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2004 Challenge Tour

Golf tour season

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The 2004 Challenge Tour was the 16th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

01Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2004 season.

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (€)	Winner	OWGR points	Other tours	Notes
15 Feb	Summit Panama Masters	Panama	US$100,000	Miguel Fernández (1)	6	TLA	New to Challenge Tour
22 Feb	Costa Rica Open	Costa Rica	US$110,000	Alessandro Tadini (1)	6	TLA
29 Feb	Abierto Telefónica	Guatemala	US$100,000	Daniel Vancsik (2)	6	TLA
14 Mar	Stanbic Zambia Open	Zambia	110,000	Michael Kirk (1)	10	AFR
21 Mar	Kenya Open	Kenya	110,000	Marc Cayeux (2)	6
28 Mar	Madeira Island Open	Portugal	600,000	Chris Hanell (1)	24	EUR
25 Apr	Al Ahram-Jolie Ville Sharm El Sheikh Challenge	Egypt	US$125,000	Gareth Davies (1)	6		New tournament
2 May	Peugeot Challenge de León	Spain	110,000	Edward Rush (1)	6		New tournament
9 May	Tessali-Metaponto Open di Puglia e Basilicata	Italy	120,000	Leif Westerberg (1)	6
6 Jun	Nykredit Danish Open	Denmark	137,500	Matthew Morris (1)	6
13 Jun	Segura Viudas Challenge de España	Spain	135,000	Philippe Lima (1)	6
20 Jun	Aa St Omer Open	France	400,000	Philippe Lima (2)	16	EUR
27 Jun	Galeria Kaufhof Pokal Challenge	Germany	110,000	Garry Houston (1)	6
4 Jul	Volvo Finnish Open	Finland	110,000	Roope Kakko (a) (1)	6
11 Jul	Open des Volcans, Challenge de France	France	125,000	Johan Axgren (1)	6
17 Jul	Texbond Open	Italy	110,000	Sam Little (2)	6		New tournament
25 Jul	JJB Sports North West Challenge	England	£100,000	Fredrik Henge (5)	6		New tournament
8 Aug	Ryder Cup Wales Challenge	Wales	120,000	Graeme Storm (1)	6
15 Aug	BMW Russian Open	Russia	US$500,000	Gary Emerson (2)	16	EUR
22 Aug	Rolex Trophy	Switzerland	163,500	Phillip Archer (1)	6
22 Aug	Norwegian Challenge	Norway	105,000	Stephen Browne (1)	6
29 Aug	Skandia PGA Open	Sweden	SKr 1,000,000	Matthew King (1)	6
5 Sep	BA-CA Golf Open	Austria	150,000	Markus Brier (2)	6
12 Sep	Telia Grand Prix	Sweden	SKr 1,200,000	Lee Slattery (1)	6
26 Sep	Open de Toulouse	France	110,000	Marc Cayeux (3)	6
3 Oct	Estoril Challenge Open Portugal Telecom	Portugal	113,000	Tom Whitehouse (1)	6
10 Oct	Attijari Wafa - Tikida Beach Moroccan Classic	Morocco	130,000	Graeme Storm (2)	6
17 Oct	Donnington Grove Computacenter English Challenge Open	England	110,000	Matthew King (2)	6
24 Oct	Bouygues Telecom Grand Final	France	200,000	David Drysdale (1)	6		Tour Championship

02Rankings

The rankings were based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros. The top 15 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 2005 European Tour.

Rank	Player	Prize money (€)
1	Lee Slattery	95,980
2	Alessandro Tadini	92,121
3	Graeme Storm	81,065
4	Marc Cayeux	75,104
5	Matthew King	73,623

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