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Golf tour season
The 1998 Challenge Tour was the 10th season of the
Challenge Tour , the official development tour to the
European Tour .
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 1998 season.
[1]
Date
Tournament
Host country
Purse (
£ )
Winner
[a]
Notes
8 Mar
Open de Côte d'Ivoire
Ivory Coast
70,000
John Mellor (1)
15 Mar
Tusker Kenya Open
Kenya
65,000
Ricardo González (2)
5 Apr
Is Molas Challenge
Italy
40,000
Magnus Persson (3)
25 Apr
Rimini International Open
Italy
65,000
Massimo Scarpa (1)
New tournament
16 May
Albarella International Open
Italy
40,000
Fredrik Lindgren (2)
New tournament
24 May
Modena Classic Open
Italy
40,000
Marc Pendariès (1)
31 May
Challenge de France
France
50,000
Warren Bennett (3)
New tournament
7 Jun
KB Golf Challenge
Czech Republic
40,000
Stephen Gallacher (1)
14 Jun
Diners Club Austrian Open
Austria
55,000
Kevin Carissimi (2)
14 Jun
NCC Open
Sweden
40,000
Johan Ryström (2)
27 Jun
Osmanli Bankasi Klassis Turkish Open
Turkey
60,000
Thomas Nielsen (1)
28 Jun
Open dei Tessali
Italy
40,000
Pehr Magnebrant (1)
3 Jul
MasterCard Challenge
England
40,000
Robert Lee (2)
5 Jul
Audi Quattro Trophy
Germany
55,000
Marcello Santi (2)
12 Jul
BTC Slovenian Open
Slovenia
45,000
Warren Bennett (4)
12 Jul
Volvo Finnish Open
Finland
40,000
Christian Cévaër (2)
19 Jul
Rolex Trophy
Switzerland
50,000
David Park (1)
19 Jul
Open des Volcans
France
50,000
Warren Bennett (5)
26 Jul
Interlaken Open
Switzerland
75,000
John Senden (1)
2 Aug
Challenge Tour Championship
England
80,000
Warren Bennett (6)
9 Aug
Finnish Masters
Finland
80,000
Massimo Scarpa (2)
New tournament
16 Aug
Moscow Country Club Russian Open
Russia
90,000
Warren Bennett (7)
23 Aug
Netcom Norwegian Open
Norway
80,000
Gary Emerson (1)
30 Aug
Navision Open Golf Championship
Denmark
40,000
Søren Hansen (1)
6 Sep
Öhrlings Swedish Matchplay
Sweden
45,000
Kevin Carissimi (3)
6 Sep
Open de Strasbourg
France
45,000
John Senden (2)
New tournament
13 Sep
Warsaw Golf Open
Poland
55,000
José Manuel Lara (1)
27 Sep
Eulen Open Galea
Spain
60,000
Álvaro Salto (1)
4 Oct
Telia Grand Prix
Sweden
85,000
Mats Lanner (4)
10 Oct
San Paolo Vita Open
Italy
45,000
Roger Winchester (2)
24 Oct
AXA Grand Final
Portugal
€75,000
Jorge Berendt (2)
Tour Championship
Rankings
For full rankings, see
1998 Challenge Tour graduates .
The
rankings were based on prize money won during the season, calculated in
Pound sterling .
[2] The top 15 players on the rankings earned status to play on the
1999 European Tour .
[3]
See also
Notes
^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Challenge Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Challenge Tour members. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Challenge Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the
European Tour .
References
External links