2000 Challenge Tour

The following table lists official events during the 2000 season.^[1]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (€)	Winner[a]	OWGR points	Other tours[b]	Notes
20 Feb	Challenge de España	Spain	78,000	Eric Carlberg (2)	6
12 Mar	Tusker Kenya Open	Kenya	£70,000	Trevor Immelman (1)	6
7 May	Credit Suisse Private Banking Open	Switzerland	£60,000	Álvaro Salto (2)	6		New tournament
14 May	Costa Blanca Challenge	Spain	80,000	Johan Ryström (3)	6		New tournament
28 May	Muermans Real Estate Challenge Open	Netherlands	120,000	Richard Gillot (1)	6
4 Jun	Danish Open	Denmark	95,000	Fredrik Henge (3)	6
11 Jun	NCC Open	Sweden	SKr 750,000	David Higgins (1)	6
11 Jun	Aa St Omer Open	France	1,000,000 F	Pascal Edmond (1)	6		New to Challenge Tour
25 Jun	DEXIA-BIL Luxembourg Open	Luxembourg	80,000	Henrik Stenson (1)	6
2 Jul	Open des Volcans	France	600,000 F	Renaud Guillard (1)	6
9 Jul	Volvo Finnish Open	Finland	80,000	Jean Hugo (1)	6
23 Jul	Günther Hamburg Classic	Germany	£150,000	David Higgins (2)	6
30 Jul	Beazer Homes Challenge Tour Championship	England	£90,000	Shaun P. Webster (1)	6
6 Aug	BMW Russian Open	Russia	£100,000	Marco Bernardini (1)	6
13 Aug	Finnish Masters	Finland	132,500	Christian Cévaër (3)	6
20 Aug	Norwegian Open	Norway	£50,000	Paul Nilbrink (2)	6
20 Aug	Buzzgolf.com North West of Ireland Open	Ireland	350,000	Massimo Scarpa (3)	24	EUR
27 Aug	Rolex Trophy	Switzerland	CHF 150,000	David Higgins (3)	6
2 Sep	Formby Hall Challenge	England	£55,000	Fredrik Henge (4)	6
10 Sep	Tessali Open del Sud	Italy	78,000	Kenneth Ferrie (1)	6
17 Sep	Gula Sidorna Grand Prix	Sweden	SKr 1,100,000	Henrik Stenson (2)	6
7 Oct	San Paolo Vita Open	Italy	78,000	Dennis Edlund (5)	6
15 Oct	Le Touquet Challenge de France	France	122,000	Fredrik Andersson (2)	6
5 Nov	Cuba Challenge Tour Grand Final	Cuba	US$128,000	Henrik Stenson (3)	6		Tour Championship

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]	OWGR points	Notes
25 Jun	Memorial Olivier Barras	Switzerland	63,000	Adriano Mori (1)	n/a
2 Jul	UBS Warburg Swiss Golf Open Neuchâtel	Switzerland	63,000	Steve Rey (2)	n/a

The rankings were based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros.^[2][3] The top 15 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 2001 European Tour.^[4]

Rank	Player	Prize money (€)
1	Henrik Stenson	108,710
2	David Higgins	81,040
3	Carlos Rodiles	71,679
4	Mikael Lundberg	71,607
5	Michele Reale	52,978