2006 Challenge Tour

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The 2006 season on men's golfs Challenge Tour, the official developmental tour run by the PGA European Tour, was comprised of 31 tournaments played in Europe, Latin America, East Africa and Central Asia. The leading money winner was Mark Pilkington of Wales with earnings of €119,152. Based on tournament wins the most successful countries were the United Kingdom with eight wins, all by different players, (4 by Englishmen, 3 by Welshmen and one by a Scot) and Spain, with six wins by six different players. Frenchman Adrien Mörk shot the first 59 in the history of the PGA European Tour's three tours at the Moroccan Classic.

Dates	Tournament	Host country	Winner	Notes
1-4 Dec	48 Abierto Mexicano Corona	Mexico	Antonio Maldonado (1)
8-11 Dec	Abierto Visa de la Republica	Argentina	Kevin Stadler (1)
2-5 Feb	Guatemala Open	Guatemala	Miguel Carballo (1)
9-12 Feb	Costa Rica Open	Costa Rica	Johan Axgren (2)
22-26 Feb	Estoril Challenge	Portugal	Kyron Sullivan (1)	First event in Europe.
9-12 Mar	Kenya Open	Kenya	Johan Axgren (3)
6-9 Apr	Peugeot Challenge	Spain	David Drysdale (2)
27-30 Apr	Open di Puglia e Basilicata	Italy	Anthony Snobeck (1)
11-14 May	Parco di Monza Challenge	Italy	Alvaro Salto (3)
18-21 May	Telenet Trophy	Belgium	Toni Karjalainen (2)
25-28 May	Moroccan Classic	Morocco	Adrien Mörk (1)	Mörk shot 59 in round 2.
31 May - 3 Jun	Morson International Pro-am Challenge	England	Alvaro Quiros (1)
8-11 Jun	Thomas Bjorn Open	Denmark	Marcus Higley (1)
15-18 Jun	Lexus Open	Norway	Kalle Brink (3)
15-18 Jun	Aa St Omer Open	France	Cesar Monasterio (2)	Also an official money event on the European Tour.
22-25 Jun	Credit Suisse Challenge	Switzerland	Francisco Cea (2)
29 Jun - 2 Jul	Open Mahou de Madrid	Spain	Juan Parron (1)
6-9 Jul	Scottish Challenge	Scotland	Sam Walker (1)
13-16 Jul	Texbond Open	Italy	Carlos del Moral (1)
20-23 Jul	MAN NO Open	Austria	Rafael Cabrera Bello (1)
27-30 Jul	Ryder Cup Wales Challenge	Wales	Sion Bebb (1)
3-6 Aug	Ireland Ryder Cup Challenge	Ireland	John Wade (1)
10-13 Aug	Vodafone Challenge	Germany	Martin Kaymer (1)
17-20 Aug	Rolex Trophy	Switzerland	Alexander Noren (1)
24-27	ECCO Tour Championship	Denmark	James Heath (1)
31 Aug - 3 Sep	Telia Challenge Waxholm	Sweden	Rafael Echenique (1)
14-17 Sep	Open des Volcans	France	Martin Kaymer (2)
22-24 Sep	Challenge de Espana	Spain	Adrien Mörk (2)
28 Sep - 1 Oct	Kazakhstan Open	Kazakhstan	Mark Pilkington (1)
5-8 Oct	Open de Toulouse	France	Julien Foret (1)
19-22 Oct	Apulia San Domenico Grand Final	Italy	James Hepworth (2)	The tour championship.