2015 Challenge Tour

The 2015 Challenge Tour was the 27th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour. The tour started as the Satellite Tour with its first Order of Merit rankings in 1989 and was officially renamed as the Challenge Tour at the start of the 1990 season.[1]

For the tennis Challenger Tour, see 2015 ATP Challenger Tour.
2015 Challenge Tour season
Duration9 April 2015 (2015-04-09) – 7 November 2015 (2015-11-07)
Number of official events24
Most wins3:
Spain Nacho Elvira
Challenge Tour RankingsPortugal Ricardo Gouveia
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Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2015 season.[2]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(€)		Winner[lower-alpha 1]OWGR
points		Other
tours[lower-alpha 2]		Notes
12 AprBarclays Kenya OpenKenya200,000South Africa Haydn Porteous (1)12
25 AprChallenge de MadridSpain160,000Spain Nacho Elvira (2)12
10 MayTurkish Airlines ChallengeTurkey175,000Wales Rhys Davies (3)12
17 MayMade in Denmark ChallengeDenmark170,000England Max Orrin (2)12New tournament
24 MayKärnten Golf OpenAustria180,000Spain Nacho Elvira (3)12
31 MayD+D Real Czech ChallengeCzech Republic170,000Sweden Jens Fahrbring (2)12
7 JunSwiss ChallengeSwitzerland170,000United States Daniel Im (1)12
14 JunKPMG TrophyBelgium160,000Scotland Jamie McLeary (2)12
21 JunNajeti OpenFrance200,000France Sébastien Gros (1)12
28 JunSSE Scottish Hydro ChallengeScotland250,000England Jack Senior (1)12
5 JulAegean Airlines Challenge TourGermany170,000Portugal Ricardo Gouveia (2)12
12 JulD+D Real Slovakia ChallengeSlovakia165,000Spain Borja Virto (1)12
19 JulFred Olsen Challenge de EspañaSpain160,000Wales Rhys Davies (4)12
26 JulLe Vaudreuil Golf ChallengeFrance200,000New Zealand Ryan Fox (1)12
2 Aug[lower-alpha 3]
22 Mar		Madeira Islands Open - Portugal - BPIPortugal600,000Finland Roope Kakko (3)18EUR
9 AugNorthern Ireland OpenNorthern Ireland170,000France Clément Sordet (1)12
16 AugGant OpenFinland170,000Germany Dominic Foos (1)12
22 AugRolex TrophySwitzerland230,000Spain Nacho Elvira (4)[lower-alpha 4]12
6 SepCordon Golf OpenFrance200,000Australia Scott Arnold (1)12
13 SepKazakhstan OpenKazakhstan450,000France Sébastien Gros (2)13
4 OctEMC Challenge OpenItaly180,000Italy Matteo Delpodio (1)12
11 OctVolopa Irish ChallengeIreland180,000England Tom Murray (1)12New tournament
25 OctFoshan OpenChinaUS$500,000Spain Borja Virto (2)13
7 NovNBO Golf Classic Grand FinalOman375,000Portugal Ricardo Gouveia (3)17Flagship event

Challenge Tour Rankings

For full rankings, see 2015 Challenge Tour graduates.

The rankings were titled as the Road to Oman and were based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros. The top 15 players on the tour earned status to play on the 2016 European Tour.

RankPlayerPrize money (€)
1Portugal Ricardo Gouveia251,592
2France Sébastien Gros178,645
3Spain Borja Virto150,466
4Spain Nacho Elvira114,878
5Denmark Joachim B. Hansen113,135

See also

Notes
  1. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Challenge Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Challenge Tour members. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Challenge Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the European Tour.
  2. EUR − European Tour.
  3. Rescheduled due to persistent bad weather.
  4. Elvira earned immediate promotion to the European Tour, as this was his third win of the season.

References
  1. "Tour History". PGA European Tour. Archived from the original on 22 July 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  2. "Challenge Tour Schedule 2015". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
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