The 2005 Challenge Tour was a series of golf

Golf

Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

 tournaments known as the Challenge Tour

Challenge Tour

The Challenge Tour is the second tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European Tour and as with on the main European Tour and the European Seniors Tour, some of the events are played outside of Europe...

, the official development tour run by the PGA European Tour

PGA European Tour

The PGA European Tour is an organization which operates the three leading men's professional golf tours in Europe: the elite European Tour, the European Seniors Tour and the developmental Challenge Tour. Its headquarters are at Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England...

. The tour was started as the Satellite Tour in 1986 and was renamed the Challenge Tour ready for the start of the 1990 season.

The Challenge Tour Rankings was won by Scotland's Marc Warren

Marc Warren (golfer)

Marc Warren is a Scottish professional golfer.Warren was born in Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire. As an amateur he was a member of East Kilbride Golf Club, and he was awarded honorary life membership of the club in February 2002...

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Tournament schedule

The table below shows the 2005 Challenge Tour schedule.

Dates	Tournament	Host country	Winner	Notes
25–28 Nov	Abierto Mexicano de Golf	Mexico Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...	Rafael Gómez Rafael Gómez Rafael Gómez is an Argentinian professional golfer.Gómez was born in Buenos Aires. He turned professional in 1990. He played on the European Challenge Tour in 2003 and 2005–07 and the European Tour from 2005 to 2007. He played on the U.S.-based Nationwide Tour in 2004 and a few events on the PGA...
2–5 Dec	Panasonic Panama Open	Panama Panama Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...	Richard McEvoy Richard McEvoy Richard McEvoy is an English professional golfer.McEvoy was born in Shoeburyness, Essex. His amateur wins included the 2001 Lytham Trophy, and the 2001 Irish Amateur Open Stroke Play Championship...
9–12 Dec	TIM Peru Open	Peru Peru Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....	Brad Sutterfield Brad Sutterfield Brad Sutterfield is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour, European Tour, Challenge Tour, Nationwide Tour, Asian Tour and the Canadian Tour....
10–13 Feb	Costa Rica Open Costa Rica Open The Costa Rica Open is a men's professional golf tournament that was played annually in Costa Rica until 2007. It was an event on the Tour de las Americas from 2002 until its replacement by the Costa Rica Golf Classic in 2008, and was also co-sanctioned by the European Challenge Tour from 2003.The...	Costa Rica Costa Rica Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....	Kyle Dobbs
17–20 Feb	Summit Panama Masters	Panama Panama Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...	Kevin Haefner
24–27 Feb	Abierto Telefonica Moviles de Guatemala	Guatemala Guatemala Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...	César Monasterio Cesar Monasterio César Omar Monasterio is an Argentine professional golfer.Monasterio was born in Tucumán. He turned professional in 1990....
18–21 Mar	Tusker Kenya Open	Kenya Kenya Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...	Daniel Vancsik Daniel Vancsik Daniel Vancsik is an Argentine professional golfer.Vancsik was born in Posadas, Argentina. He started playing the game when he was 12 at the Tacuru Club in Posadas-Misiones-Argentina....
7–10 Apr	Madeira Island Open Caixa Geral de Depositos	Portugal Portugal Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...	Robert-Jan Derksen Robert-Jan Derksen Robert-Jan Derksen is a Dutch professional golfer.Derksen was born in Nijmegen. He won the Dutch Amateur Championship four years in a row from 1993 to 1996 and turned professional in 1996....	Dual-ranking event with the European Tour
28 Apr–1 May	Peugeot Challenge R.C.G. El Prat	Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	Tomás Jesús Muñoz
5–8 May	FIRSTPLUS Wales Challenge Firstplus Wales Challenge The SWALEC Wales Challenge is a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour. It has run annually since 2003.-Winners:PO – won following playoff-External links:*...	Wales Wales Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...	Olivier David
12–15 May	Tessali-Metaponto Open di Puglia e Basilicata	Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...	Rafael Gómez Rafael Gómez Rafael Gómez is an Argentinian professional golfer.Gómez was born in Buenos Aires. He turned professional in 1990. He played on the European Challenge Tour in 2003 and 2005–07 and the European Tour from 2005 to 2007. He played on the U.S.-based Nationwide Tour in 2004 and a few events on the PGA...
26–29 May	Riu Tikida Hotels Moroccan Classic	Morocco Morocco Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...	Fredrik Widmark
9–12 Jun	Thomas Bjørn Open Thomas Bjørn Open The Thomas Bjørn Open was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour in 2005 and 2006. It was sponsored by Denmark's leading European Tour player, and former Challenge Tour Rankings winner, Thomas Bjørn.-Winners:-External links:*...	Denmark Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...	Toni Karjalainen Toni Karjalainen Toni Karjalainen is one of only a few Finnish professional golfers on the international circuit, and has been his country's highest ranked male golfer....
16–19 Jun	Aa St Omer Open Aa St Omer Open The Saint-Omer Open is an annual men's professional golf tournament which played at Saint-Omer Golf Club in Saint-Omer, France. The tournament was founded in 1997 and was part of the MasterCard Tour a year later, before taking its place on the Challenge Tour for the 2000 season...	France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	Joakim Bäckström Joakim Bäckström Joakim Bäckström is a Swedish professional golfer.Bäckström was born in Umeå. He turned professional in 1999.Having failed to win a place on the European Tour in 2000, Bäckström spent his early career in Sweden on the Telia Tour, where he won the 2001 Gula Sidorna Grand Open and the 2002 Sunbyholm...	Dual-ranking event with the European Tour
