The 2011 Challenge Tour was a series of professional
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tournaments collectively known as 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
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The Challenge Tour is Europe's official developmental
tour
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and is organised by the
PGA 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 fift ...
. It was introduced in 1986 and was originally called the Satellite Tour, before being renamed with its present title in 1990.
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2011 season.
Challenge Tour Rankings
''For full rankings, see
2011 Challenge Tour graduates __NOTOC__
This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2011. The top 20 players on the Challenge Tour's money list in 2011 earned their European Tour card for 2012.
* European Tour rookie in 2012
T = Tied
The player retaine ...
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The rankings were based on prize money won during the season, calculated in
Euro
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s. The top 20 players on the tour earned status to play on the
2012 European Tour
The 2012 European Tour was the fourth edition of the Race to Dubai and the 41st season of golf tournaments since the European Tour officially began in 1972.
The season comprised 45 tournaments counting for the Race to Dubai, including the four ...
.
See also
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2011 European Tour
The 2011 European Tour was the third edition of the Race to Dubai and the 40th season of golf tournaments since the European Tour officially began in 1972.
The season began in December 2010 with the Alfred Dunhill Championship in South Africa, a ...
Notes
References
External links
Schedule on the European Tour's official site
{{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
The ...