2024 Challenge Tour

2024 Challenge Tour season

Duration	1 February 2024 (2024-02-01) – 3 November 2024 (2024-11-03)
Number of official events	29
Most wins	Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (3) John Parry (3)
Rankings	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.

Schedule

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

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (€)	Winner [lower-alpha 1]	OWGR points	Other tours [lower-alpha 2]	Notes
4 Feb	SDC Open	South Africa	US$350,000	Rhys Enoch (2)	5.89	AFR
11 Feb	Bain's Whisky Cape Town Open	South Africa	US$350,000	Mikael Lindberg (2)	6.40	AFR
18 Feb	Dimension Data Pro-Am	South Africa	R7,000,000	David Ravetto (1)	7.35	AFR	Pro-Am
25 Feb	NMB Championship	South Africa	US$350,000	Björn Åkesson (1)	5.49	AFR
17 Mar	Delhi Challenge	India	US$300,000	John Parry (2)	5.34	PGTI	New tournament
24 Mar	Kolkata Challenge	India	US$300,000	Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (1)	5.66	PGTI	New tournament
21 Apr	Abu Dhabi Challenge	UAE	US$300,000	Garrick Porteous (2)	6.81
28 Apr	UAE Challenge	UAE	US$300,000	Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (2)	6.86
12 May	Challenge de España	Spain	270,000	Joel Moscatel (1)	6.30
26 May	Danish Golf Challenge	Denmark	270,000	Andreas Halvorsen (1)	6.19
9 Jun	Challenge de Cádiz	Spain	270,000	Jonathan Gøth-Rasmussen (1)	6.03
16 Jun	Kaskáda Golf Challenge	Czech Republic	270,000	Hamish Brown (1)	5.71
23 Jun	Blot Open de Bretagne	France	270,000	John Parry (3)	5.34
30 Jun	Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge	France	270,000	Joel Moscatel (2)	6.45
21 Jul	Euram Bank Open	Austria	270,000	Frank Kennedy (1)	5.63
28 Jul	Black Desert NI Open	Northern Ireland	£250,000	Conor Purcell (1)	6.86
4 Aug	Irish Challenge	Ireland	270,000	Joakim Lagergren (2)	6.81
11 Aug	Farmfoods Scottish Challenge	Scotland	£250,000	Brandon Robinson-Thompson (2)	5.73
18 Aug	Vierumäki Finnish Challenge	Finland	270,000	Christofer Blomstrand (1)	5.21
25 Aug	Indoor Golf Group Challenge	Sweden	270,000	Joakim Lagergren (3)	4.97
1 Sep	Rosa Challenge Tour	Poland	270,000	Ángel Ayora (1)	5.70		New tournament
8 Sep	Big Green Egg German Challenge	Germany	270,000	Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (3) [lower-alpha 3]	4.87
15 Sep	Open de Portugal	Portugal	270,000	Matt Oshrine (1)	6.33
22 Sep	Italian Challenge Open	Italy	350,000	John Parry (4) [lower-alpha 4]	6.86
29 Sep	Swiss Challenge	France	270,000	Euan Walker (2)	4.05
5 Oct	D+D Real Czech Challenge	Czech Republic	270,000	Benjamin Follett-Smith (2)	3.90
13 Oct	Hainan Open	China	US$500,000	Hamish Brown (2)	5.40	CHN
20 Oct	Hangzhou Open	China	US$500,000	Conor Purcell (2)	5.59	CHN	New tournament
3 Nov	Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final	Spain	500,000	Kristoffer Reitan (1)	5.33		Tour Championship

Rankings

For full rankings, see 2024 Challenge Tour graduates.

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). ^{[lower-alpha 5] [9]}

Rank	Player	Points
1	Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen	1,826
2	John Parry	1,595
3	Oliver Lindell	1,497
4	Ángel Ayora	1,488
5	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] status was extended to players ranked 21st (Nicolai von Dellingshausen) and 22nd (Lucas Bjerregaard).

References

1. "2024 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
2. "2024 Challenge Tour season to begin in South Africa". European Tour. 24 October 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
3. "2024 Challenge Tour Global Schedule unveiled". European Tour. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
4. "Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen earns automatic promotion to DP World Tour after victory in Germany". European Tour. 8 September 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
5. "John Parry seals automatic DP World Tour promotion with win in Italy". European Tour. 22 September 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
6. "2024 Road to Mallorca". European Tour. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
7. Tarratt, Nick (4 November 2024). "Neergaard-Petersen secures DP World Tour Card with top finish in 2024 Road to Mallorca". Khaleej Times. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
8. Coley, Ben (31 October 2024). "Ben Coley's golf betting tips: Challenge Tour Grand Final preview and best bets". Sporting Life. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
9. Kukreti, Shobhit (4 November 2024). "Full list of Challenge Tour players qualified that earned a 2025 DP World Tour card ft. Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 4 November 2024.

External links

• Official website