The 1992 Challenge Tour was the fourth season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.
| Duration | 5 December 1991 – 27 September 1992 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 34 |
| Most wins |  Mikael Krantz (3) |
| Rankings |  Paul Affleck |
← 1991 1993 → | |
Schedule edit
The following table lists official events during the 1992 season.[1]
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (£) |
Winner[a] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Dec | Ivory Coast Open | Ivory Coast | 80,000 |  Michel Besanceney (2) |
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| 15 Dec | Nigerian Open | Nigeria | 105,000 |  James Lebbie (1) |
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| 12 Jan | Zimbabwe Open | Zimbabwe | 45,000 |  Mark McNulty (n/a) |
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| 19 Jan | Zambia Open | Zambia | 75,000 |  Jeremy Robinson (4) |
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| 26 Jan | Standard Chartered Kenya Open | Kenya | 75,000 |  André Bossert (2) |
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| 12 Apr | Tessali Open | Italy | 50,000 | Anders Gillner (3) |
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| 3 May | Challenge Dumez | France | 50,000 | Jonathan Lomas (1) |
New tournament |
| 10 May | Audi Quattro Trophy | Germany | 50,000 | Pierre Fulke (1) |
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| 16 May | Liebig Ligurian Open | Italy | 55,000 | Nick Godin (3) |
New tournament |
| 17 May | Challenge Chargeurs | France | 45,000 | Géry Watine (1) |
New tournament |
| 24 May | Open Vittel | France | 55,000 |  Roy Mackenzie (1) |
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| 24 May | Ramlösa Open | Sweden | SKr 400,000 | Magnus Jönsson (1) |
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| 31 May | Open de Dijon Bourgogne | France | 50,000 | Jeremy Robinson (5) |
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| 31 May | SIAB Open | Sweden | SKr 350,000 | Mikael Krantz (2) |
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| 6 Jun | Club Med Open | Italy | 60,000 | Mark Litton (1) |
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| 12 Jun | Clydesdale Bank Northern Open | Scotland | 25,000 |  Peter Smith (1) |
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| 14 Jun | Stiga Open | Sweden | SKr 350,000 | Pierre Fulke (2) |
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| 21 Jun | Milano Open | Italy | 70,000 | Nick Godin (4) |
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| 5 Jul | Bank Austria Open | Austria | 50,000 | Stephen Dodd (1) |
New tournament |
| 12 Jul | Volvo Finnish Open | Finland | SKr 350,000 | Henrik Bergquist (1) |
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| 17 Jul | Pro-Am Moet & Chandon du Leman | Switzerland | 45,000 | Tim Planchin (1) |
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| 26 Jul | Open des Volcans | France | 60,000 | Mikael Krantz (3) |
New tournament |
| 30 Jul | Quietwaters Challenge | England | 35,000 | Craig Cassells (2) |
New tournament |
| 9 Aug | SI Compaq Open | Sweden | SKr 800,000 | Joakim Haeggman (2) |
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| 16 Aug | Länsförsäkringar Open | Sweden | SKr 525,000 | Steven Bottomley (1) |
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| 21 Aug | East Sussex National Challenge | England | 30,000 | Simon D. Hurley (3) |
New tournament |
| 23 Aug | SM Match Play | Sweden | SKr 300,000 |  José Cantero (3) |
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| 30 Aug | Audi Open | Germany | 55,000 | Paul Affleck (1) |
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| 30 Aug | Västerås Open | Sweden | SKr 225,000 | Joakim Rask (1) |
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| 4 Sep | Gore-Tex Fabrics Challenge | Scotland | 30,000 |  Brian Nelson (1) |
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| 6 Sep | Omnium Bayer | France | 45,000 |  Jesús María Arruti (1) |
New tournament |
| 13 Sep | Playboy Charity Challenge | Czech Republic | 50,000 |  Lucien Tinkler (1) |
New tournament |
| 13 Sep | Upsala Golf International | Sweden | SKr 300,000 | Tony Edlund (1) |
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| 26 Sep | Challenge Novotel | France | 45,000 | Mikael Krantz (4) |
New tournament |
| 27 Sep | Dutch Challenge Open | Netherlands | 50,000 | John Coe (1) |
New tournament |
Unofficial events edit
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] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Jun | Memorial Olivier Barras | Switzerland | 25,000 | Jeff Hall (2) |
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| 12 Jul | Neuchâtel Open SBS Trophy | Switzerland | 40,000 |  Heinz-Peter Thül (3) |
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| 8 Aug | Rolex Pro-Am | Switzerland | 40,000 | Ronald Stelten (2) |
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| 30 Aug | Perrier European Pro-Am | Belgium | 50,000 | Magnus Persson (1) |
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| 3 Oct | Bulles Laurent Perrier | France | 30,000 | Géry Watine (2) |
Rankings edit
For full rankings, see 1992 Challenge Tour graduates.
The rankings were based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Pound sterling.[2] The top 10 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 1993 European Tour (Volvo Tour).[2]
| Rank | Player | Prize money (£) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Affleck |
39,768 |
| 2 | Michel Besanceney |
34,112 |
| 3 | Paul Eales |
32,768 |
| 4 | Nick Godin |
29,960 |
| 5 | Craig Cassells |
29,474 |
See also edit
Notes edit
- ^ a b 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.
References edit
- ^ "1992 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ a b "Challenge Tour". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 1. January 1993. p. 78. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
De tio första erhåller ET-kortet utan spel på tourskolan i Frankrike
[The first ten receive a European Tour card without playing at the tour school in France]