2009 Challenge Tour

The following table lists official events during the 2009 season.^[1]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (€)	Winner[b]	OWGR points	Other tours[c]	Notes
22 Mar	Club Colombia Masters	Colombia	US$200,000	Alan Wagner (1)	12	TLA
19 Apr	Tusker Kenya Open	Kenya	180,000	Gary Boyd (1)	12
3 May	Moroccan Classic	Morocco	140,000	Robert Coles (2)	12
17 May	Allianz Open Côtes d'Armor Bretagne	France	150,000	Lee S. James (5)	12
24 May	Piemonte Open	Italy	150,000	Edoardo Molinari (3)	12
31 May	Telenet Trophy	Belgium	150,000	François Calmels (1)	12
7 Jun	Kärnten Golf Open	Austria	140,000	Christoph Günther (1)	12		New tournament
14 Jun	Challenge of Ireland	Ireland	150,000	Robert Coles (3)	12
21 Jun	Saint-Omer Open	France	600,000	Christian Nilsson (1)	18	EUR
28 Jun	The Princess	Sweden	300,000	Andrew Butterfield (1)	12		New tournament
5 Jul	Credit Suisse Challenge	Switzerland	140,000	Peter Baker (3)	12
12 Jul	Allianz EurOpen de Lyon	France	150,000	Alexandre Kaleka (1)	12
26 Jul	SWALEC Wales Challenge	Wales	150,000	Rhys Davies (1)	12
2 Aug	Scottish Hydro Challenge	Scotland	200,000	Jamie McLeary (1)	12
9 Aug	SK Golf Challenge	Finland	175,000	Nicolas Colsaerts (1)	12
16 Aug	Trophée du Golf de Genève	Switzerland	210,000	Julien Quesne (1)	12
27 Aug	Chinese Challenge	China	–	Removed	–		New tournament
30 Aug	DHL Wrocław Open	Poland	140,000	Eric Ramsay (1)	12
6 Sep	Fred Olsen Challenge de España	Spain	150,000	Rhys Davies (2)	12
13 Sep	Dutch Futures	Netherlands	150,000	Nicolas Colsaerts (2)	12
20 Sep	Kazakhstan Open	Kazakhstan	400,000	Edoardo Molinari (4)	12
4 Oct	ECCO Tour Championship	Denmark	180,000	José-Filipe Lima (3)	12	NGL
11 Oct	Allianz Golf Open Grand Toulouse	France	150,000	John Parry (1)	12
25 Oct	Italian Federation Cup	Italy	150,000	Edoardo Molinari (5)[d]	12
31 Oct	Apulia San Domenico Grand Final	Italy	300,000	Peter Whiteford (3)	12		Tour Championship

For full rankings, see 2009 Challenge Tour graduates.

The rankings were based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros.^[3][4] The top 20 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 2010 European Tour.^[4]

Rank	Player	Prize money (€)
1	Edoardo Molinari	242,980
2	José-Filipe Lima	134,622
3	Nicolas Colsaerts	128,590
4	Rhys Davies	113,187
5	Peter Whiteford	110.593

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