Year: | 2023 |
Tour: | Challenge Tour |
Regular Season: | – |
No Of Events: | 30 |
Most Wins: | Ricardo Gouveia (2) Matteo Manassero (2) Marco Penge (2) Max Rottluff (2) |
Honor1: | Rankings |
Honoree1: | Marco Penge |
Prevseason: | 2022 |
Nextseason: | 2024 |
The 2023 Challenge Tour was the 35th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.
The following table lists official events during the 2023 season.[1] [2]
Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (€) | Winner | OWGR points | Other tours | Notes | |
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Bain's Whisky Cape Town Open | South Africa | US$350,000 | Benjamin Follett-Smith (1) | 5.67 | ||||
Dimension Data Pro-Am | South Africa | R7,000,000 | Oliver Bekker (1) | 6.05 | Pro-Am | |||
SDC Open | South Africa | US$350,000 | J. J. Senekal (1) | 5.21 | ||||
Nelson Mandela Bay Championship | South Africa | US$350,000 | Dylan Mostert (1) | 5.25 | New tournament | |||
Duncan Taylor Black Bull Challenge | India | US$300,000 | Om Prakash Chouhan (1) | 4.51 | New tournament | |||
The Challenge | India | US$300,000 | Ugo Coussaud (1) | 4.65 | New tournament | |||
Abu Dhabi Challenge | UAE | US$300,000 | Ricardo Gouveia (6) | 6.21 | New tournament | |||
UAE Challenge | UAE | US$300,000 | Max Rottluff (1) | 5.85 | New tournament | |||
B-NL Challenge Trophy | Netherlands | 250,000 | Jesper Svensson (1) | 5.41 | ||||
Copenhagen Challenge | Denmark | 250,000 | Matteo Manassero (1) | 5.48 | ||||
D+D Real Czech Challenge | Czech Republic | 265,000 | Andrea Pavan (5) | 4.67 | ||||
Andalucía Challenge de Cádiz | Spain | 250,000 | Sam Hutsby (2) | 5.32 | ||||
Kaskáda Golf Challenge | Czech Republic | 265,000 | Lorenzo Scalise (1) | 4.48 | ||||
Blot Open de Bretagne | France | 270,000 | Stuart Manley (4) | 4.44 | ||||
Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge | France | 260,000 | Darren Fichardt (2) | 5.51 | ||||
Italian Challenge Open | Italy | 350,000 | Matteo Manassero (2) | 5.71 | ||||
Euram Bank Open | Austria | 250,000 | Casey Jarvis (1) | 4.20 | ||||
Big Green Egg German Challenge | Germany | 250,000 | Francesco Laporta (3) | 5.09 | ||||
Irish Challenge | Ireland | 250,000 | Brandon Robinson-Thompson (1) | 5.78 | ||||
British Challenge | England | £230,000 | Alex Fitzpatrick (1) | 6.14 | ||||
Farmfoods Scottish Challenge | Scotland | £230,000 | Sam Bairstow (1) | 5.82 | ||||
Vierumäki Finnish Challenge | Finland | 250,000 | Lauri Ruuska (1) | 3.43 | ||||
Dormy Open | Sweden | 250,000 | Jacques Kruyswijk (1) | 5.71 | ||||
Indoor Golf Group Challenge | Sweden | 250,000 | Max Rottluff (2) | 5.93 | ||||
Challenge de España | Spain | 250,000 | Martin Couvra (a) (1) | 6.00 | ||||
Open de Portugal | Portugal | 250,000 | Marco Penge (1) | 6.43 | ||||
Swiss Challenge | France | 250,000 | Adam Blommé (1) | 5.78 | ||||
Hopps Open de Provence | France | 260,000 | Lucas Vacarisas (1) | 5.10 | ||||
Hainan Open | China | US$500,000 | Ricardo Gouveia (7) | 4.27 | ||||
Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final | Spain | 500,000 | Marco Penge (2) | 3.51 | Tour Championship |
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).[5]
Rank | Player | Points | |
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1 | 1,285 | ||
2 | 1,278 | ||
3 | 1,262 | ||
4 | 1,240 | ||
5 | 1,221 |