2008 Challenge Tour

{{Infobox golf season

| year = 2008

| tour = Challenge Tour

| regular_season = {{Start date|2007|11|29|df=y}} – {{end date|2008|10|26|df=y}}

| no_of_events = 33

| most_wins = {{flagicon|NED}} Taco Remkes (3)

| honor1 = Rankings

| honoree1 = {{flagicon|ENG}} David Horsey

| honor2 =

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| honor3 =

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| honor4 =

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| prevseason = 2007

| nextseason = 2009

}}

The 2008 Challenge Tour was the 20th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2008 season.{{cite web |url=https://www.europeantour.com/challenge-tour/schedule/2008/ |title=2008 Tournament schedule |publisher=European Tour |access-date=29 August 2023}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"

!Date!!Tournament!!Host country!!Purse
(€)!!Winner{{efn|name=totals|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.}}!!OWGR
points!!Other
tours{{efn|name=tours|EUR − European Tour; NGL − Nordic Golf League; TLA − Tour de las Américas; TPG − TPG Tour.}}!!Notes

2 Dec

|Abierto del Litoral Personal

|Argentina

|align=right|US$170,000

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Miguel Rodríguez (2)

|align=center|12

|TLA, TPG

|New to Challenge Tour

9 Dec

|Abierto Visa de la República

|Argentina

|align=right|US$200,000

|{{flagicon|PRY}} Marco Ruiz (1)

|align=center|12

|TLA, TPG

9 Mar

|Tusker Kenya Open

|Kenya

|align=right|180,000

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Iain Pyman (8)

|align=center|12

30 Mar

|Abierto Visa del Centro

|Argentina

|align=right|US$200,000

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Estanislao Goya (1)

|align=center|12

|TLA, TPG

|New to Challenge Tour

6 Apr

|Abierto Visa de la República

|Argentina

|align=right|US$200,000

|{{flagicon|FIN}} Antti Ahokas (1)

|align=center|12

|TLA, TPG

13 Apr

|Club Colombia Masters

|Colombia

|align=right|US$180,000

|{{flagicon|NLD}} Wil Besseling (1)

|align=center|12

|TLA

26 Apr

|AGF-Allianz Open Côtes d'Armor Bretagne

|France

|align=right|140,000

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Joakim Haeggman (3)

|align=center|12

4 May

|Banque Populaire Moroccan Classic

|Morocco

|align=right|150,000

|{{flagicon|NIR}} Michael Hoey (3)

|align=center|12

17 May

|Piemonte Open

|Italy

|align=right|150,000

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Seve Benson (1)

|align=center|12

|New tournament

25 May

|DHL Wrocław Open

|Poland

|align=right|150,000

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Gary Clark (1)

|align=center|12

|New tournament

1 Jun

|Oceânico Group Pro-Am Challenge

|England

|align=right|150,000

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Alessandro Tadini (2)

|align=center|12

8 Jun

|Reale Challenge de España

|Spain

|align=right|140,000

|{{flagicon|SCO}} Andrew McArthur (1)

|align=center|12

15 Jun

|SK Golf Challenge

|Finland

|align=right|150,000

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Simon Robinson (1)

|align=center|12

|New tournament

15 Jun

|Saint-Omer Open

|France

|align=right|600,000

|{{flagicon|ENG}} David Dixon (1)

|align=center|18

|EUR

22 Jun

|Telenet Trophy

|Belgium

|align=right|140,000

|{{flagicon|ENG}} David Horsey (1)

|align=center|12

29 Jun

|Scottish Challenge

|Scotland

|align=right|220,000

|{{flagicon|NLD}} Taco Remkes (1)

|align=center|12

6 Jul

|AGF-Allianz EurOpen de Lyon

|France

|align=right|200,000

|{{flagicon|ENG}} David Horsey (2)

|align=center|12

|New tournament

13 Jul

|Credit Suisse Challenge

|Switzerland

|align=right|140,000

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Rafa Cabrera-Bello (2)

|align=center|12

20 Jul

|MAN NÖ Open

|Austria

|align=right|140,000

|{{flagicon|CHE}} André Bossert (3)

|align=center|12

27 Jul

|SWALEC Wales Challenge

|Wales

|align=right|140,000

|{{flagicon|IRL}} Michael McGeady (1)

|align=center|12

3 Aug

|Challenge of Ireland

|Ireland

|align=right|150,000

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Andrew Tampion (1)

|align=center|12

10 Aug

|Lexus Open

|Norway

|align=right|150,000

|{{flagicon|DNK}} Jeppe Huldahl (1)

