournament |
19 May | Ercros Circuit 1 | Spain | 20,000 | Ignacio Feliu (1) | New tournament series |
20 May | Ramlösa Open | Sweden | SKr 350,000 | Carl-Magnus Strömberg (2) | |
24 May | Prince's Challenge | England | 25,000 | Colin Gillies (1) | |
27 May | Jede Hot Cup Open | Sweden | SKr 250,000 | Peter Hedblom (1) | New tournament |
31 May | Barnham Broom Challenge | England | 25,000 | Colin Brooks (2) | |
3 Jun | FLA Open |
Sweden | SKr 300,000 | Olle Nordberg (1) | |
9 Jun | Cerutti Open |
Italy | 40,000 | Giuseppe Calì (1) | |
10 Jun | Open Vittel | France | 55,000 | Michel Besanceney (1) | |
14 Jun | Bolton Old Links Challenge | England | 25,000 | Ken Trimble (1) | |
16 Jun | Ercros Circuit 2 | Spain | 75,000 | Juan Rosa (1) | |
16 Jun | Martini Open | Italy | 75,000 | David James (1) | |
17 Jun | Stiga Open | Sweden | SKr 300,000 | Mats Hallberg (1) | |
23 Jun | Audi Open | Germany | 60,000 | Brad King (1) | New tournament |
24 Jun | Open de Lyon | France | 55,000 | Quentin Dabson (1) | |
1 Jul | Viking Open | Sweden | SKr 250,000 | Peter Carsbo (1) | New tournament |
8 Jul | Wermland Open | Sweden | SKr 525,000 | Joakim Haeggman (1) | |
8 Jul | Neuchâtel Open | Switzerland | 40,000 | André Bossert (1) | |
15 Jul | Scandinavian Tipo Trophy |
Finland | SKr 300,000 | Fredrik Lindgren (1) | |
22 Jul | SM Match Play | Sweden | SKr 250,000 | Eoghan O'Connell (1) | |
5 Aug | Audi Quattro Trophy | Germany | 50,000 | Nick Godin (2) | |
12 Aug | Gevalia Open | Sweden | SKr 400,000 | José Cantero (1) | |
26 Aug | Länsförsäkringar Open |
Sweden | SKr 600,000 | Adam Mednick (1) | |
9 Sep | Västerås Open | Sweden | SKr 500,000 | Vilhelm Forsbrand (1) | |
15 Sep | Ercros Circuit 3 | Spain | 20,000 | Juan Carlos Piñero (1) | |
16 Sep | SI Compaq Open |
Sweden | SKr 500,000 | Jesper Parnevik (1) | |
23 Sep | Esab Open | Sweden | SKr 300,000 | Ricardo González (1) | |
6 Oct | Ercros Circuit 4 | Spain | 20,000 | Eoghan O'Connell (2) |
Unofficial events
The following events were sanctioned by the Challenge Tour, but did not carry official money, wins were still official however.
Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (£) |
Winner[a] | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
24 Jun | Memorial Olivier Barras | Switzerland | 20,000 | Giuseppe Calì (2) | |
20 Jul | Leman Pro-Am | Switzerland | 50,000 | Quentin Dabson (2) | New tournament |
18 Aug | Rolex Pro-Am |
Switzerland | 40,000 | John McHenry (2) | |
19 Aug | Teleannons Grand Prix |
Sweden | SKr 415,000 | Mikael Högberg (1) | |
9 Sep | Brussels Pro-Am |
Belgium | 60,000 | Philip Golding (1) | New tournament |
Rankings
For full rankings, see 1990 Challenge Tour graduates.
The rankings were based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Pound sterling.[2][3] The top five players on the rankings earned status to play on the 1991 European Tour (Volvo Tour).[3]
Rank | Player | Prize money (£) |
---|---|---|
1 | Giuseppe Calì | 28,383 |
2 | Eoghan O'Connell | 24,848 |
3 | David James | 24,619 |
4 | Mikael Högberg | 23,900 |
5 | Quentin Dabson | 21,832 |
See also
Notes
- ^ European Tour.
References
- ^ "1990 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ ISBN 0333547330. Retrieved 23 December 2023 – via Archive.org.
- ^ a b "Challenge Tour 1990". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 12. December 1990. p. 84. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
De fem första erhåller ET-kortet utan spel på tourskolan i Frankrike.
[The first five receive an ET [European Tour] card without playing in the tour school in France.]