23–26 Jun	Galeria Kaufhof Pokal Challenge Galeria Kaufhof Pokal Challenge The Galeria Kaufhof Pokal Challenge was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour that was played at Golfclub Rittergut Birkhof in Korschenbroich, Germany from 2001 to 2005.-Winners:-External links:*...	Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...	Gareth Davies
30 Jun–3 Jul	Open Mahou de Madrid Open Mahou de Madrid The Open Mahou de Madrid was a men's professional golf tournament on the Challenge Tour from 2005 to 2007.There is also a Madrid Open on the European Tour.-Tournament hosts:*2007 Casino Club de Golf Retamares*2006 Club de Golf La Herreria...	Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	Benn Barham Benn Barham Benn Barham is an English professional golfer on the European Tour.Barham was born in Ashford, Kent. He has won two tournaments on the second tier Challenge Tour, the 2001 NCC Open and the 2005 Open Mahou de Madrid...
7–10 Jul	Open des Volcans - Challenge de France	France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	Ilya Goroneskoul
13–16 Jul	Texbond Open Texbond Open The Texbond Open was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour that was played from 2004 to 2006 at Gardagolf, close to the shores of Lake Garda in Soiano del Lago near Brescia, Italy.-Winners:-External links:*...	Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...	Fredrik Widmark
28–31 Jul	Ireland Ryder Cup Challenge	Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...	Marc Warren Marc Warren (golfer) Marc Warren is a Scottish professional golfer.Warren was born in Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire. As an amateur he was a member of East Kilbride Golf Club, and he was awarded honorary life membership of the club in February 2002...
11–14 Aug	Cadillac Russian Open	Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...	Mikael Lundberg Mikael Lundberg Mikael Lundberg is a Swedish professional golfer who currently plays on the European Tour.Lundberg was born in Helsingborg, Sweden. He represented Sweden in the 1994 Eisenhower Trophy and turned professional in 1995...	Dual-ranking event with the European Tour
18–21 Aug	Rolex Trophy Rolex Trophy The Rolex Trophy is a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, that is played in Geneva, Switzerland. It has been held annually since 1991.Unlike many Challenge Tour events, the Rolex Trophy has been played at the same venue, the Golf Club de Genève, every year...	Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....	Marc Warren Marc Warren (golfer) Marc Warren is a Scottish professional golfer.Warren was born in Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire. As an amateur he was a member of East Kilbride Golf Club, and he was awarded honorary life membership of the club in February 2002...
18–21 Aug	Skandia PGA Open Skandia PGA Open The Skandia PGA Open was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour. It was played annually in Sweden from 2001 to 2005.-Winners:-External links:*...	Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....	David Patrick
24–27 Aug	Morson International Pro-Am Challenge	England England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...	Andrés Romero Andres Romero For the Chilean footballer with the same name see Andrés Romero Andrés Fabián Romero is an Argentine professional golfer who plays on both the PGA Tour and European Tour....
1–4 Sept	BA-CA Golf Open	Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...	Michael Hoey
8–11 Sept	Telia Challenge Waxholm Telia Challenge Waxholm The Telia Challenge Waxholm was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour and the Telia Tour. It ran from 1996 to 2007 and was always played in Sweden.-Winners:-External links:*...	Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....	Morten Hagen Morten Hagen Morten Hagen is a Norwegian professional golfer. His home club is Vestfold Golfklubb.Hagen has spent most of his career playing in events on the various Scandinavian tours, where he has collected several victories and finished top of the Nordic League Ranking in 2005...
15–18 Sept	Rotterdam International Open Rotterdam International Open The Rotterdam International Open was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour in 2005. It was played at Golfclub Broekpolder in Vlaardingen, Netherlands.-Winners:-External links:*...	Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...	Per G. Nyman
22–25 Sept	Kazakhstan Open Kazakhstan Open The Kazakhstan Open is a men's professional golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, the official developmental tour of the PGA European Tour. First played in 2005, it was held at the Nurtau Golf Club in Almaty, Kazakhstan for the first four editions before moving to the Zhailjau Golf Resort, also in...	Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...	Stephen Browne
29 Sept–2 Oct	Open de Toulouse	France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	Brad Sutterfield Brad Sutterfield Brad Sutterfield is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour, European Tour, Challenge Tour, Nationwide Tour, Asian Tour and the Canadian Tour....
6–9 Oct	Abama Open de Canarias Abama Open de Canarias The Abama Open de Canarias was a golf tournament on the European and Challenge Tours which was only played in 2005, and was last of four dual ranking events that year...	Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	John Bickerton John Bickerton John Edward Bickerton is an English golfer.Bickerton was born in Redditch, England. He turned professional in 1991....	Dual-ranking event with the European Tour
19–22 Oct	Apulia San Domenico Grand Final	Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...	Carl Suneson Carl Suneson Carl José Suneson is a Spanish professional golfer.Suneson was born in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria to a Swedish father and an English mother. He represented England in amateur competition, and attended Oklahoma State University in the United States, but in 1996 he took Spanish citizenship.Suneson...

