2017 Challenge Tour
| Duration | 23 March 2017 – 4 November 2017 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 27 |
| Most wins |  Aaron Rai (3) |
| Rankings |  Tapio Pulkkanen |
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The 2017 Challenge Tour was the 29th season of the
European Tour
.
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2017 season.[1]
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (€) |
Winner[a] | OWGR points |
Other tours[b] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Mar | Barclays Kenya Open |
Kenya | 220,000 | Aaron Rai (1) |
12 | ||
| 23 Apr | Turkish Airlines Challenge |
Turkey | 200,000 | Ryan Evans (1) |
12 | ||
| 14 May | Open de Portugal | Portugal | 500,000 | Matt Wallace (1) |
18 | EUR | |
| 21 May | Andalucía Costa del Sol Match Play 9 |
Spain | 200,000 | Aaron Rai (2) |
12 | New tournament | |
| 28 May | D+D Real Czech Challenge | Czech Republic | 180,000 |  Julian Suri (1) |
12 | ||
| 4 Jun | Swiss Challenge | Switzerland | 170,000 |  Joel Girrbach (1) |
12 | ||
| 11 Jun | KPMG Trophy | Belgium | 170,000 |  Martin Wiegele (4) |
12 | ||
| 18 Jun | Hauts de France Golf Open |
France | 200,000 |  Julien Guerrier (1) |
12 | ||
| 25 Jun | Made in Denmark Challenge | Denmark | 180,000 |  Oscar Stark (1) |
12 | ||
| 2 Jul | SSE Scottish Hydro Challenge |
Scotland | 250,000 | Richard McEvoy (2) |
12 | ||
| 9 Jul | Prague Golf Challenge | Czech Republic | 180,000 | Garrick Porteous (1) |
12 | New tournament | |
| 16 Jul | Italian Challenge Open |
Italy | 300,000 | Joel Sjöholm (1) |
12 | ||
| 23 Jul | Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge | France | 210,000 | Aaron Rai (3)[c] |
12 | ||
| 30 Jul | Swedish Challenge |
Sweden | 200,000 |  Estanislao Goya (3) |
12 | ||
| 6 Aug | Vierumäki Finnish Challenge |
Finland | 180,000 | Paul Howard (1) |
12 | ||
| 13 Aug | Galgorm Resort & Spa Northern Ireland Open |
Northern Ireland | 185,000 | Robin Sciot-Siegrist (1) |
12 | ||
| 20 Aug | Viking Challenge |
Norway | 200,000 | Clément Sordet (3) |
12 | ||
| 26 Aug | Rolex Trophy | Switzerland | 250,000 |  Pedro Oriol (1) |
12 | ||
| 3 Sep | Cordon Golf Open |
France | 210,000 |  Birgir Hafþórsson (1) |
12 | ||
| 10 Sep | Bridgestone Challenge |
England | 180,000 | Oscar Lengdén (1) |
12 | ||
| 17 Sep | Irish Challenge | Ireland | 180,000 | Julien Guerrier (2) |
12 | ||
| 24 Sep | Kazakhstan Open | Kazakhstan | 450,000 | Tapio Pulkkanen (1) |
13 | ||
| 1 Oct | Challenge de España | Spain | 200,000 | Victor Perez (1) |
12 | ||
| 15 Oct | Hainan Open | China | US$350,000 |  Erik van Rooyen (1) |
13 | CHN | |
| 22 Oct | Foshan Open | China | US$500,000 |  Oliver Farr (2) |
13 | CHN | |
| 28 Oct | Ras Al Khaimah Golf Challenge | UAE | US$350,000 | Jens Dantorp (2) |
13 | ||
| 4 Nov | NBO Golf Classic Grand Final |
Oman | 420,000 | Clément Sordet (4) |
17 | Flagship event |
Rankings
For full rankings, see 2017 Challenge Tour graduates.
The rankings were titled as the Road to Oman 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 2018 European Tour.[5]
| Rank | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tapio Pulkkanen |
210,799 |
| 2 | Clément Sordet |
181,312 |
| 3 | Erik van Rooyen |
160,876 |
| 4 | Aaron Rai |
139,435 |
| 5 | Marcus Kinhult |
139,419 |
Notes
References
- ^ "2017 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ "Le Vaud-Rai win earns Aaron a European Tour card". European Tour. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
- ^ "2017 Road to Oman". European Tour. Archived from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ "Sordet wins NBO Golf Classic Grand Final title, Pulkkanen is 'Road to Oman' champion". Times of Oman. 5 November 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2023 – via Pressreader.
- ^ "2017 European Challenge Tour: 15 money leaders who earned European Tour cards". Golf News Net. 5 November 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2023.