2008 Challenge Tour
The 2008 Challenge Tour was a series of golf tournaments known as the Challenge Tour, the official development tour run by the PGA European Tour. The tour was started as the Satellite Tour in 1986 and was renamed the Challenge Tour ready for the start of the 1990 season. The Challenge Tour Rankings was won by England's David Horsey. Tournament schedule. The table below shows the 2008 Challenge Tour schedule. The season started in November 2007, and was made up of 33 tournaments played in Europe, Latin America, East Africa and Central Asia. The numbers in  brackets after winners' names indicate the player's total number of wins on the Challenge Tour including that event. No-one accumulates many wins on the Challenge Tour because success at this level soon leads to promotion to the European Tour. Rankings. "For full rankings, see 2008 Challenge Tour graduates."