The 2005 Challenge Tour was the 17th season of the Challenge Tour , the official development tour to the European Tour .
The following table lists official events during the 2005 season.[ 1]
Date
Tournament
Host country
Purse€ )
Winner[ a]
OWGR Other[ b]
Notes
28 Nov
Abierto Mexicano de Golf Mexico
US$300,000
Argentina Rafael Gómez (1)6
TLA New to Challenge Tour
5 Dec
Panasonic Panama Open Panama
US$200,000
England Richard McEvoy (1)6
TLA New to Challenge Tour
12 Dec
TIM Peru Open Peru
US$168,000
United States Brad Sutterfield (1)6
TLA New to Challenge Tour
13 Feb
American Express Costa Rica Open Costa Rica
US$125,000
United States Kyle Dobbs (1)6
TLA
20 Feb
Summit Panama Masters Panama
US$125,000
United States Kevin Haefner (1)6
TLA
27 Feb
Abierto Telefónica Moviles de Guatemala Guatemala
US$125,000
Argentina César Monasterio (1)6
TLA
21 Mar
Tusker Kenya Open Kenya
160,000
Argentina Daniel Vancsik (3)6
10 Apr
Madeira Island Open Caixa Geral de Depositos Portugal
600,000
Netherlands Robert-Jan Derksen (1)16
EUR
1 May
Peugeot Challenge R.C.G. El Prat Spain
115,000
Spain Tomás Jesús Muñoz (1)6
8 May
Firstplus Wales Challenge Wales
125,000
France Olivier David (1)6
15 May
Tessali-Metaponto Open di Puglia e Basilicata Italy
120,000
Argentina Rafael Gómez (2)6
29 May
Riu Tikida Hotels Moroccan Classic Morocco
130,000
Sweden Fredrik Widmark (2)6
12 Jun
Thomas Bjørn Open Denmark
115,000
Finland Toni Karjalainen (1)6
New tournament
19 Jun
Aa St Omer Open France
400,000
Sweden Joakim Bäckström (n/a)16
EUR
26 Jun
Galeria Kaufhof Pokal Challenge Germany
115,000
England Gareth Davies (2)6
3 Jul
Open Mahou de Madrid Spain
120,000
England Benn Barham (2)6
New tournament
10 Jul
Open des Volcans – Challenge de France France
120,000
France Ilya Goroneskoul (1)6
16 Jul
Texbond Open Italy
115,000
Sweden Fredrik Widmark (3)6
31 Jul
Ireland Ryder Cup Challenge Ireland
130,000
Scotland Marc Warren (1)6
New tournament
14 Aug
Cadillac Russian Open Russia
US$500,000
Sweden Mikael Lundberg (2)16
EUR
21 Aug
Rolex Trophy Switzerland
165,000
Scotland Marc Warren (2)6
21 Aug
Skandia PGA Open Sweden
SKr 1,000,000
Scotland David Patrick (1)6
27 Aug
Morson International Pro-Am Challenge England
150,000
Argentina Andrés Romero (1)6
4 Sep
BA-CA Golf Open Austria
150,000
Northern Ireland Michael Hoey (1)6
11 Sep
Telia Challenge Waxholm Sweden
SKr 1,000,000
Norway Morten Hagen (1)6
18 Sep
Rotterdam International Open Netherlands
115,000
Sweden Per G. Nyman (2)6
New tournament
25 Sep
Kazakhstan Open Kazakhstan
250,000
Republic of Ireland Stephen Browne (2)6
New tournament
2 Oct
Open de Toulouse France
115,000
United States Brad Sutterfield (2)6
9 Oct
Abama Open de Canarias Spain
450,000
England John Bickerton (2)16
EUR New tournament
22 Oct
Apulia San Domenico Grand Final Italy
250,000
Spain Carl Suneson (5)6
Tour Championship
The rankings were based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros .[ 2] [ 3] 2006 European Tour .[ 3]
^ 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 .
^ EUR − European Tour ; TLA − Tour de las Américas .
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