Tour Challenge | |
Established: | 2015 |
Current Host City: | Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island |
Current Arena: | Bell Aliant Centre |
Purse: | CAD$175,000 |
Current Men's Champion: | Bruce Mouat |
Current Women's Champion: | Kerri Einarson |
Current: | 2024 Tour Challenge |
The Tour Challenge, known as the HearingLife Tour Challenge for sponsorship reasons, is a bonspiel, or curling tournament, which is one of the Grand Slam of Curling events. It was introduced into the Grand Slam lineup starting in the 2015–16 curling season.[1]
The event features a men's and women's draw, and is split into two tiers of 16 teams each, Tier 1 and Tier 2.[2]
From 2022 to 2023, the format consisted of four pools, where each team played all four of their games against the four teams of another pool. The top 8 teams overall made the playoffs. In 2023, tiebreakers were dropped.[2] In 2024, the event became a triple knockout event[3] for the first time.
The top 16 teams on the World Curling Federation team ranking qualify for the Tier 1 event, while the next top 16 teams qualify for the Tier 2 event. The winning team at the Tier 2 event qualifies for another Grand Slam, the Canadian Open.[2]
Year | Winning team | Runner-up team | Location | Purse | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
$100,000 | |||||
$100,000 | |||||
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker | $100,000 | ||||
$100,000 | |||||
$120,000 | |||||
2020 | Cancelled | ||||
2021 | Cancelled | ||||
$120,000 | |||||
$175,000 | |||||
$175,000 |
Year | Winning team | Runner-up team | Purse | |
---|---|---|---|---|
2015 | $50,000 | |||
2016 | $50,000 | |||
2017 | $50,000 | |||
2018 | $50,000 | |||
2019 | $50,000 | |||
2020 | Cancelled | |||
2021 | Cancelled | |||
$50,000 | ||||
$60,000 | ||||
$60,000 |
Year | Winning team | Runner-up team | Location | Purse | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
$100,000 | |||||
$100,000 | |||||
$100,000 | |||||
$100,000 | |||||
$120,000 | |||||
2020 | Cancelled | ||||
2021 | Cancelled | ||||
$120,000 | |||||
$175,000 | |||||
$175,000 |
Year | Winning team | Runner-up team | Purse | |
---|---|---|---|---|
2015 | $50,000 | |||
2016 | $50,000 | |||
2017 | $50,000 | |||
2018 | $50,000 | |||
2019 | $50,000 | |||
2020 | Cancelled | |||
2021 | Cancelled | |||
$50,000 | ||||
$60,000 | ||||
$60,000 |