2026 Challenge Tour

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2026 Challenge Tour season
Duration29 January 2026 (2026-01-29) – 1 November 2026 (2026-11-01)
Number of official events28
2025
2027

The 2026 Challenge Tour, titled as the 2026 HotelPlanner Tour for sponsorship reasons, will be the 38th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

Contents

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2026 season. [1] [2]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
()
Winner [a] OWGR
points
Other
tours [b]
Notes
1 Feb SDC Open South AfricaUS$375,000Flag placeholder.svg AFR
8 Feb Circa Cape Town Open South AfricaUS$375,000Flag placeholder.svg AFR
15 Feb NTT Data Pro-Am South AfricaR7,000,000Flag placeholder.svg AFR Pro-Am
22 Feb Jonsson Workwear Open South AfricaUS$375,000Flag placeholder.svg AFR
19 Apr Abu Dhabi Challenge UAEUS$350,000Flag placeholder.svg
26 Apr RAKBANK UAE Challenge UAEUS$350,000Flag placeholder.svg
10 May Italian Challenge Open Italy300,000Flag placeholder.svg
17 May Challenge de Catalunya Spain300,000Flag placeholder.svgNew tournament
24 May Danish Golf Challenge Denmark300,000Flag placeholder.svg
31 May Challenge de España Spain300,000Flag placeholder.svg
7 Jun Swiss Challenge Switzerland300,000Flag placeholder.svg
14 Jun Interwetten Open Austria300,000Flag placeholder.svg
21 Jun England Golf Challenge England300,000Flag placeholder.svgNew tournament
28 Jun Blot Open de Bretagne France300,000Flag placeholder.svg
5 Jul Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge France300,000Flag placeholder.svg
12 Jul German Challenge Germany300,000Flag placeholder.svg
26 Jul Raiffeisenbank Golf Challenge Czech Republic300,000Flag placeholder.svg
2 Aug Infortar Estonian Challenge Estonia300,000Flag placeholder.svgNew tournament
9 Aug Farmfoods Scottish Challenge Scotland£250,000Flag placeholder.svg
16 Aug Irish Challenge Ireland300,000Flag placeholder.svg
23 Aug Vierumäki Finnish Challenge Finland300,000Flag placeholder.svg
30 Aug Dormy Open Sweden300,000Flag placeholder.svg
6 Sep Rosa Challenge Tour Poland300,000Flag placeholder.svg
13 Sep English Challenge England£250,000Flag placeholder.svg
20 Sep Open de Portugal Portugal300,000Flag placeholder.svg
11 Oct Hainan Open ChinaUS$500,000Flag placeholder.svg CHN
18 Oct Hangzhou Open ChinaUS$500,000Flag placeholder.svg CHN
1 Nov Rolex Grand Final Spain500,000Flag placeholder.svgTour Championship

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.

References

  1. "2026 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
  2. "HotelPlanner Tour unveils 2026 schedule". Golf Business News. 17 December 2025. Retrieved 17 December 2025.