2023 Challenge Tour

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2023 Challenge Tour season
Duration2 February 2023 (2023-02-02) – 5 November 2023 (2023-11-05)
Number of official events30
Most wins Flag of Portugal (official).svg Ricardo Gouveia (2)
Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Manassero (2)
Flag of England.svg Marco Penge (2)
Flag of Germany.svg Max Rottluff (2)
Rankings Flag of England.svg Marco Penge
2022
2024

The 2023 Challenge Tour was the 35th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

Contents

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2023 season. [1] [2]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
()
Winner [a] OWGR
points
Other
tours [b]
Notes
5 Feb Bain's Whisky Cape Town Open South AfricaUS$350,000 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Benjamin Follett-Smith (1)5.67 AFR
12 Feb Dimension Data Pro-Am South AfricaR7,000,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Oliver Bekker (1)6.05 AFR Pro-Am
19 Feb SDC Open South AfricaUS$350,000 Flag of South Africa.svg J. J. Senekal (1)5.21 AFR
26 Feb Nelson Mandela Bay Championship South AfricaUS$350,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Dylan Mostert (1)5.25 AFR New tournament
26 Mar Duncan Taylor Black Bull Challenge IndiaUS$300,000 Flag of India.svg Om Prakash Chouhan (1)4.51 PGTI New tournament
31 Mar The Challenge IndiaUS$300,000 Flag of France.svg Ugo Coussaud (1)4.65 PGTI New tournament
30 Apr Abu Dhabi Challenge UAEUS$300,000 Flag of Portugal (official).svg Ricardo Gouveia (6)6.21New tournament
7 May UAE Challenge UAEUS$300,000 Flag of Germany.svg Max Rottluff (1)5.85New tournament
21 May B-NL Challenge Trophy Netherlands250,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Jesper Svensson (1)5.41
28 May Copenhagen Challenge Denmark250,000 Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Manassero (1)5.48
4 Jun D+D Real Czech Challenge Czech Republic265,000 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Pavan (5)4.67
11 Jun Andalucía Challenge de Cádiz Spain250,000 Flag of England.svg Sam Hutsby (2)5.32
18 Jun Kaskáda Golf Challenge Czech Republic265,000 Flag of Italy.svg Lorenzo Scalise (1)4.48
25 Jun Blot Open de Bretagne France270,000 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Stuart Manley (4)4.44
2 Jul Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge France260,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Darren Fichardt (2)5.51
9 Jul Italian Challenge Open Italy350,000 Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Manassero (2)5.71
16 Jul Euram Bank Open Austria250,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Casey Jarvis (1)4.20
23 Jul Big Green Egg German Challenge Germany250,000 Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Laporta (3)5.09
30 Jul Irish Challenge Ireland250,000 Flag of England.svg Brandon Robinson-Thompson (1)5.78
6 Aug British Challenge England£230,000 Flag of England.svg Alex Fitzpatrick (1)6.14
13 Aug Farmfoods Scottish Challenge Scotland£230,000 Flag of England.svg Sam Bairstow (1)5.82
20 Aug Vierumäki Finnish Challenge Finland250,000 Flag of Finland.svg Lauri Ruuska (1)3.43
27 Aug Dormy Open Sweden250,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Jacques Kruyswijk (1)5.71
3 Sep Indoor Golf Group Challenge Sweden250,000 Flag of Germany.svg Max Rottluff (2)5.93
10 Sep Challenge de España Spain250,000 Flag of France.svg Martin Couvra (a) (1)6.00
17 Sep Open de Portugal Portugal250,000 Flag of England.svg Marco Penge (1)6.43
24 Sep Swiss Challenge France250,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Adam Blommé (1)5.78
8 Oct Hopps Open de Provence France260,000 Flag of Spain.svg Lucas Vacarisas (1)5.10
16 Oct Hainan Open ChinaUS$500,000 Flag of Portugal (official).svg Ricardo Gouveia (7)4.27 CHN
5 Nov Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final Spain500,000 Flag of England.svg Marco Penge (2)3.51Tour Championship

Rankings

The rankings were titled as the Road to Mallorca and were based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system. [3] [4] The top 21 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 2024 European Tour (DP World Tour). [c] [7]

RankPlayerPoints
1 Flag of England.svg Marco Penge 1,285
2 Flag of South Africa.svg Casey Jarvis 1,278
3 Flag of Spain.svg Manuel Elvira 1,262
4 Flag of France.svg Ugo Coussaud 1,240
5 Flag of Sweden.svg Jesper Svensson 1,221

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. AFR − Sunshine Tour; CHN − China Tour; PGTI − Professional Golf Tour of India.
  3. Alex Fitzpatrick (11th) was already exempt via the 2023 Race to Dubai; [5] status was extended to the player ranked 21st (Stuart Manley). [6]

References

  1. "2023 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  2. "Challenge Tour Announces 2023 Global Schedule". European Tour. 14 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  3. "2023 Road to Mallorca". European Tour. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  4. Grimshaw, Harry (5 November 2023). "Marco Penge crowned Challenge Tour Number One". Gulf News. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  5. Ballengee, Ryan (30 October 2023). "The 116 DP World Tour players who got their 2023-24 cards from the Race to Dubai points list". Golf News Net. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  6. Dempster, Martin (5 November 2023). "Stuart Manley says regaining DP World Tour card at age of 44 'means everything'". The Scotsman. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
  7. Cradock, Matt (5 November 2023). "Which Players Secured A DP World Tour Card At The Challenge Tour Grand Final?". Golf Monthly. Retrieved 6 November 2023.