2019 Challenge Tour

The 2019 Challenge Tour was the 31st 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]

2019 Challenge Tour season
Duration25 April 2019 (2019-04-25) – 10 November 2019 (2019-11-10)
Number of official events24
Most wins2:
Scotland Calum Hill
Italy Francesco Laporta
France Antoine Rozner
Challenge Tour RankingsItaly Francesco Laporta
← 2018
2020 →

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2019 season.[2]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(€)		Winner[lower-alpha 1]OWGR
points		Other
tours[lower-alpha 2]		Notes
28 AprTurkish Airlines ChallengeTurkey200,000Scotland Connor Syme (1)12
5 MayChallenge de EspañaSpain200,000France Antoine Rozner (1)12
12 MayPrague Golf ChallengeCzech Republic200,000France Antoine Rozner (2)12
26 MayD+D Real Czech ChallengeCzech Republic200,000England Ross McGowan (3)12
9 JunSwiss ChallengeSwitzerland185,000Portugal Ricardo Santos (3)12
16 JunHauts de France – Pas de Calais Golf OpenFrance190,000France Robin Roussel (1)12
23 JunAndalucía Costa del Sol Match Play 9Spain200,000Norway Eirik Tage Johansen (1)12
30 JunItalian Challenge Open Eneos Motor OilItaly300,000England Matthew Jordan (1)12
7 JulD+D Real Slovakia ChallengeSlovakia200,000Wales Rhys Enoch (1)12
14 JulLe Vaudreuil Golf ChallengeFrance210,000England Steven Tiley (1)12
21 JulEuram Bank OpenAustria185,000Scotland Calum Hill (2)12
4 AugVierumäki Finnish ChallengeFinland200,000Portugal José-Filipe Lima (5)12
10 AugMade in Denmark ChallengeDenmark200,000Scotland Calum Hill (3)12
18 AugISPS Handa World InvitationalNorthern IrelandUS$250,000England Jack Senior (2)12New tournament
24 AugRolex TrophySwitzerland290,000Netherlands Darius van Driel (2)12
1 SepKPMG TrophyBelgium185,000England Dale Whitnell (1)12
8 SepOpen de BretagneFrance200,000Germany Sebastian Heisele (1)12
15 SepOpen de PortugalPortugal200,000Poland Adrian Meronk (1)12
29 SepHopps Open de ProvenceFrance200,000Netherlands Lars van Meijel (1)12
6 OctLalla Aïcha Challenge TourMorocco200,000Wales Oliver Farr (3)12New tournament
13 OctStone Irish ChallengeIreland200,000Spain Emilio Cuartero (1)12
20 OctHainan OpenChinaUS$350,000Italy Francesco Laporta (1)13CHN
27 OctFoshan OpenChinaUS$500,000China Bai Zhengkai (n/a)13CHN
10 NovChallenge Tour Grand FinalSpain420,000Italy Francesco Laporta (2)17Flagship event

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the Challenge Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(€)		 Winner OWGR
points		 Other
tours[lower-alpha 2]		 Notes
6 AprJordan Mixed OpenJordanUS$393,000Netherlands Daan Huizingn/aEST, LETNew tournament
Mixed event

Challenge Tour Rankings

For full rankings, see 2019 Challenge Tour graduates.

The rankings were titled as the Road to Mallorca and were based on prize money won during the season, calculated using a points-based system. The top 15 players on the tour earned status to play on the 2020 European Tour.

RankPlayerPoints
1Italy Francesco Laporta210,122
2Scotland Calum Hill146,834
3England Richard Bland142,402
4Germany Sebastian Heisele130,405
5Poland Adrian Meronk128,732

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. CHN − China Tour; EST − European Senior Tour; LET − Ladies European Tour.

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.
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