1999 Challenge Tour

1999 Challenge Tour season

Duration	11 March 1999 (1999-03-11) – 24 October 1999 (1999-10-24)
Number of official events	28
Most wins	Carl Suneson (3)
Rankings	Carl Suneson
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The 1999 Challenge Tour was the 11th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

The following table lists official events during the 1999 season.^[1]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (€)	Winner[a]	OWGR points	Other tours[b]	Notes
14 Mar	Tusker Kenya Open	Kenya	91,000	Maarten Lafeber (1)	n/a
27 Mar	OKI Telepizza Challenge	Spain	63,000	David Park (2)	n/a		New tournament
18 Apr	Open de Côte d'Ivoire	Ivory Coast	70,000	Ian Poulter (1)	n/a
2 May	Comunitat Valenciana Challenge de España	Spain	91,000	Carl Suneson (2)	n/a		New tournament
16 May	BIL Luxembourg Open	Luxembourg	63,000	Kevin Carissimi (4)	n/a		New tournament
23 May	Open dei Tessali	Italy	63,000	Gustavo Rojas (1)	n/a
30 May	Challenge de Sablé	France	70,000	Lucas Parsons (1)	n/a		New tournament
13 Jun	NCC Open	Sweden	63,000	Per G. Nyman (1)	n/a
13 Jun	Diners Club Austrian Open	Austria	77,000	Juan Ciola (1)	n/a
27 Jun	Is Molas Challenge	Italy	63,000	Bradley Dredge (2)	n/a
4 Jul	Neuchâtel Open Golf Trophy	Switzerland	63,000	Richard S. Johnson (1)	n/a		Invitational event
4 Jul	Open des Volcans	France	70,000	Philip Golding (3)	n/a
11 Jul	Volvo Finnish Open	Finland	70,000	Paul Nilbrink (1)	n/a
18 Jul	Rolex Trophy	Switzerland	70,000	Carl Suneson (3)	n/a		Invitational event
18 Jul	BTC Slovenian Open	Slovenia	70,000	Grant Dodd (1)	n/a
1 Aug	Finnish Masters	Finland	112,000	Lucas Parsons (2)	n/a
8 Aug	Beazer Homes Challenge Tour Championship	England	112,000	Carl Suneson (4)	n/a
15 Aug	West of Ireland Golf Classic	Ireland	350,000	Costantino Rocca (2)	24	EUR	New tournament
22 Aug	BMW Russian Open	Russia	£90,000	Iain Pyman (1)	n/a
22 Aug	Norwegian Open	Norway	63,000	Pehr Magnebrant (2)	n/a
3 Sep	Formby Hall Challenge	England	70,000	Greig Hutcheon (1)	n/a
5 Sep	Öhrlings Swedish Matchplay	Sweden	63,000	Kalle Brink (2)	n/a
11 Sep	Daewoo Warsaw Golf Open	Poland	100,000	Niclas Fasth (4)	n/a
3 Oct	Gula Sidorna Grand Prix	Sweden	120,000	Raimo Sjöberg (1)	n/a
9 Oct	San Paolo Vita Open	Italy	70,000	Alberto Binaghi (2)	n/a
10 Oct	Philips Challenge Xacobeo 99	Spain	80,000	Hennie Otto (1)	n/a		New tournament
17 Oct	Challenge de France Bayer	France	114,000	Iain Pyman (2)	n/a
24 Oct	Cuba European Challenge Tour Grand Final	Cuba	105,000	Stephen Scahill (2)	n/a		Tour Championship

The rankings were based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros.^[2] The top 15 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 2000 European Tour.^[3]

Rank	Player	Prize money (€)
1	Carl Suneson	69,641
2	Iain Pyman	56,993
3	Markus Brier	50,184
4	Gustavo Rojas	47,953
5	Stephen Scahill	47,583

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