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1994 Challenge Tour

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1994 Challenge Tour season
Duration16 March 1994 (1994-03-16) – 9 October 1994 (1994-10-09)
Number of official events34
Most winsNew Zealand Michael Campbell (3)
RankingsNorthern Ireland Raymond Burns
1993
1995

The 1994 Challenge Tour was the sixth season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 1994 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(£)
Winner[a] Notes
19 Mar Tunisian Challenge Tunisia 70,000 England Jon Robson (1) New tournament
26 Mar El Corte Inglés Open Spain Pta 6,000,000 Spain Juan Carlos Piñero (2)
2 Apr Tessali Open Italy Lit 100,000,000 England Michael Archer (1)
10 Apr Open Jezequel France 55,000 England Carl Watts (1)
22 Apr Stockley Park Challenge England 40,000 England Ricky Willison (1)
30 Apr Centenario Copa Palmer Spain Pta 10,000,000 Sweden Daniel Westermark (2) New tournament
28 May Club Med Open Italy Lit 150,000,000 Northern Ireland Raymond Burns (1)
29 May Ramlösa Open Sweden SKr 315,000 Sweden Eric Carlberg (a) (1)
5 Jun SIAB Open Sweden SKr 350,000 Norway Per Haugsrud (2)
5 Jun Challenge AGF France 50,000 England Jon Robson (2)
12 Jun Himmerland Open Denmark SKr 360,000 England Michael Archer (2) New tournament
26 Jun Memorial Olivier Barras Switzerland CHF 75,000 New Zealand Michael Campbell (1)
3 Jul Bank Austria Open Austria 50,000 New Zealand Michael Campbell (2)
3 Jul Västerås Open Sweden SKr 315,000 Sweden Joakim Grönhagen (1)
3 Jul Neuchâtel Open SBS Trophy Switzerland CHF 150,000 Netherlands Rolf Muntz (1)
9 Jul Open Divonne France 55,000 England Stuart Cage (1)
10 Jul Volvo Finnish Open Finland SKr 350,000 Finland Mikael Piltz (1)
17 Jul Open des Volcans France 70,000 France Éric Giraud (2)
24 Jul Interlaken Open Switzerland CHF 100,000 England Neal Briggs (2)
24 Jul Jämtland Open Sweden SKr 315,000 Sweden Daniel Chopra (1) New tournament
6 Aug Rolex Pro-Am Switzerland CHF 100,000 England Stuart Little (1)
7 Aug SM Match Play Sweden SKr 315,000 Sweden Per Nyman (2)
14 Aug Audi Quattro Trophy Germany 55,000 New Zealand Michael Campbell (3)
21 Aug Karsten Ping Norwegian Challenge Norway SKr 700,000 Northern Ireland Raymond Burns (2) New tournament
26 Aug Gore-Tex Challenge Scotland 35,000 England John Bickerton (1)
28 Aug Toyota Danish PGA Championship Denmark SKr 360,000 Sweden Anders Overbring (1)
4 Sep Open de Dijon Bourgogne France 35,000 Italy Marcello Santi (1)
4 Sep Compaq Open Sweden SKr 315,000 Sweden Adam Mednick (3)
11 Sep Dutch Challenge Open Netherlands ƒ190,000 France Jean-François Remésy (1)
18 Sep Challenge Novotel France 50,000 Sweden Jarmo Sandelin (2)
24 Sep Perrier European Pro-Am Belgium 50,000 England Andrew Sandywell (1)
25 Sep Team Erhverv Danish Open Denmark SKr 630,000 England Liam White (1)
2 Oct Challenge Chargeurs France 50,000 Sweden Daniel Chopra (2)
9 Oct Biarritz International Pro-Am France 25,000 Wales Mark Litton (3)

Unofficial events

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The following events were sanctioned by the Challenge Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(£)
Winner Notes
15 May American Express Trophy Germany 40,000 Germany Torsten Giedeon
15 May Scottish Professional Championship Scotland 55,000 Scotland Andrew Coltart

Rankings

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The rankings were based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Pound sterling.[2] The top 10 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 1995 European Tour (Volvo Tour).[3]

Rank Player Prize money (£)
1 Northern Ireland Raymond Burns 43,583
2 England Jon Robson 38,334
3 New Zealand Michael Campbell 29,707
4 England Michael Archer 29,673
5 England Neal Briggs 29,626

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ 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

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  1. ^ "1994 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Challenge Tour Penningligan" [Challenge Tour Money list]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 11. November 1994. p. 82. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Captains closing the door on their county careers". The Birmingham Post. Birmingham, United Kingdom. 13 October 1994. p. 18. Retrieved 2 October 2023 – via Newspapers.com. There will be ten new names on the European Tour next season...
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