Duration | 5 March 1997 | – 26 October 1997
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Number of official events | 35 [a] |
Most wins |
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Rankings |
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←
1996
1998 → |
The 1997 Challenge Tour was the ninth season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.
The following table lists official events during the 1997 season. [1]
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 [b] | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
22 Jun | Memorial Olivier Barras | Switzerland | 40,000 |
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For full rankings, see 1997 Challenge Tour graduates.
The rankings were based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Pound sterling. [3] The top 15 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 1998 European Tour. [3]
Rank | Player | Prize money ( £) |
---|---|---|
1 |
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51,679 |
2 |
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36,112 |
3 |
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35,267 |
4 |
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34,537 |
5 |
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32,128 |
Duration | 5 March 1997 | – 26 October 1997
---|---|
Number of official events | 35 [a] |
Most wins |
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Rankings |
![]() |
←
1996
1998 → |
The 1997 Challenge Tour was the ninth season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.
The following table lists official events during the 1997 season. [1]
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 [b] | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
22 Jun | Memorial Olivier Barras | Switzerland | 40,000 |
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For full rankings, see 1997 Challenge Tour graduates.
The rankings were based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Pound sterling. [3] The top 15 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 1998 European Tour. [3]
Rank | Player | Prize money ( £) |
---|---|---|
1 |
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51,679 |
2 |
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36,112 |
3 |
![]() |
35,267 |
4 |
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34,537 |
5 |
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32,128 |