2001 Challenge Tour

The 2001 Challenge Tour was the 13th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

2001 Challenge Tour season

Duration	1 March 2001 (2001-03-01) – 4 November 2001 (2001-11-04)
Number of official events	29
Most wins	Sébastien Delagrange (2) Jamie Donaldson (2) Chris Gane (2) Mark Foster (2)
Rankings	Mark Foster
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Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2001 season.^[1]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (€)	Winner[a]	OWGR points	Other tours[b]	Notes
4 Mar	Tusker Kenya Open	Kenya	£75,000	Ashley Roestoff (1)	6
11 Mar	Stanbic Zambia Open	Zambia	£50,000	Mark Foster (1)	6	AFR	New to Challenge Tour
1 Apr	Segura Viudas Challenge de España	Spain	90,000	Euan Little (1)	6
29 Apr	Open Golf Montecchia - PGA Triveneta	Italy	115,000	Andrew Sherborne (1)	6		New tournament
6 May	Credit Suisse Private Banking Open	Switzerland	105,000	Greig Hutcheon (2)	6
20 May	Austrian Open	Austria	90,000	Chris Gane (1)	6
27 May	Aa St Omer Open	France	150,000	Sébastien Delagrange (1)	6
3 Jun	NCC Open	Sweden	SKr 840,000	Benn Barham (1)	6
10 Jun	Nykredit Danish Open	Denmark	110,000	Sébastien Delagrange (2)	6
17 Jun	Galeria Kaufhof Pokal Challenge	Germany	85,000	Wolfgang Huget (1)	6		New tournament
24 Jun	DEXIA-BIL Luxembourg Open	Luxembourg	90,000	Grant Hamerton (1)	6
1 Jul	Open des Volcans	France	90,000	Scott Drummond (1)	6
8 Jul	Challenge Total Fina Elf	France	120,000	Kenneth Ferrie (2)	6		New tournament
15 Jul	Volvo Finnish Open	Finland	80,000	Peter Hedblom (4)	6
22 Jul	Günther Hamburg Classic	Germany	280,000	Peter Hanson (1)	6
29 Jul	Charles Church European Challenge Tour Championship	England	£130,000	Mark Foster (2)	6
5 Aug	BMW Russian Open	Russia	£100,000	Jamie Donaldson (1)	6
12 Aug	Talma Finnish Challenge	Finland	150,000	Klas Eriksson (4)	6		New tournament
19 Aug	North West of Ireland Open	Ireland	350,000	Tobias Dier (1)	16	EUR
26 Aug	Rolex Trophy	Switzerland	CHF 150,000	Stuart Little (2)	6
26 Aug	Skandia PGA Open	Sweden	SKr 800,000	Christophe Pottier (1)	6
2 Sep	Formby Hall Challenge	England	£50,000	Sam Little (1)	6
8 Sep	Muermans Real Estate Challenge	Netherlands	120,000	Dominique Nouailhac (1)	6
16 Sep	Telia Grand Prix	Sweden	SKr 1,100,000	Jamie Donaldson (2)	6
30 Sep	PGA of Austria Masters	Austria	135,000	Iain Pyman (3)	6		New tournament
6 Oct	San Paolo Vita & Asset Management Open	Italy	125,000	Mads Vibe-Hastrup (1)	6
14 Oct	Hardelot Challenge de France	France	120,000	Mårten Olander (1)	6
21 Oct	Terme Euganee International Open Padova	Italy	115,000	Chris Gane (2)	6		New tournament
4 Nov	Challenge Tour Grand Final	France	200,000	Richard Bland (1)	6		Tour Championship

Rankings

For full rankings, see 2001 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 2002 European Tour.^[4]

Rank	Player	Prize money (€)
1	Mark Foster	97,737
2	Jamie Donaldson	92,740
3	Philip Golding	79,731
4	Andrew Marshall	75,841
5	Gary Clark	72,950

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. AFR − Sunshine Tour; EUR − European Tour.