2017 Challenge Tour

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The 2017 Challenge Tour is a series of professional golf tournaments collectively known as the Challenge Tour.

The Challenge Tour is Europe's official developmental tour and is organised by the PGA European Tour. It was introduced in 1986 and was originally called the Satellite Tour, before being renamed with its present title in 1990.[1]

Tournament schedule[]

The 2017 schedule is set out below.[2] The numbers in brackets after winners' names show the player's total number of wins on the Challenge Tour including that event. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Challenge Tour because success at this level soon leads to promotion to the European Tour.

Dates Tournament Host country Winner OWGR
points		 Notes
26 Mar Barclays Kenya Open Kenya England Aaron Rai (1) 12
23 Apr Turkish Airlines Challenge Turkey England Ryan Evans (1) 12
14 May Open de Portugal Portugal England Matt Wallace (1) 18 Dual-ranking event with European Tour
21 May Andalucía Costa del Sol Match Play 9 Spain England Aaron Rai (2) 12 New tournament
28 May D+D Real Czech Challenge Czech Republic United States Julian Suri (1) 12
4 Jun Swiss Challenge Switzerland Switzerland (1) 12
11 Jun KPMG Trophy Belgium Austria Martin Wiegele (4) 12
18 Jun Hauts de France Golf Open France France Julien Guerrier (1) 12
25 Jun Made in Denmark Challenge Denmark Sweden Oscar Stark (1) 12
2 Jul SSE Scottish Hydro Challenge Scotland England Richard McEvoy (2) 12
9 Jul Prague Golf Challenge Czech Republic England Garrick Porteous (1) 12 New tournament
16 Jul Italian Challenge Open Italy Sweden Joel Sjöholm (1) 12
23 Jul Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge France England Aaron Rai (3) 12 Rai earns promotion to European Tour
30 Jul Swedish Challenge Sweden Argentina Estanislao Goya (3) 12
6 Aug Vierumäki Finnish Challenge Finland England Paul Howard (1) 12
13 Aug Galgorm Resort & Spa Northern Ireland Open Northern Ireland France (1) 12
20 Aug Viking Challenge Norway France Clément Sordet (3) 12
26 Aug Rolex Trophy Switzerland Spain (1) 12
3 Sep Cordon Golf Open France Iceland (1) 12 Reduced to 54 holes
10 Sep Bridgestone Challenge England Sweden Oscar Lengdén (1) 12
17 Sep Irish Challenge Ireland France Julien Guerrier (2) 12
24 Sep Kazakhstan Open Kazakhstan Finland Tapio Pulkkanen (1) 13
1 Oct Challenge de España Spain France Victor Perez (1) 12
15 Oct Hainan Open China South Africa Erik van Rooyen (1) 13 Co-sanctioned with China Tour
22 Oct Foshan Open China Wales Oliver Farr (2) 13 Co-sanctioned with China Tour
28 Oct Ras Al Khaimah Golf Challenge United Arab Emirates Sweden Jens Dantorp (2) 13
4 Nov NBO Golf Classic Grand Final Oman France Clément Sordet (4) 17 Flagship event

Rankings[]

For full rankings, see 2017 Challenge Tour graduates.

Rank Player Country Points
1 Tapio Pulkkanen  Finland 210,799
2 Clément Sordet  France 181,312
3 Erik van Rooyen  South Africa 160,876
4 Aaron Rai  England 139,435
5 Marcus Kinhult  Sweden 139,419

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Tour History". PGA European Tour. Archived from the original on 22 July 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Challenge Tour Schedule 2017". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 10 October 2017.

External links[]

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