2001 Challenge Tour

The following table lists official events during the 2001 season.^[1]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (€)	Winner[a]	OWGR points	Other tours[b]	Notes
4 Mar	Tusker Kenya Open	Kenya	£75,000	Ashley Roestoff (1)	6
11 Mar	Stanbic Zambia Open	Zambia	£50,000	Mark Foster (1)	6	AFR	New to Challenge Tour
1 Apr	Segura Viudas Challenge de España	Spain	90,000	Euan Little (1)	6
29 Apr	Open Golf Montecchia - PGA Triveneta	Italy	115,000	Andrew Sherborne (1)	6		New tournament
6 May	Credit Suisse Private Banking Open	Switzerland	105,000	Greig Hutcheon (2)	6
20 May	Austrian Open	Austria	90,000	Chris Gane (1)	6
27 May	Aa St Omer Open	France	150,000	Sébastien Delagrange (1)	6
3 Jun	NCC Open	Sweden	SKr 840,000	Benn Barham (1)	6
10 Jun	Nykredit Danish Open	Denmark	110,000	Sébastien Delagrange (2)	6
17 Jun	Galeria Kaufhof Pokal Challenge	Germany	85,000	Wolfgang Huget (1)	6		New tournament
24 Jun	DEXIA-BIL Luxembourg Open	Luxembourg	90,000	Grant Hamerton (1)	6
1 Jul	Open des Volcans	France	90,000	Scott Drummond (1)	6
8 Jul	Challenge Total Fina Elf	France	120,000	Kenneth Ferrie (2)	6		New tournament
15 Jul	Volvo Finnish Open	Finland	80,000	Peter Hedblom (4)	6
22 Jul	Günther Hamburg Classic	Germany	280,000	Peter Hanson (1)	6
29 Jul	Charles Church European Challenge Tour Championship	England	£130,000	Mark Foster (2)	6
5 Aug	BMW Russian Open	Russia	£100,000	Jamie Donaldson (1)	6
12 Aug	Talma Finnish Challenge	Finland	150,000	Klas Eriksson (4)	6		New tournament
19 Aug	North West of Ireland Open	Ireland	350,000	Tobias Dier (1)	16	EUR
26 Aug	Rolex Trophy	Switzerland	CHF 150,000	Stuart Little (2)	6
26 Aug	Skandia PGA Open	Sweden	SKr 800,000	Christophe Pottier (1)	6
2 Sep	Formby Hall Challenge	England	£50,000	Sam Little (1)	6
8 Sep	Muermans Real Estate Challenge	Netherlands	120,000	Dominique Nouailhac (1)	6
16 Sep	Telia Grand Prix	Sweden	SKr 1,100,000	Jamie Donaldson (2)	6
30 Sep	PGA of Austria Masters	Austria	135,000	Iain Pyman (3)	6		New tournament
6 Oct	San Paolo Vita & Asset Management Open	Italy	125,000	Mads Vibe-Hastrup (1)	6
14 Oct	Hardelot Challenge de France	France	120,000	Mårten Olander (1)	6
21 Oct	Terme Euganee International Open Padova	Italy	115,000	Chris Gane (2)	6		New tournament
4 Nov	Challenge Tour Grand Final	France	200,000	Richard Bland (1)	6		Tour Championship

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 2002 European Tour.^[4]

Rank	Player	Prize money (€)
1	Mark Foster	97,737
2	Jamie Donaldson	92,740
3	Philip Golding	79,731
4	Andrew Marshall	75,841
5	Gary Clark	72,950