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The 1999 Challenge Tour was the 11th season of the
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 Senior Tour, some of the events are played outside Europe. History T ...
, the official development tour to the
European Tour The European Tour (currently known as the DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons), legally the PGA European Tour is the leading men's professional golf tour in Europe. The organisation also operates the European Senior Tour (for players aged fi ...
. The tour started as the Satellite Tour with its first Order of Merit rankings in 1989 and was officially renamed as the Challenge Tour at the start of the 1990 season. The Challenge Tour Rankings were won by Spain's Carl Suneson.


Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1999 season.


Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the Challenge Tour, but did not carry official money, wins were still official however.


Challenge Tour Rankings

''For full rankings, see 1999 Challenge Tour graduates.'' The rankings were based on prize money won during the season, calculated in
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s. The top 15 players on the tour earned status to play on the
2000 European Tour The 2000 European Tour was the 29th official season of golf tournaments known as the PGA European Tour. The season was made up of 44 tournaments counting towards the Order of Merit, which included the four major championships and three World Gol ...
.


See also

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1999 European Tour The 1999 European Tour was the 28th official season of golf tournaments known as the PGA European Tour. The season was made up of 41 tournaments counting towards the Order of Merit, which included the U.S. Open and PGA Championship for the first ...


Notes


References


External links


Official homepage of the Challenge Tour
{{Challenge Tour seasons Challenge Tour seasons
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 Senior Tour, some of the events are played outside Europe. History T ...