| Duration | 2 March 1995 (1995-03-02) – 15 October 1995 (1995-10-15) |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 30 |
| Most wins |  Thomas Bjørn (3) |
| Rankings | Thomas Bjørn |
← 1994 1996 → | |
The 1995 Challenge Tour was the seventh season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.
The following table lists official events during the 1995 season.[1]
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (£) |
Winner[a] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Mar | Kenya Open | Kenya | 65,000 |  James Lee (1) |
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| 30 Apr | Canarias Challenge | Spain | 55,000 |  Pedro Linhart (1) |
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| 14 May | KB Golf Challenge | Czech Republic | 60,000 |  Éric Giraud (3) |
New tournament |
| 28 May | Compaq Open | Sweden | SKr 350,000 |  Dennis Edlund (2) |
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| 4 Jun | SIAB Open | Sweden | SKr 350,000 |  Anssi Kankkonen (1) |
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| 5 Jun | Challenge Chargeurs | France | 50,000 |  Rolf Muntz (2) |
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| 11 Jun | Himmerland Open | Denmark | SKr 350,000 | Thomas Bjørn (1) |
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| 11 Jun | Club Med Open | Italy | 60,000 |  Emanuele Bolognesi (2) |
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| 25 Jun | Team Erhverv Danish Open | Denmark | SKr 640,000 |  Rob Edwards (1) |
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| 25 Jun | Memorial Olivier Barras | Switzerland | 35,000 | Simon D. Hurley (4) |
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| 2 Jul | Neuchâtel Open SBS Trophy | Switzerland | 35,000 |  Nicolas Vanhootegem (1) |
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| 9 Jul | Open Divonne | France | 50,000 | Patrik Sjöland (1) |
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| 9 Jul | Volvo Finnish Open | Finland | SKr 350,000 | Fredrik Plahn (1) |
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| 15 Jul | Open des Volcans | France | 55,000 |  Thomas Gögele (1) |
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| 23 Jul | Interlaken Open | Switzerland | 50,000 | Thomas Bjørn (2) |
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| 30 Jul | Karsten Ping Norwegian Open | Norway | SKr 700,000 | Stephen Field (2) |
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| 6 Aug | Audi Quattro Trophy | Germany | 72,000 | Joost Steenkamer (1) |
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| 6 Aug | Rolex Pro-Am | Switzerland | 40,000 | Carl Suneson (1) |
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| 13 Aug | SM Match Play | Sweden | SKr 350,000 | Peter Thörn (1) |
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| 20 Aug | Steelcover Dutch Challenge Open | Netherlands | 60,000 | Warren Bennett (1) |
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| 20 Aug | Toyota Danish PGA Championship | Denmark | SKr 350,000 | François Lamare (1) |
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| 26 Aug | Coca-Cola Open | England | 65,000 | Thomas Bjørn (3) |
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| 2 Sep | Tessali Open | Italy | 40,000 | Andrew Collison (1) |
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| 10 Sep | Perrier European Pro-Am | Belgium | 55,000 | Diego Borrego (2) |
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| 17 Sep | Open de Dijon Bourgogne | France | 35,000 | Tim Planchin (3) |
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| 17 Sep | Kentab Open | Sweden | SKr 350,000 | Per Nyman (3) |
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| 23 Sep | Eulen Open Galea | Spain | 70,000 | Ben Tinning (1) |
New tournament |
| 29 Sep | Lomas Bosque Challenge | Spain | 30,000 | Per Nyman (4) |
New tournament |
| 7 Oct | Tunisian Open Challenge | Tunisia | 70,000 | Ricky Willison (2) |
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| 15 Oct | UAP Grand Final | Portugal | 60,000 | Francisco Valera (2) |
New tournament Tour Championship |
The following events were sanctioned by the Challenge Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (£) |
Winner | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Jun | Italian Native Open | Italy | 50,000 | Emanuele Bolognesi |
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| 18 Jun | Championnat de France Pro | France | 50,000 | Éric Giraud |
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| 24 Jun | Nedcar National Open | Netherlands | 20,000 | Rolf Muntz |
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| 31 Jul | UPS German PGA Championship | Germany | 25,000 | Erol Şimşek |
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| 13 Aug | Finnish PGA Championship | Finland | 3,500 | Mikael Piltz |
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| 13 Aug | Esbjerg Danish Closed | Denmark | 10,000 | Thomas Bjørn |
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| 4 Oct | Swiss PGA Championship | Switzerland | 15,000 |  Steve Rey |
For full rankings, see 1995 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 1996 European Tour.[3]
| Rank | Player | Prize money (£) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas Bjørn |
46,471 |
| 2 | Tim Planchin |
32,702 |
| 3 | Diego Borrego |
32,459 |
| 4 | Éric Giraud |
27,365 |
| 5 | Simon D. Hurley |
25,683 |
...end-of-season PGA Challenge Tour event to climb into the top 10 of the Order of Merit and qualify automatically for the main tour.
