2018 Challenge Tour

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2018 Challenge Tour season
Duration22 March 2018 (2018-03-22) – 3 November 2018 (2018-11-03)
Number of official events28
Most wins Flag of Finland.svg Kim Koivu (3)
Rankings Flag of Denmark.svg Joachim B. Hansen
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The 2018 Challenge Tour was the 30th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

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Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2018 season. [1]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(€)		Winner [lower-alpha 1] OWGR
points		Other
tours [lower-alpha 2] 		Notes
25 Mar Barclays Kenya Open Kenya500,000 Flag of Italy.svg Lorenzo Gagli (1)12
15 Apr Belt & Road Colorful Yunnan Open ChinaUS$350,000 Flag of Finland.svg Kim Koivu (1)9 CHN New to Challenge Tour
29 Apr Turkish Airlines Challenge Turkey200,000 Flag of Denmark.svg Joachim B. Hansen (1)12
6 May Challenge de España Spain200,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Oscar Lengdén (2)12
13 May Open de Portugal Portugal200,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dimitrios Papadatos (1)12
20 May Andalucía Costa del Sol Match Play 9 Spain200,000 Flag of Scotland.svg Liam Johnston (1)12
27 May D+D Real Czech Challenge Czech Republic185,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Min-kyu (1)12
3 Jun Swiss Challenge Switzerland180,000 Flag of Germany.svg Marcel Schneider (1)12
10 Jun KPMG Trophy Belgium180,000 Flag of Portugal.svg Pedro Figueiredo (1)12
17 Jun Hauts de France Golf Open France180,000 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Stuart Manley (2)12
24 Jun SSE Scottish Hydro Challenge Scotland250,000 Flag of Scotland.svg David Law (1)12
1 Jul Made in Denmark Challenge Denmark180,000 Flag of Denmark.svg Joachim B. Hansen (2)12
8 Jul Prague Golf Challenge Czech Republic185,000 Flag of England.svg Ben Stow (1)12
15 Jul Italian Challenge Italy300,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Sebastian Söderberg (2)12
22 Jul Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge France210,000 Flag of England.svg Richard McEvoy (3)12
29 Jul Euram Bank Open Austria180,000 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Darius van Driel (1)12New tournament
5 Aug Swedish Challenge Sweden200,000 Flag of England.svg Oliver Wilson (1)12
12 Aug Vierumäki Finnish Challenge Finland180,000 Flag of Finland.svg Kim Koivu (2)12
19 Aug Galgorm Resort & Spa Northern Ireland Open Northern Ireland180,000 Flag of Scotland.svg Calum Hill (1)12
25 Aug Rolex Trophy Switzerland250,000 Flag of Finland.svg Kim Koivu (3) [lower-alpha 3] 12
2 Sep Cordon Golf Open France230,000 Flag of England.svg Jack Singh Brar (1)12
9 Sep Bridgestone Challenge England180,000 Flag of England.svg Tom Lewis (1)12
16 Sep Kazakhstan Open Kazakhstan450,000 Flag of Scotland.svg Liam Johnston (2)13
23 Sep Hopps Open de Provence France200,000 Flag of France.svg Romain Langasque (1)12New tournament
7 Oct Monaghan Irish Challenge Ireland180,000 Flag of England.svg Oliver Wilson (2)12
14 Oct Hainan Open ChinaUS$350,000 Flag of Finland.svg Kalle Samooja (1)13 CHN
21 Oct Foshan Open ChinaUS$500,000 Flag of France.svg Victor Perez (2)13 CHN
3 Nov Ras Al Khaimah Challenge Tour Grand Final UAE420,000 Flag of Spain.svg Adri Arnaus (1)17Flagship event

Rankings

For full rankings, see 2018 Challenge Tour graduates.

The rankings were titled as the Road to Ras Al Khaimah and were based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system. [3] [4] The top 15 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 2019 European Tour. [5]

RankPlayerPoints
1 Flag of Denmark.svg Joachim B. Hansen 192,320
2 Flag of Spain.svg Adri Arnaus 185,836
3 Flag of France.svg Victor Perez 184,236
4 Flag of Finland.svg Kalle Samooja 140,243
5 Flag of Sweden.svg Sebastian Söderberg 140,167

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. ↑ CHN − China Tour.
  3. ↑ Koivu earned immediate promotion to the European Tour, as this was his third win of the season. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "2018 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  2. ↑ "Rolex Trophy win hands Koivu European Tour card". European Tour. 25 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  3. ↑ "2018 Road to Ras Al Khaimah". European Tour. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  4. ↑ Jackson, Keith (3 November 2018). "Adri Arnaus snatches tense win at Challenge Tour Grand Final". Sky Sports. Retrieved 29 August 2023. Hansen struggled to a closing 75 which dropped him into a share of 13th place, but that was enough to secure first place in the Road to Ras Al Khaimah rankings ahead of Arnaus and Perez, with Kalle Samooja and Sebastian Soderberg rounding off the top five.
  5. ↑ Gray, Will (5 November 2018). "Hansen headlines 15 Challenge Tour graduates in Europe". Golf Channel. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
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