The 2019 Challenge Tour was the 31st season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.
| Duration | 25 April 2019 – 10 November 2019 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 24 |
| Most wins |  Calum Hill (2) Francesco Laporta (2) Antoine Rozner (2) |
| Rankings | Francesco Laporta |
← 2018 2020 → | |
Schedule edit
The following table lists official events during the 2019 season.[1]
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (€) |
Winner[a] | OWGR points |
Other tours[b] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Apr | Turkish Airlines Challenge | Turkey | 200,000 | Connor Syme (1) |
12 | ||
| 5 May | Challenge de España | Spain | 200,000 | Antoine Rozner (1) |
12 | ||
| 12 May | Prague Golf Challenge | Czech Republic | 200,000 | Antoine Rozner (2) |
12 | ||
| 26 May | D+D Real Czech Challenge | Czech Republic | 200,000 |  Ross McGowan (3) |
12 | ||
| 9 Jun | Swiss Challenge | Switzerland | 185,000 |  Ricardo Santos (3) |
12 | ||
| 16 Jun | Hauts de France – Pas de Calais Golf Open | France | 190,000 | Robin Roussel (1) |
12 | ||
| 23 Jun | Andalucía Costa del Sol Match Play 9 | Spain | 200,000 |  Eirik Tage Johansen (1) |
12 | ||
| 30 Jun | Italian Challenge Open Eneos Motor Oil | Italy | 300,000 | Matthew Jordan (1) |
12 | ||
| 7 Jul | D+D Real Slovakia Challenge | Slovakia | 200,000 |  Rhys Enoch (1) |
12 | ||
| 14 Jul | Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge | France | 210,000 | Steven Tiley (1) |
12 | ||
| 21 Jul | Euram Bank Open | Austria | 185,000 | Calum Hill (2) |
12 | ||
| 4 Aug | Vierumäki Finnish Challenge | Finland | 200,000 | José-Filipe Lima (5) |
12 | ||
| 10 Aug | Made in Denmark Challenge | Denmark | 200,000 | Calum Hill (3) |
12 | ||
| 18 Aug | ISPS Handa World Invitational | Northern Ireland | US$250,000 | Jack Senior (2) |
12 | New tournament | |
| 24 Aug | Rolex Trophy | Switzerland | 290,000 |  Darius van Driel (2) |
12 | ||
| 1 Sep | KPMG Trophy | Belgium | 185,000 | Dale Whitnell (1) |
12 | ||
| 8 Sep | Open de Bretagne | France | 200,000 |  Sebastian Heisele (1) |
12 | ||
| 15 Sep | Open de Portugal | Portugal | 200,000 |  Adrian Meronk (1) |
12 | ||
| 29 Sep | Hopps Open de Provence | France | 200,000 | Lars van Meijel (1) |
12 | ||
| 6 Oct | Lalla Aïcha Challenge Tour | Morocco | 200,000 | Oliver Farr (3) |
12 | New tournament | |
| 13 Oct | Stone Irish Challenge | Ireland | 200,000 |  Emilio Cuartero (1) |
12 | ||
| 20 Oct | Hainan Open | China | US$350,000 | Francesco Laporta (1) |
13 | CHN | |
| 27 Oct | Foshan Open | China | US$500,000 |  Bai Zhengkai (n/a) |
13 | CHN | |
| 10 Nov | Challenge Tour Grand Final | Spain | 420,000 | Francesco Laporta (2) |
17 | Flagship event |
Unofficial events edit
The following events were sanctioned by the Challenge Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (€) |
Winner | OWGR points |
Other tours[b] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Apr | Jordan Mixed Open | Jordan | US$393,000 | Daan Huizing |
n/a | EST, LET | New mixed event |
Rankings edit
For full rankings, see 2019 Challenge Tour graduates.
The rankings were titled as the Road to Mallorca 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 2020 European Tour.[4]
| Rank | Player | 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 |
Notes edit
- ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Challenge Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Challenge Tour members. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Challenge Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the European Tour.
- ^ a b CHN − China Tour; EST − European Senior Tour; LET − Ladies European Tour.
References edit
- ^ "2019 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ "2019 Road to Mallorca". European Tour. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ "Laporta lands Grand Final and Rankings double". European Tour. 10 November 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ Coley, Ben (14 November 2019). "Challenge Tour graduates: Profiling the 15 newest European Tour members". Sporting Life. Retrieved 29 August 2023.