Professional career

Mason turned professional in 1999 after a successful amateur career which included reaching the semifinals of The Amateur Championship

The Amateur Championship

The Amateur Championship is a golf tournament which is held annually in the United Kingdom. It is one of the two leading individual tournaments for amateur golfers, alongside the U.S. Amateur...

 in 1998. He joined the second-tier Challenge Tour

Challenge Tour

The Challenge Tour is the second tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European Tour and as with on the main European Tour and the European Seniors Tour, some of the events are played outside of Europe...

 in 2001 and from 2003 to 2005 he played full-time on the European Tour, where his best finish was second in the 2003 Aa St Omer Open

Aa St Omer Open

The Saint-Omer Open is an annual men's professional golf tournament which played at Saint-Omer Golf Club in Saint-Omer, France. The tournament was founded in 1997 and was part of the MasterCard Tour a year later, before taking its place on the Challenge Tour for the 2000 season...

. However he never finished within the top 120 money earners who maintain their tour rights automatically; his best Order of Merit finish was 134th in 2005. In 2006 Mason returned to playing the Challenge Tour full-time, where he recorded his first professional win in 2007 at the Open Mahou de Madrid

Open Mahou de Madrid

The Open Mahou de Madrid was a men's professional golf tournament on the Challenge Tour from 2005 to 2007.There is also a Madrid Open on the European Tour.-Tournament hosts:*2007 Casino Club de Golf Retamares*2006 Club de Golf La Herreria...

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Challenge Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning Score	Margin of Victory	Runners-up
1	27 May 2007 2007 Challenge Tour The 2007 Challenge Tour was a series of golf tournaments known as the Challenge Tour, the official development tour run by the PGA European Tour...	Open Mahou de Madrid Open Mahou de Madrid The Open Mahou de Madrid was a men's professional golf tournament on the Challenge Tour from 2005 to 2007.There is also a Madrid Open on the European Tour.-Tournament hosts:*2007 Casino Club de Golf Retamares*2006 Club de Golf La Herreria...	-8 (70-66-69=205)	1 stroke	Tim Milford,   Álvaro Velasco Álvaro Velasco (golfer) Álvaro Velasco Roca is a Spanish professional golfer.Velasco was born in Barcelona and attended Coastal Carolina University on a golf scholarship where he graduated with a degree in Business Administration...

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