2018 Challenge Tour

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The 2018 Challenge Tour was 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 2018 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
25 Mar Barclays Kenya Open Kenya Italy Lorenzo Gagli (1) 12
15 Apr Belt & Road Colorful Yunnan Open China Finland Kim Koivu (1) 9 New tournament, co-sanctioned with China Tour
29 Apr Turkish Airlines Challenge Turkey Denmark Joachim B. Hansen (1) 12
6 May Challenge de España Spain Sweden Oscar Lengdén (2) 12
13 May Open de Portugal Portugal Australia Dimitrios Papadatos (1) 12
20 May Andalucía Costa del Sol Match Play 9 Spain Scotland Liam Johnston (1) 12
27 May D+D Real Czech Challenge Czech Republic South Korea Kim Min-kyu (1) 12
3 Jun Swiss Challenge Switzerland Germany Marcel Schneider (1) 12
10 Jun KPMG Trophy Belgium Portugal Pedro Figueiredo (1) 12
17 Jun Hauts de France Golf Open France Wales Stuart Manley (2) 12
24 Jun SSE Scottish Hydro Challenge Scotland Scotland David Law (1) 12
1 Jul Made in Denmark Challenge Denmark Denmark Joachim B. Hansen (2) 12
8 Jul Prague Golf Challenge Czech Republic England (1) 12
15 Jul Italian Challenge Italy Sweden Sebastian Söderberg (2) 12
22 Jul Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge France England Richard McEvoy (3) 12
29 Jul Euram Bank Open Austria Netherlands Darius van Driel (1) 12 New tournament
5 Aug Swedish Challenge Sweden England Oliver Wilson (1) 12
12 Aug Vierumäki Finnish Challenge Finland Finland Kim Koivu (2) 12
19 Aug Galgorm Resort & Spa Northern Ireland Open Northern Ireland Scotland Calum Hill (1) 12
25 Aug Rolex Trophy Switzerland Finland Kim Koivu (3) 12 Koivu earns promotion to European Tour
2 Sep Cordon Golf Open France England Jack Singh Brar (1) 12
9 Sep Bridgestone Challenge England England Tom Lewis (1) 12
16 Sep Kazakhstan Open Kazakhstan Scotland Liam Johnston (2) 13
23 Sep Hopps Open de Provence France France Romain Langasque (1) 12 New tournament
7 Oct Monaghan Irish Challenge Republic of Ireland England Oliver Wilson (2) 12
14 Oct Hainan Open China Finland Kalle Samooja (1) 13 Co-sanctioned with China Tour
21 Oct Foshan Open China France Victor Perez (2) 13 Co-sanctioned with China Tour
3 Nov Ras Al Khaimah Challenge Tour Grand Final United Arab Emirates Spain Adri Arnaus (1) 17 Flagship event

Rankings[]

For full rankings, see 2018 Challenge Tour graduates.

Rank Player Country Points
1 Joachim B. Hansen  Denmark 192,320
2 Adri Arnaus  Spain 185,836
3 Victor Perez  France 184,236
4 Kalle Samooja  Finland 140,243
5 Sebastian Söderberg  Sweden 140,167

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 2018". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 19 January 2018.

External links[]

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