2000 Challenge Tour

The 2000 Challenge Tour was the 12th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

2000 Challenge Tour season

Duration	17 February 2000 (2000-02-17) – 5 November 2000 (2000-11-05)
Number of official events	23
Most wins	David Higgins (3) Henrik Stenson (3)
Rankings	Henrik Stenson
← 1999 2001 →

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2000 season.^[1]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (€)	Winner[a]	OWGR points	Other tours[b]	Notes
20 Feb	Challenge de España	Spain	78,000	Eric Carlberg (2)	6
12 Mar	Tusker Kenya Open	Kenya	£70,000	Trevor Immelman (1)	6
7 May	Credit Suisse Private Banking Open	Switzerland	£60,000	Álvaro Salto (2)	6		New tournament
14 May	Costa Blanca Challenge	Spain	80,000	Johan Ryström (3)	6		New tournament
28 May	Muermans Real Estate Challenge Open	Netherlands	120,000	Richard Gillot (1)	6
4 Jun	Danish Open	Denmark	95,000	Fredrik Henge (3)	6
11 Jun	NCC Open	Sweden	SKr 750,000	David Higgins (1)	6
11 Jun	Aa St Omer Open	France	1,000,000 F	Pascal Edmond (1)	6		New to Challenge Tour
25 Jun	DEXIA-BIL Luxembourg Open	Luxembourg	80,000	Henrik Stenson (1)	6
2 Jul	Open des Volcans	France	600,000 F	Renaud Guillard (1)	6
9 Jul	Volvo Finnish Open	Finland	80,000	Jean Hugo (1)	6
23 Jul	Günther Hamburg Classic	Germany	£150,000	David Higgins (2)	6
30 Jul	Beazer Homes Challenge Tour Championship	England	£90,000	Shaun P. Webster (1)	6
6 Aug	BMW Russian Open	Russia	£100,000	Marco Bernardini (1)	6
13 Aug	Finnish Masters	Finland	132,500	Christian Cévaër (3)	6
20 Aug	Norwegian Open	Norway	£50,000	Paul Nilbrink (2)	6
20 Aug	Buzzgolf.com North West of Ireland Open	Ireland	350,000	Massimo Scarpa (3)	24	EUR
27 Aug	Rolex Trophy	Switzerland	CHF 150,000	David Higgins (3)	6
2 Sep	Formby Hall Challenge	England	£55,000	Fredrik Henge (4)	6
10 Sep	Tessali Open del Sud	Italy	78,000	Kenneth Ferrie (1)	6
17 Sep	Gula Sidorna Grand Prix	Sweden	SKr 1,100,000	Henrik Stenson (2)	6
7 Oct	San Paolo Vita Open	Italy	78,000	Dennis Edlund (5)	6
15 Oct	Le Touquet Challenge de France	France	122,000	Fredrik Andersson (2)	6
5 Nov	Cuba Challenge Tour Grand Final	Cuba	US$128,000	Henrik Stenson (3)	6		Tour Championship

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]	OWGR points	Notes
25 Jun	Memorial Olivier Barras	Switzerland	63,000	Adriano Mori (1)	n/a
2 Jul	UBS Warburg Swiss Golf Open Neuchâtel	Switzerland	63,000	Steve Rey (2)	n/a

Rankings

For full rankings, see 2000 Challenge Tour graduates.

The rankings were based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros.^[2][3] The top 15 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 2001 European Tour.^[4]

Rank	Player	Prize money (€)
1	Henrik Stenson	108,710
2	David Higgins	81,040
3	Carlos Rodiles	71,679
4	Mikael Lundberg	71,607
5	Michele Reale	52,978

Notes

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.
2. EUR − European Tour.