2024 Challenge Tour

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2024 Challenge Tour season
Duration1 February 2024 (2024-02-01) – 3 November 2024 (2024-11-03)
Number of official events29
Most wins Flag of Denmark.svg Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (3)
Flag of England.svg John Parry (3)
Rankings Flag of Denmark.svg Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen
2023
2025

The 2024 Challenge Tour was the 36th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

Contents

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2024 season. [1] [2] [3]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
()
Winner [a] OWGR
points
Other
tours [b]
Notes
4 Feb SDC Open South AfricaUS$350,000 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Rhys Enoch (2)5.89 AFR
11 Feb Bain's Whisky Cape Town Open South AfricaUS$350,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Lindberg (2)6.40 AFR
18 Feb Dimension Data Pro-Am South AfricaR7,000,000 Flag of France.svg David Ravetto (1)7.35 AFR Pro-Am
25 Feb NMB Championship South AfricaUS$350,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Björn Åkesson (1)5.49 AFR
17 Mar Delhi Challenge IndiaUS$300,000 Flag of England.svg John Parry (2)5.34 PGTI New tournament
24 Mar Kolkata Challenge IndiaUS$300,000 Flag of Denmark.svg Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (1)5.66 PGTI New tournament
21 Apr Abu Dhabi Challenge UAEUS$300,000 Flag of England.svg Garrick Porteous (2)6.81
28 Apr UAE Challenge UAEUS$300,000 Flag of Denmark.svg Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (2)6.86
12 May Challenge de España Spain270,000 Flag of Spain.svg Joel Moscatel (1)6.30
26 May Danish Golf Challenge Denmark270,000 Flag of Norway.svg Andreas Halvorsen (1)6.19
9 Jun Challenge de Cádiz Spain270,000 Flag of Denmark.svg Jonathan Gøth-Rasmussen (1)6.03
16 Jun Kaskáda Golf Challenge Czech Republic270,000 Flag of Denmark.svg Hamish Brown (1)5.71
23 Jun Blot Open de Bretagne France270,000 Flag of England.svg John Parry (3)5.34
30 Jun Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge France270,000 Flag of Spain.svg Joel Moscatel (2)6.45
21 Jul Euram Bank Open Austria270,000 Flag of England.svg Frank Kennedy (1)5.63
28 Jul Black Desert NI Open Northern Ireland£250,000 Flag of Ireland.svg Conor Purcell (1)6.86
4 Aug Irish Challenge Ireland270,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Joakim Lagergren (2)6.81
11 Aug Farmfoods Scottish Challenge Scotland£250,000 Flag of England.svg Brandon Robinson-Thompson (2)5.73
18 Aug Vierumäki Finnish Challenge Finland270,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Christofer Blomstrand (1)5.21
25 Aug Indoor Golf Group Challenge Sweden270,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Joakim Lagergren (3)4.97
1 Sep Rosa Challenge Tour Poland270,000 Flag of Spain.svg Ángel Ayora (1)5.70New tournament
8 Sep Big Green Egg German Challenge Germany270,000 Flag of Denmark.svg Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (3) [c] 4.87
15 Sep Open de Portugal Portugal270,000 Flag of the United States.svg Matt Oshrine (1)6.33
22 Sep Italian Challenge Open Italy350,000 Flag of England.svg John Parry (4) [d] 6.86
29 Sep Swiss Challenge France270,000 Flag of Scotland.svg Euan Walker (2)4.05
5 Oct D+D Real Czech Challenge Czech Republic270,000 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Benjamin Follett-Smith (2)3.90
13 Oct Hainan Open ChinaUS$500,000 Flag of Denmark.svg Hamish Brown (2)5.40 CHN
20 Oct Hangzhou Open ChinaUS$500,000 Flag of Ireland.svg Conor Purcell (2)5.59 CHN New tournament
3 Nov Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final Spain500,000 Flag of Norway.svg Kristoffer Reitan (1)5.33Tour 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. [6] [7] The top 22 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 2025 European Tour (DP World Tour). [e] [10]

RankPlayerPoints
1 Flag of Denmark.svg Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen 1,826
2 Flag of England.svg John Parry 1,595
3 Flag of Finland.svg Oliver Lindell 1,497
4 Flag of Spain.svg Ángel Ayora 1,488
5 Flag of Denmark.svg Hamish Brown 1,477

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. Neergaard-Petersen earned immediate promotion to the European Tour, as this was his third win of the season. [4]
  4. Parry earned immediate promotion to the European Tour, as this was his third win of the season. [5]
  5. Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (1st) and Robin Williams (14th) were already exempt via the 2024 Race to Dubai; [8] [9] status was extended to players ranked 21st (Nicolai von Dellingshausen) and 22nd (Lucas Bjerregaard).

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References

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