| Year: | 2018 |
| Tour: | Challenge Tour |
| Regular Season: | – |
| No Of Events: | 28 |
| Most Wins: |  Kim Koivu (3) |
| Honor1: | Rankings |
| Honoree1: |  Joachim B. Hansen |
| Prevseason: | 2017 |
| Nextseason: | 2019 |
The 2018 Challenge Tour was the 30th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.
The following table lists official events during the 2018 season.[1]
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (€) | Winner | OWGR points | Other tours | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Mar | Kenya | 500,000 |  Lorenzo Gagli (1) | 12 | ||||
| 15 Apr | China | US$350,000 | Kim Koivu (1) | 9 | New to Challenge Tour | |||
| 29 Apr | Turkey | 200,000 | Joachim B. Hansen (1) | 12 | ||||
| 6 May | Spain | 200,000 |  Oscar Lengdén (2) | 12 | ||||
| 13 May | Portugal | 200,000 |  Dimitrios Papadatos (1) | 12 | ||||
| 20 May | Spain | 200,000 | Liam Johnston (1) | 12 | ||||
| 27 May | Czech Republic | 185,000 |  Kim Min-kyu (1) | 12 | ||||
| 3 Jun | Switzerland | 180,000 |  Marcel Schneider (1) | 12 | ||||
| 10 Jun | Belgium | 180,000 | Pedro Figueiredo (1) | 12 | ||||
| 17 Jun | France | 180,000 | Stuart Manley (2) | 12 | ||||
| 24 Jun | Scotland | 250,000 | David Law (1) | 12 | ||||
| 1 Jul | Denmark | 180,000 | Joachim B. Hansen (2) | 12 | ||||
| 8 Jul | Czech Republic | 185,000 | Ben Stow (1) | 12 | ||||
| 15 Jul | Italy | 300,000 | Sebastian Söderberg (2) | 12 | ||||
| 22 Jul | France | 210,000 | Richard McEvoy (3) | 12 | ||||
| 29 Jul | Austria | 180,000 |  Darius van Driel (1) | 12 | New tournament | |||
| 5 Aug | Sweden | 200,000 | Oliver Wilson (1) | 12 | ||||
| 12 Aug | Finland | 180,000 | Kim Koivu (2) | 12 | ||||
| 19 Aug | Northern Ireland | 180,000 | Calum Hill (1) | 12 | ||||
| 25 Aug | Switzerland | 250,000 | Kim Koivu (3) | 12 | ||||
| 2 Sep | France | 230,000 | Jack Singh Brar (1) | 12 | ||||
| 9 Sep | England | 180,000 | Tom Lewis (1) | 12 | ||||
| 16 Sep | Kazakhstan | 450,000 | Liam Johnston (2) | 13 | ||||
| 23 Sep | France | 200,000 |  Romain Langasque (1) | 12 | New tournament | |||
| 7 Oct | Ireland | 180,000 | Oliver Wilson (2) | 12 | ||||
| 14 Oct | China | US$350,000 | Kalle Samooja (1) | 13 | ||||
| 21 Oct | China | US$500,000 | Victor Perez (2) | 13 | ||||
| 3 Nov | UAE | 420,000 |  Adri Arnaus (1) | 17 | Flagship event |
The rankings were titled as the Road to Ras Al Khaimah and were based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[2] [3] The top 15 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 2019 European Tour.[4]
| Rank | Player | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 222,320 | ||
| 2 | 205,836 | ||
| 3 | 194,236 | ||
| 4 | 140,243 | ||
| 5 | 140,167 |