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 OpenKenyaEngland Aaron Rai (1)12
23 AprTurkish Airlines ChallengeTurkeyEngland Ryan Evans (1)12
14 MayOpen de PortugalPortugalEngland Matt Wallace (1)18Dual-ranking event with European Tour
21 MayAndalucía Costa del Sol Match Play 9SpainEngland Aaron Rai (2)12New tournament
28 MayD+D Real Czech ChallengeCzech RepublicUnited States Julian Suri (1)12
4 JunSwiss ChallengeSwitzerlandSwitzerland Joel Girrbach (1)12
11 JunKPMG TrophyBelgiumAustria Martin Wiegele (4)12
18 JunHauts de France Golf OpenFranceFrance Julien Guerrier (1)12
25 JunMade in Denmark ChallengeDenmarkSweden Oscar Stark (1)12
2 JulSSE Scottish Hydro ChallengeScotlandEngland Richard McEvoy (2)12
9 JulPrague Golf ChallengeCzech RepublicEngland Garrick Porteous (1)12New tournament
16 JulItalian Challenge OpenItalySweden Joel Sjöholm (1)12
23 JulLe Vaudreuil Golf ChallengeFranceEngland Aaron Rai (3)12Rai earns promotion to European Tour
30 JulSwedish ChallengeSwedenArgentina Estanislao Goya (3)12
6 AugVierumäki Finnish ChallengeFinlandEngland Paul Howard (1)12
13 AugGalgorm Resort & Spa Northern Ireland OpenNorthern IrelandFrance Robin Sciot-Siegrist (1)12
20 AugViking ChallengeNorwayFrance Clément Sordet (3)12
26 AugRolex TrophySwitzerlandSpain Pedro Oriol (1)12
3 SepCordon Golf OpenFranceIceland Birgir Hafþórsson (1)12Reduced to 54 holes
10 SepBridgestone ChallengeEnglandSweden Oscar Lengdén (1)12
17 SepIrish ChallengeIrelandFrance Julien Guerrier (2)12
24 SepKazakhstan OpenKazakhstanFinland Tapio Pulkkanen (1)13
1 OctChallenge de EspañaSpainFrance Victor Perez (1)12
15 OctHainan OpenChinaSouth Africa Erik van Rooyen (1)13
22 OctFoshan OpenChinaWales Oliver Farr (2)13
28 OctRas Al Khaimah Golf ChallengeUnited Arab EmiratesSweden Jens Dantorp (2)13
4 NovNBO Golf Classic Grand FinalOmanFrance Clément Sordet (4)17

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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