Rankings

The top 20 on the Challenge Tour Rankings gained membership of the European Tour for the 2006 season.

Position	Player	Country	Prize money (€ Euro The euro is the official currency of the eurozone: 17 of the 27 member states of the European Union. It is also the currency used by the Institutions of the European Union. The eurozone consists of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,... )
1	Marc Warren Marc Warren (golfer) Marc Warren is a Scottish professional golfer.Warren was born in Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire. As an amateur he was a member of East Kilbride Golf Club, and he was awarded honorary life membership of the club in February 2002...		103,577
2	Carl Suneson Carl Suneson Carl José Suneson is a Spanish professional golfer.Suneson was born in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria to a Swedish father and an English mother. He represented England in amateur competition, and attended Oklahoma State University in the United States, but in 1996 he took Spanish citizenship.Suneson...		103,129
3	Fredrik Widmark		99,750
4	Andrew Butterfield Andrew Butterfield Andrew Butterfield is an English professional golfer who plays on the Challenge Tour.-Career:Butterfield was born in London, England. He turned professional in 1993 and joined the Challenge Tour in 1996. He played on the Challenge Tour until qualifying for the European Tour through Q-School in 1999...		94,335
5	Michael Kirk		90,620
6	Steven Jeppesen Steven Jeppesen Steven Jeppesen is a Danish-born Swedish professional golfer.-Career:Jeppesen turned professional in 2003 at the age of nineteen, and immediately qualified for the European Tour for the 2004 season via qualifying school...		88,517
7	Benn Barham Benn Barham Benn Barham is an English professional golfer on the European Tour.Barham was born in Ashford, Kent. He has won two tournaments on the second tier Challenge Tour, the 2001 NCC Open and the 2005 Open Mahou de Madrid...		86,259
8	Michael Hoey		86,124
9	Daniel Vancsik Daniel Vancsik Daniel Vancsik is an Argentine professional golfer.Vancsik was born in Posadas, Argentina. He started playing the game when he was 12 at the Tacuru Club in Posadas-Misiones-Argentina....		81,053
10	Richard McEvoy Richard McEvoy Richard McEvoy is an English professional golfer.McEvoy was born in Shoeburyness, Essex. His amateur wins included the 2001 Lytham Trophy, and the 2001 Irish Amateur Open Stroke Play Championship...		80,047
11	Rafael Gómez Rafael Gómez Rafael Gómez is an Argentinian professional golfer.Gómez was born in Buenos Aires. He turned professional in 1990. He played on the European Challenge Tour in 2003 and 2005–07 and the European Tour from 2005 to 2007. He played on the U.S.-based Nationwide Tour in 2004 and a few events on the PGA...		79,880
12	David Higgins		77,259
13	Paul Dwyer		73,479
14	Andrés Romero Andres Romero For the Chilean footballer with the same name see Andrés Romero Andrés Fabián Romero is an Argentine professional golfer who plays on both the PGA Tour and European Tour....		71,221
15	Marco Ruiz Marco Ruiz Marco Ruiz is a Paraguayan professional golfer.Ruiz was born in Asunción. He is the godson of celebrated Argentine golfer Vicente Fernández. Ruiz turned pro in 1992....		69,845
16	Ariel Cañete Ariel Cañete Ariel Cañete is an Argentine professional golfer.Cañete was born in Santa Teresita, Buenos Aires. He turned professional in 1995....		66,087
17	Tom Whitehouse Tom Whitehouse Tom Whitehouse is an English professional golfer.Whitehouse was born in Birmingham and turned professional in 2002. He worked his way through the ranks, winning twice on the third tier PGA EuroPro Tour in 2003 as he led the Order of Merit to earn a place on the Challenge Tour for 2004...		63,344
18	Ross Fisher Ross Fisher Ross Daniel Fisher is an English professional golfer, who plays on the European Tour.Fisher was born in Ascot, Berkshire. His home course is the famous Wentworth Golf Club, Surrey, England, location of the European Tour administrative headquarters. As a child, he attended Charters School, a state...		61,029
19	Stephen Browne		59,916
20	Toni Karjalainen Toni Karjalainen Toni Karjalainen is one of only a few Finnish professional golfers on the international circuit, and has been his country's highest ranked male golfer....		58,384

External links

• Official homepage of the Challenge Tour