2019 Challenge Tour
The 2019 Challenge Tour was 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.
Tournament schedule
The 2019 schedule is set out below. 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.Dates | Tournament | Host country | Winner | OWGR points | Purse | Notes |
28 Apr | Turkish Airlines Challenge | Turkey | Connor Syme | 12 | 200,000 | |
5 May | Challenge de España | Spain | Antoine Rozner | 12 | 200,000 | |
12 May | Prague Golf Challenge | Czech Republic | Antoine Rozner | 12 | 200,000 | |
26 May | D+D Real Czech Challenge | Czech Republic | Ross McGowan | 12 | 200,000 | |
9 Jun | Swiss Challenge | Switzerland | Ricardo Santos | 12 | 185,000 | |
16 Jun | Hauts de France – Pas de Calais Golf Open | France | Robin Roussel | 12 | 190,000 | |
23 Jun | Andalucía Costa del Sol Match Play 9 | Spain | Eirik Tage Johansen | 12 | 200,000 | |
30 Jun | Italian Challenge Open Eneos Motor Oil | Italy | Matthew Jordan | 12 | 300,000 | |
7 Jul | D+D Real Slovakia Challenge | Slovakia | Rhys Enoch | 12 | 200,000 | |
14 Jul | Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge | France | Steven Tiley | 12 | 210,000 | |
21 Jul | Euram Bank Open | Austria | Calum Hill | 12 | 185,000 | |
4 Aug | Vierumäki Finnish Challenge | Finland | José-Filipe Lima | 12 | 200,000 | |
10 Aug | Made in Denmark Challenge | Denmark | Calum Hill | 12 | 200,000 | |
18 Aug | ISPS Handa World Invitational | Northern Ireland | Jack Senior | 12 | $250,000 | |
24 Aug | Rolex Trophy | Switzerland | Darius van Driel | 12 | 290,000 | |
1 Sep | KPMG Trophy | Belgium | Dale Whitnell | 12 | 185,000 | |
8 Sep | Open de Bretagne | France | Sebastian Heisele | 12 | 200,000 | |
15 Sep | Open de Portugal | Portugal | Adrian Meronk | 12 | 200,000 | |
29 Sep | Hopps Open de Provence | France | Lars van Meijel | 12 | 200,000 | |
6 Oct | Lalla Aïcha Challenge Tour | Morocco | Oliver Farr | 12 | 200,000 | New tournament |
13 Oct | Stone Irish Challenge | Republic of Ireland | Emilio Cuartero | 12 | 200,000 | |
20 Oct | Hainan Open | China | Francesco Laporta | 13 | $350,000 | Co-sanctioned with China Tour |
27 Oct | Foshan Open | China | Bai Zhengkai | 13 | $500,000 | Co-sanctioned with China Tour |
10 Nov | Challenge Tour Grand Final | Spain | Francesco Laporta | 17 | 420,000 |
Unofficial event
The following tournament appeared on the official schedule, but did not offer official money or ranking points.Dates | Tournament | Host country | Winner | Purse | Notes |
6 Apr | Jordan Mixed Open | Jordan | Daan Huizing | 393,000 | Co-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour and European Senior Tour |
Rankings
For full rankings, see 2019 Challenge Tour graduates.Rank | Player | Country | Points |
1 | Francesco Laporta | 210,122 | |
2 | Calum Hill | 146,834 | |
3 | Richard Bland | 142,402 | |
4 | Sebastian Heisele | 130,405 | |
5 | Adrian Meronk | 128,732 |