2017 Challenge Tour

The 2017 Challenge Tour is 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 2017 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.

DatesTournamentHost countryWinnerOWGR
points
Notes
26 MarBarclays Kenya OpenKenya Aaron Rai (1)12
23 AprTurkish Airlines ChallengeTurkey Ryan Evans (1)12
14 MayOpen de PortugalPortugal Matt Wallace (1)18Dual-ranking event with European Tour
21 MayAndalucía Costa del Sol Match Play 9Spain Aaron Rai (2)12New tournament
28 MayD+D Real Czech ChallengeCzech Republic Julian Suri (1)12
4 JunSwiss ChallengeSwitzerland Joel Girrbach (1)12
11 JunKPMG TrophyBelgium Martin Wiegele (4)12
18 JunHauts de France Golf OpenFrance Julien Guerrier (1)12
25 JunMade in Denmark ChallengeDenmark Oscar Stark (1)12
2 JulSSE Scottish Hydro ChallengeScotland Richard McEvoy (2)12
9 JulPrague Golf ChallengeCzech Republic Garrick Porteous (1)12New tournament
16 JulItalian Challenge OpenItaly Joel Sjöholm (1)12
23 JulLe Vaudreuil Golf ChallengeFrance Aaron Rai (3)12Rai earns promotion to European Tour
30 JulSwedish ChallengeSweden Estanislao Goya (3)12
6 AugVierumäki Finnish ChallengeFinland Paul Howard (1)12
13 AugGalgorm Resort & Spa Northern Ireland OpenNorthern Ireland Robin Sciot-Siegrist (1)12
20 AugViking ChallengeNorway Clément Sordet (3)12
26 AugRolex TrophySwitzerland Pedro Oriol (1)12
3 SepCordon Golf OpenFrance Birgir Hafþórsson (1)12Reduced to 54 holes
10 SepBridgestone ChallengeEngland Oscar Lengdén (1)12
17 SepIrish ChallengeIreland Julien Guerrier (2)12
24 SepKazakhstan OpenKazakhstan Tapio Pulkkanen (1)13
1 OctChallenge de EspañaSpain Victor Perez (1)12
15 OctHainan OpenChina Erik van Rooyen (1)13Co-sanctioned with China Tour
22 OctFoshan OpenChina Oliver Farr (2)13Co-sanctioned with China Tour
28 OctRas Al Khaimah Golf ChallengeUnited Arab Emirates Jens Dantorp (2)13
4 NovNBO Golf Classic Grand FinalOman Clément Sordet (4)17Flagship event

Rankings

For full rankings, see 2017 Challenge Tour graduates.

RankPlayerCountryPoints
1Tapio Pulkkanen Finland210,799
2Clément Sordet France181,312
3Erik van Rooyen South Africa160,876
4Aaron Rai England139,435
5Marcus Kinhult Sweden139,419

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 2017". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
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