|align=center|12

17 Aug

|Trophée du Golf Club de Genève

|Switzerland

|align=right|210,000

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Klas Eriksson (5)

|align=center|12

17 Aug

|Vodafone Challenge

|Germany

|align=right|140,000

|{{flagicon|SCO}} Richie Ramsay (1)

|align=center|12

24 Aug

|Ypsilon Golf Challenge

|Czech Republic

|align=right|180,000

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Seve Benson (2)

|align=center|12

|New tournament

31 Aug

|ECCO Tour Championship

|Denmark

|align=right|180,000

|{{flagicon|FIN}} Antti Ahokas (2)

|align=center|12

|NGL

7 Sep

|Dubliner Challenge

|Sweden

|align=right|140,000

|{{flagicon|DNK}} Mark Haastrup (1)

|align=center|12

|New tournament

14 Sep

|Qingdao Golf Open

|China

|align=right|US$500,000

|{{flagicon|NIR}} Gareth Maybin (1)

|align=center|12

|New tournament

21 Sep

|Kazakhstan Open

|Kazakhstan

|align=right|430,000

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Gary Lockerbie (1)

|align=center|12

28 Sep

|Dutch Futures

|Netherlands

|align=right|140,000

|{{flagicon|NLD}} Taco Remkes (2)

|align=center|12

5 Oct

|AGF-Allianz Golf Open Grand Toulouse

|France

|align=right|140,000

|{{flagicon|SCO}} Richie Ramsay (2)

|align=center|12

18 Oct

|Margara Diehl-Ako Platinum Open

|Italy

|align=right|160,000

|{{flagicon|NLD}} Taco Remkes (3){{efn|Remkes earned immediate promotion to the European Tour, as this was his third win of the season.{{cite web |url=https://0297.nl/nieuws/15574/sensationele-derde-zege-voor-taco-remkes |title=Sensationele Derde Zege Voor Taco Renkes |trans-title=Sensational third win for Taco Remkes |language=Dutch |website=0297.nl |date=18 October 2008 |access-date=29 August 2023 |quote=Dit betekend directe promotie naar de European Tour! Toch heeft Taco Remkes bewust gekozen om komende week ook gewoon op de Challenge Tour van start te gaan. |trans-quote=This means direct promotion to the European Tour! Nevertheless, Taco Remkes has consciously chosen to start on the Challenge Tour next week.}}}}

|align=center|12

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|26 Oct

|Apulia San Domenico Grand Final

|Italy

|align=right|280,000

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Estanislao Goya (2)

|align=center|12

|Tour Championship

Rankings

The rankings were based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros.{{cite web |title=2008 Rankings |url=http://www.europeantour.com/default.sps?pagegid=%7B9E8C659F%2DE8C3%2D4458%2D8CC2%2DCABA46370DCF%7D |publisher=European Tour |access-date=29 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207072407/http://www.europeantour.com/default.sps?pagegid=%7B9E8C659F%2DE8C3%2D4458%2D8CC2%2DCABA46370DCF%7D |archive-date=7 December 2008 |quote=The Top 20 positions in the Final 2008 European Challenge Tour Rankings will obtain full playing rights to the 2009 European Tour International Schedule.}}{{cite web |url=https://www.europeantour.com/challenge-tour/news/articles/detail/goya-steals-the-grand-final-as-horsey-is-crowned-no-1/ |title=Goya steals the Grand Final as Horsey is crowned No.1 |publisher=European Tour |date=19 March 2010 |access-date=29 August 2023}} The top 20 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 2009 European Tour.

class="wikitable" !Rank !! Player !! Prize money (€)
align=center\|1	{{flagicon\|ENG}} David Horsey	align=center\|144,118
align=center\|2	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Gary Lockerbie	align=center\|138,509
align=center\|3	{{flagicon\|NED}} Taco Remkes	align=center\|137,331
align=center\|4	{{flagicon\|NIR}} Gareth Maybin	align=center\|117,719
align=center\|5	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Estanislao Goya	align=center\|113,336

Notes

References

External links

{{official site|http://www.europeantour.com/challenge-tour/}}

Category:Challenge Tour seasons

Challenge Tour

class="wikitable" !Rank !! Player !! Prize money (€)
align=center\|1	{{flagicon\|ENG}} David Horsey	align=center\|144,118
align=center\|2	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Gary Lockerbie	align=center\|138,509
align=center\|3	{{flagicon\|NED}} Taco Remkes	align=center\|137,331
align=center\|4	{{flagicon\|NIR}} Gareth Maybin	align=center\|117,719
align=center\|5	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Estanislao Goya	align=center\|113,336