2019 Challenge Tour

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 2019 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 2019 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		 Purse (€) Notes
28 Apr Turkish Airlines Challenge Turkey Scotland Connor Syme (1) 12 200,000
5 May Challenge de España Spain France Antoine Rozner (1) 12 200,000
12 May Prague Golf Challenge Czech Republic France Antoine Rozner (2) 12 200,000
26 May D+D Real Czech Challenge Czech Republic England Ross McGowan (3) 12 200,000
9 Jun Swiss Challenge Switzerland Portugal Ricardo Santos (3) 12 185,000
16 Jun Hauts de France – Pas de Calais Golf Open France France Robin Roussel (1) 12 190,000
23 Jun Andalucía Costa del Sol Match Play 9 Spain Norway Eirik Tage Johansen (1) 12 200,000
30 Jun Italian Challenge Open Eneos Motor Oil Italy England Matthew Jordan (1) 12 300,000
7 Jul D+D Real Slovakia Challenge Slovakia Wales Rhys Enoch (1) 12 200,000
14 Jul Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge France England Steven Tiley (1) 12 210,000
21 Jul Euram Bank Open Austria Scotland Calum Hill (2) 12 185,000
4 Aug Vierumäki Finnish Challenge Finland Portugal José-Filipe Lima (5) 12 200,000
10 Aug Made in Denmark Challenge Denmark Scotland Calum Hill (3) 12 200,000
18 Aug ISPS Handa World Invitational Northern Ireland England Jack Senior (2) 12 $250,000
24 Aug Rolex Trophy Switzerland Netherlands Darius van Driel (2) 12 290,000
1 Sep KPMG Trophy Belgium England Dale Whitnell (1) 12 185,000
8 Sep Open de Bretagne France Germany Sebastian Heisele (1) 12 200,000
15 Sep Open de Portugal Portugal Poland Adrian Meronk (1) 12 200,000
29 Sep Hopps Open de Provence France Netherlands Lars van Meijel (1) 12 200,000
6 Oct Lalla Aïcha Challenge Tour Morocco Wales Oliver Farr (3) 12 200,000 New tournament
13 Oct Stone Irish Challenge Republic of Ireland Spain (1) 12 200,000
20 Oct Hainan Open China Italy Francesco Laporta (1) 13 $350,000 Co-sanctioned with China Tour
27 Oct Foshan Open China China (n/a) 13 $500,000 Co-sanctioned with China Tour
10 Nov Challenge Tour Grand Final Spain Italy Francesco Laporta (2) 17 420,000 Flagship event

Unofficial event[]

The following tournament appeared on the official schedule, but did not offer official money or ranking points.

Dates Tournament Host country Winner Purse ($) Notes
6 Apr Jordan Mixed Open Jordan Netherlands Daan Huizing 393,000 Co-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour
and European Senior Tour

Rankings[]

For full rankings, see 2019 Challenge Tour graduates.

Rank Player Country Points
1 Francesco Laporta  Italy 210,122
2 Calum Hill  Scotland 146,834
3 Richard Bland  England 142,402
4 Sebastian Heisele  Germany 130,405
5 Adrian Meronk  Poland 128,732

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 2019". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 23 February 2019.

External links[]

Retrieved from ""