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1992 Challenge Tour season
Duration	5 December 1991 – 27 September 1992
Number of official events	34
Most wins	Mikael Krantz (3)
Rankings	Paul Affleck
	← 1991 1993 →

The 1992 Challenge Tour was the fourth season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1992 season.^[1]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (£)	Winner^[a]	Notes
8 Dec	Ivory Coast Open	Ivory Coast	80,000	Michel Besanceney (2)
15 Dec	Nigerian Open	Nigeria	105,000	James Lebbie (1)
12 Jan	Zimbabwe Open	Zimbabwe	45,000	Mark McNulty (n/a)
19 Jan	Zambia Open	Zambia	75,000	Jeremy Robinson (4)
26 Jan	Standard Chartered Kenya Open	Kenya	75,000	André Bossert (2)
12 Apr	Tessali Open	Italy	Lit 100,000,000	Anders Gillner (3)
3 May	Challenge Dumez	France	50,000	Jonathan Lomas (1)	New tournament
10 May	Audi Quattro Trophy	Germany	50,000	Pierre Fulke (1)
16 May	Liebig Ligurian Open	Italy	Lit 120,000,000	Nick Godin (3)	New tournament
17 May	Challenge Chargeurs	France	45,000	Géry Watine (1)	New tournament
24 May	Open Vittel	France	55,000	Roy Mackenzie (1)
24 May	Ramlösa Open	Sweden	SKr 400,000	Magnus Jönsson (1)
31 May	Open de Dijon Bourgogne	France	50,000	Jeremy Robinson (5)
31 May	SIAB Open	Sweden	SKr 350,000	Mikael Krantz (2)
6 Jun	Club Med Open	Italy	Lit 130,000,000	Mark Litton (1)
12 Jun	Clydesdale Bank Northern Open	Scotland	25,000	Peter Smith (1)
14 Jun	Stiga Open	Sweden	SKr 350,000	Pierre Fulke (2)
21 Jun	Milano Open	Italy	Lit 150,000,000	Nick Godin (4)
5 Jul	Bank Austria Open	Austria	50,000	Stephen Dodd (1)	New tournament
12 Jul	Volvo Finnish Open	Finland	SKr 350,000	Henrik Bergquist (1)
17 Jul	Pro-Am Moet & Chandon du Leman	Switzerland	CHF 100,000	Tim Planchin (1)
26 Jul	Open des Volcans	France	60,000	Mikael Krantz (3)	New tournament
30 Jul	Quietwaters Challenge	England	35,000	Craig Cassells (2)	New tournament
9 Aug	SI Compaq Open	Sweden	SKr 800,000	Joakim Haeggman (2)
16 Aug	Länsförsäkringar Open	Sweden	SKr 525,000	Steven Bottomley (1)
21 Aug	East Sussex National Challenge	England	30,000	Simon D. Hurley (3)	New tournament
23 Aug	SM Match Play	Sweden	SKr 300,000	José Cantero (3)
30 Aug	Audi Open	Germany	55,000	Paul Affleck (1)
30 Aug	Västerås Open	Sweden	SKr 225,000	Joakim Rask (1)
4 Sep	Gore-Tex Fabrics Challenge	Scotland	30,000	Brian Nelson (1)
6 Sep	Omnium Bayer	France	45,000	Jesús María Arruti (1)	New tournament
13 Sep	Playboy Charity Challenge	Czech Republic	50,000	Lucien Tinkler (1)	New tournament
13 Sep	Upsala Golf International	Sweden	SKr 300,000	Tony Edlund (1)
26 Sep	Challenge Novotel	France	45,000	Mikael Krantz (4)	New tournament
27 Sep	Dutch Challenge Open	Netherlands	ƒ170,000	John Coe (1)	New tournament

Unofficial events

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

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (£)	Winner^[a]
28 Jun	Memorial Olivier Barras	Switzerland	CHF 50,000	Jeff Hall (2)
12 Jul	Neuchâtel Open SBS Trophy	Switzerland	CHF 100,000	Heinz-Peter Thül (3)
8 Aug	Rolex Pro-Am	Switzerland	CHF 100,000	Ronald Stelten (2)
30 Aug	Perrier European Pro-Am	Belgium	50,000	Magnus Persson (1)
3 Oct	Bulles Laurent Perrier	France	30,000	Géry Watine (2)

Rankings

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 1993 European Tour (Volvo Tour).^[2]

Rank	Player	Prize money (£)
1	Paul Affleck	39,768
2	Michel Besanceney	34,112
3	Paul Eales	32,768
4	Nick Godin	29,960
5	Craig Cassells	29,474

Notes

^ ^a ^b 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.

References

^ "1992 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Challenge Tour". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 1. January 1993. p. 78. Retrieved 10 October 2023. De tio första erhåller ET-kortet utan spel på tourskolan i Frankrike [The first ten receive a European Tour card without playing at the tour school in France]

External links

Official website

[totals-2] 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.

[1] "1992 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 31 August 2023.

[money-3] "Challenge Tour". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 1. January 1993. p. 78. Retrieved 10 October 2023. De tio första erhåller ET-kortet utan spel på tourskolan i Frankrike [The first ten receive a European Tour card without playing at the tour school in France]

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