2013 Challenge Tour

2013 Challenge Tour season

Duration	31 January 2013 (2013-01-31) – 3 November 2013 (2013-11-03)
Number of official events	25
Most wins	Brooks Koepka (3)
Rankings	Andrea Pavan
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The 2013 Challenge Tour was the 25th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2013 season. ^[1]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (€)	Winner [lower-alpha 1]	OWGR points	Other tours [lower-alpha 2]	Notes
3 Feb	Gujarat Kensville Challenge	India	200,000	Shiv Kapur (1)	12	PGTI
17 Feb	Barclays Kenya Open	Kenya	195,000	Jordi García Pinto (1)	12
28 Apr	Challenge de Madrid	Spain	160,000	François Calmels (2)	12		New tournament
5 May	Montecchia Golf Open	Italy	160,000	Brooks Koepka (2)	12
19 May	Madeira Islands Open - Portugal - BPI	Portugal	600,000	Peter Uihlein (1)	18	EUR
26 May	Telenet Trophy	Belgium	160,000	Daniel Gaunt (2)	12
2 Jun	Fred Olsen Challenge de España	Spain	160,000	Brooks Koepka (3)	12
9 Jun	D+D Real Czech Challenge Open	Czech Republic	160,000	François Calmels (3)	12
16 Jun	Najeti Hotels et Golfs Open	France	500,000	Simon Thornton (1)	18	EUR
23 Jun	Scottish Hydro Challenge	Scotland	220,000	Brooks Koepka (4) [lower-alpha 3]	12
30 Jun	Kärnten Golf Open	Austria	160,000	Dylan Frittelli (1)	12
7 Jul	Bad Griesbach Challenge Tour	Germany	170,000	Andrea Pavan (3)	12		New tournament
14 Jul	Swiss Challenge	Switzerland	160,000	Victor Riu (1)	12
21 Jul	Mugello Tuscany Open	Italy	160,000	Marco Crespi (2)	12
28 Jul	Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge	France	180,000	Brinson Paolini (1)	12		New tournament
4 Aug	Finnish Challenge	Finland	170,000	Stuart Manley (1)	12
11 Aug	Norwegian Challenge	Norway	175,000	Jens Fahrbring (1)	12
25 Aug	Rolex Trophy	Switzerland	230,000	Jens Dantorp (1)	12
1 Sep	Northern Ireland Open Challenge	Northern Ireland	170,000	Daan Huizing (1)	12		New to Challenge Tour
8 Sep	Open Blue Green Côtes d'Armor Bretagne	France	180,000	Andrea Pavan (4)	12
15 Sep	Kharkov Superior Cup	Ukraine	200,000	Daan Huizing (2)	12		New tournament
22 Sep	Kazakhstan Open	Kazakhstan	400,000	Johan Carlsson (1)	12
20 Oct	Foshan Open	China	US$350,000	Nacho Elvira (1)	12		New tournament
27 Oct	National Bank of Oman Golf Classic	Oman	US$300,000	Roope Kakko (2)	12		New tournament
3 Nov	Dubai Festival City Challenge Tour Grand Final	UAE	US$330,000	Shiv Kapur (2)	16		Flagship event

Rankings

For full rankings, see 2013 Challenge Tour graduates.

The rankings were based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros. ^{[3] [4]} The top 15 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 2014 European Tour. ^[5]

Rank	Player	Prize money (€)
1	Andrea Pavan	147,811
2	José-Filipe Lima	123,697
3	Brooks Koepka	119,423
4	Shiv Kapur	118,323
5	Johan Carlsson	113,066

Notes

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. EUR − European Tour; PGTI − Professional Golf Tour of India.
3. Koepka earned immediate promotion to the European Tour, as this was his third win of the season. ^[2]

References

1. "2013 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
2. Davies, Owen (25 June 2013). "Koepka earns promotion from the Challenge Tour thanks to hat trick of wins". golfshake.com. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
3. "2013 Rankings". European Tour. Archived from the original on 6 December 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
4. "Kapur wins Challenge Tour Grand Final as Pavan Tops the rankings". UAE Golf Online. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
5. Cooper, Matt (3 November 2013). "A Grand Finale". Sky Sports. Retrieved 7 September 2023. Challenge Tour Grand Final is not just about the winner: it's also about the other 14 men who leave the premises clutching (albeit metaphorically) European Tour cards and it is more or less guaranteed that one of them will earn it in gut-wrenching style.

External links

• Official website