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.
DatesTournamentHost countryWinnerOWGR
points
Purse Notes
28 AprTurkish Airlines ChallengeTurkey Connor Syme 12200,000
5 MayChallenge de EspañaSpain Antoine Rozner 12200,000
12 MayPrague Golf ChallengeCzech Republic Antoine Rozner 12200,000
26 MayD+D Real Czech ChallengeCzech Republic Ross McGowan 12200,000
9 JunSwiss ChallengeSwitzerland Ricardo Santos 12185,000
16 JunHauts de FrancePas de Calais Golf OpenFrance Robin Roussel 12190,000
23 JunAndalucía Costa del Sol Match Play 9Spain Eirik Tage Johansen 12200,000
30 JunItalian Challenge Open Eneos Motor OilItaly Matthew Jordan 12300,000
7 JulD+D Real Slovakia ChallengeSlovakia Rhys Enoch 12200,000
14 JulLe Vaudreuil Golf ChallengeFrance Steven Tiley 12210,000
21 JulEuram Bank OpenAustria Calum Hill 12185,000
4 AugVierumäki Finnish ChallengeFinland José-Filipe Lima 12200,000
10 AugMade in Denmark ChallengeDenmark Calum Hill 12200,000
18 AugISPS Handa World InvitationalNorthern Ireland Jack Senior 12$250,000
24 AugRolex TrophySwitzerland Darius van Driel 12290,000
1 SepKPMG TrophyBelgium Dale Whitnell 12185,000
8 SepOpen de BretagneFrance Sebastian Heisele 12200,000
15 SepOpen de PortugalPortugal Adrian Meronk 12200,000
29 SepHopps Open de ProvenceFrance Lars van Meijel 12200,000
6 OctLalla Aïcha Challenge TourMorocco Oliver Farr 12200,000New tournament
13 OctStone Irish ChallengeRepublic of Ireland Emilio Cuartero 12200,000
20 OctHainan OpenChina Francesco Laporta 13$350,000Co-sanctioned with China Tour
27 OctFoshan OpenChina Bai Zhengkai 13$500,000Co-sanctioned with China Tour
10 NovChallenge Tour Grand FinalSpain Francesco Laporta 17420,000

Unofficial event

The following tournament appeared on the official schedule, but did not offer official money or ranking points.
DatesTournamentHost countryWinnerPurse Notes
6 AprJordan Mixed OpenJordan Daan Huizing393,000Co-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour
and European Senior Tour

Rankings

For full rankings, see 2019 Challenge Tour graduates.
RankPlayerCountryPoints
1Francesco Laporta210,122
2Calum Hill146,834
3Richard Bland142,402
4Sebastian Heisele130,405
5Adrian Meronk128,732