2023 Challenge Tour
| Duration | 2 February 2023 – 5 November 2023 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 30 |
| Most wins |  Ricardo Gouveia (2) Matteo Manassero (2) Marco Penge (2) Max Rottluff (2) |
| Rankings | Marco Penge |
← 2022 2024 → | |
The 2023 Challenge Tour was the 35th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.
Schedule
[edit]The following table lists official events during the 2023 season.[1][2]
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (€) |
Winner[a] | OWGR points |
Other tours[b] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Feb | Bain's Whisky Cape Town Open | South Africa | US$350,000 |  Benjamin Follett-Smith (1) |
5.67 | AFR | |
| 12 Feb | Dimension Data Pro-Am | South Africa | R7,000,000 |  Oliver Bekker (1) |
6.05 | AFR | Pro-Am |
| 19 Feb | SDC Open | South Africa | US$350,000 | J. J. Senekal (1) |
5.21 | AFR | |
| 26 Feb | Nelson Mandela Bay Championship | South Africa | US$350,000 | Dylan Mostert (1) |
5.25 | AFR | New tournament |
| 26 Mar | Duncan Taylor Black Bull Challenge | India | US$300,000 |  Om Prakash Chouhan (1) |
4.51 | PGTI | New tournament |
| 31 Mar | The Challenge | India | US$300,000 |  Ugo Coussaud (1) |
4.65 | PGTI | New tournament |
| 30 Apr | Abu Dhabi Challenge | UAE | US$300,000 | Ricardo Gouveia (6) |
6.21 | New tournament | |
| 7 May | UAE Challenge | UAE | US$300,000 | Max Rottluff (1) |
5.85 | New tournament | |
| 21 May | B-NL Challenge Trophy | Netherlands | 250,000 |  Jesper Svensson (1) |
5.41 | ||
| 28 May | Copenhagen Challenge | Denmark | 250,000 | Matteo Manassero (1) |
5.48 | ||
| 4 Jun | D+D Real Czech Challenge | Czech Republic | 265,000 | Andrea Pavan (5) |
4.67 | ||
| 11 Jun | Andalucía Challenge de Cádiz | Spain | 250,000 | Sam Hutsby (2) |
5.32 | ||
| 18 Jun | Kaskáda Golf Challenge | Czech Republic | 265,000 | Lorenzo Scalise (1) |
4.48 | ||
| 25 Jun | Blot Open de Bretagne | France | 270,000 |  Stuart Manley (4) |
4.44 | ||
| 2 Jul | Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge | France | 260,000 | Darren Fichardt (2) |
5.51 | ||
| 9 Jul | Italian Challenge Open | Italy | 350,000 | Matteo Manassero (2) |
5.71 | ||
| 16 Jul | Euram Bank Open | Austria | 250,000 | Casey Jarvis (1) |
4.20 | ||
| 23 Jul | Big Green Egg German Challenge | Germany | 250,000 | Francesco Laporta (3) |
5.09 | ||
| 30 Jul | Irish Challenge | Ireland | 250,000 | Brandon Robinson-Thompson (1) |
5.78 | ||
| 6 Aug | British Challenge | England | £230,000 | Alex Fitzpatrick (1) |
6.14 | ||
| 13 Aug | Farmfoods Scottish Challenge | Scotland | £230,000 | Sam Bairstow (1) |
5.82 | ||
| 20 Aug | Vierumäki Finnish Challenge | Finland | 250,000 |  Lauri Ruuska (1) |
3.43 | ||
| 27 Aug | Dormy Open | Sweden | 250,000 | Jacques Kruyswijk (1) |
5.71 | ||
| 3 Sep | Indoor Golf Group Challenge | Sweden | 250,000 | Max Rottluff (2) |
5.93 | ||
| 10 Sep | Challenge de España | Spain | 250,000 | Martin Couvra (a) (1) |
6.00 | ||
| 17 Sep | Open de Portugal | Portugal | 250,000 | Marco Penge (1) |
6.43 | ||
| 24 Sep | Swiss Challenge | France | 250,000 | Adam Blommé (1) |
5.78 | ||
| 8 Oct | Hopps Open de Provence | France | 260,000 |  Lucas Vacarisas (1) |
5.10 | ||
| 16 Oct | Hainan Open | China | US$500,000 | Ricardo Gouveia (7) |
4.27 | CHN | |
| 5 Nov | Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final | Spain | 500,000 | Marco Penge (2) |
3.51 | Tour Championship |
Rankings
[edit]The rankings were titled as the Road to Mallorca and were based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[3][4] The top 21 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 2024 European Tour (DP World Tour).[c][6]
| Rank | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marco Penge |
1,285 |
| 2 | Casey Jarvis |
1,278 |
| 3 | Manuel Elvira |
1,262 |
| 4 | Ugo Coussaud |
1,240 |
| 5 | Jesper Svensson |
1,221 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ AFR − Sunshine Tour; CHN − China Tour; PGTI − Professional Golf Tour of India.
- ^ Alex Fitzpatrick (11th) was already exempt via the 2023 Race to Dubai;[5] status was extended to the player ranked 21st (Stuart Manley).
References
[edit]- ^ "2023 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- ^ "Challenge Tour Announces 2023 Global Schedule". European Tour. 14 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- ^ "2023 Road to Mallorca". European Tour. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ Grimshaw, Harry (5 November 2023). "Marco Penge crowned Challenge Tour Number One". Gulf News. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ Ballengee, Ryan (30 October 2023). "The 116 DP World Tour players who got their 2023-24 cards from the Race to Dubai points list". Golf News Net. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
- ^ Cradock, Matt (5 November 2023). "Which Players Secured A DP World Tour Card At The Challenge Tour Grand Final?". Golf Monthly. Retrieved 6 November 2023.