2019 Challenge Tour

2019 Challenge Tour season
Duration25 April 2019 (2019-04-25) – 10 November 2019 (2019-11-10)
Number of official events24
Most winsScotland Calum Hill (2)
Italy Francesco Laporta (2)
France Antoine Rozner (2)
RankingsItaly Francesco Laporta
2018
2020

The 2019 Challenge Tour was the 31st season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

Schedule

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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 Scotland Connor Syme (1) 12
5 May Challenge de España Spain 200,000 France Antoine Rozner (1) 12
12 May Prague Golf Challenge Czech Republic 200,000 France Antoine Rozner (2) 12
26 May D+D Real Czech Challenge Czech Republic 200,000 England Ross McGowan (3) 12
9 Jun Swiss Challenge Switzerland 185,000 Portugal Ricardo Santos (3) 12
16 Jun Hauts de France – Pas de Calais Golf Open France 190,000 France Robin Roussel (1) 12
23 Jun Andalucía Costa del Sol Match Play 9 Spain 200,000 Norway Eirik Tage Johansen (1) 12
30 Jun Italian Challenge Open Eneos Motor Oil Italy 300,000 England Matthew Jordan (1) 12
7 Jul D+D Real Slovakia Challenge Slovakia 200,000 Wales Rhys Enoch (1) 12
14 Jul Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge France 210,000 England Steven Tiley (1) 12
21 Jul Euram Bank Open Austria 185,000 Scotland Calum Hill (2) 12
4 Aug Vierumäki Finnish Challenge Finland 200,000 Portugal José-Filipe Lima (5) 12
10 Aug Made in Denmark Challenge Denmark 200,000 Scotland Calum Hill (3) 12
18 Aug ISPS Handa World Invitational Northern Ireland US$250,000 England Jack Senior (2) 12 New tournament
24 Aug Rolex Trophy Switzerland 290,000 Netherlands Darius van Driel (2) 12
1 Sep KPMG Trophy Belgium 185,000 England Dale Whitnell (1) 12
8 Sep Open de Bretagne France 200,000 Germany Sebastian Heisele (1) 12
15 Sep Open de Portugal Portugal 200,000 Poland Adrian Meronk (1) 12
29 Sep Hopps Open de Provence France 200,000 Netherlands Lars van Meijel (1) 12
6 Oct Lalla Aïcha Challenge Tour Morocco 200,000 Wales Oliver Farr (3) 12 New tournament
13 Oct Stone Irish Challenge Ireland 200,000 Spain Emilio Cuartero (1) 12
20 Oct Hainan Open China US$350,000 Italy Francesco Laporta (1) 13 CHN
27 Oct Foshan Open China US$500,000 China Bai Zhengkai (n/a) 13 CHN
10 Nov Challenge Tour Grand Final Spain 420,000 Italy Francesco Laporta (2) 17 Flagship event

Unofficial events

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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 Netherlands Daan Huizing n/a EST, LET New mixed event

Rankings

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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 Italy Francesco Laporta 210,122
2 Scotland Calum Hill 146,834
3 England Richard Bland 142,402
4 Germany Sebastian Heisele 130,405
5 Poland Adrian Meronk 128,732

Notes

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b CHN − China Tour; EST − European Senior Tour; LET − Ladies European Tour.

References

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  1. ^ "2019 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  2. ^ "2019 Road to Mallorca". European Tour. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Laporta lands Grand Final and Rankings double". European Tour. 10 November 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  4. ^ Coley, Ben (14 November 2019). "Challenge Tour graduates: Profiling the 15 newest European Tour members". Sporting Life. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
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