2019 Challenge Tour
| Duration | 25 April 2019 – 10 November 2019 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 24 |
| Most wins |  Calum Hill (2) Francesco Laporta (2) Antoine Rozner (2) |
| Rankings | Francesco Laporta |
← 2018 2020 → | |
The 2019 Challenge Tour was the 31st season of the
European Tour
.
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2019 season.[1]
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (€) |
Winner[a] | OWGR points |
Other tours[b] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Apr | Turkish Airlines Challenge |
Turkey | 200,000 | Connor Syme (1) |
12 | ||
| 5 May | Challenge de España | Spain | 200,000 | Antoine Rozner (1) |
12 | ||
| 12 May | Prague Golf Challenge | Czech Republic | 200,000 | Antoine Rozner (2) |
12 | ||
| 26 May | D+D Real Czech Challenge | Czech Republic | 200,000 |  Ross McGowan (3) |
12 | ||
| 9 Jun | Swiss Challenge | Switzerland | 185,000 |  Ricardo Santos (3) |
12 | ||
| 16 Jun | Hauts de France – Pas de Calais Golf Open |
France | 190,000 | Robin Roussel (1) |
12 | ||
| 23 Jun | Andalucía Costa del Sol Match Play 9 |
Spain | 200,000 |  Eirik Tage Johansen (1) |
12 | ||
| 30 Jun | Italian Challenge Open Eneos Motor Oil |
Italy | 300,000 | Matthew Jordan (1) |
12 | ||
| 7 Jul | D+D Real Slovakia Challenge |
Slovakia | 200,000 |  Rhys Enoch (1) |
12 | ||
| 14 Jul | Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge | France | 210,000 | Steven Tiley (1) |
12 | ||
| 21 Jul | Euram Bank Open | Austria | 185,000 | Calum Hill (2) |
12 | ||
| 4 Aug | Vierumäki Finnish Challenge |
Finland | 200,000 | José-Filipe Lima (5) |
12 | ||
| 10 Aug | Made in Denmark Challenge | Denmark | 200,000 | Calum Hill (3) |
12 | ||
| 18 Aug | ISPS Handa World Invitational | Northern Ireland | US$250,000 | Jack Senior (2) |
12 | New tournament | |
| 24 Aug | Rolex Trophy | Switzerland | 290,000 |  Darius van Driel (2) |
12 | ||
| 1 Sep | KPMG Trophy | Belgium | 185,000 | Dale Whitnell (1) |
12 | ||
| 8 Sep | Open de Bretagne | France | 200,000 |  Sebastian Heisele (1) |
12 | ||
| 15 Sep | Open de Portugal | Portugal | 200,000 |  Adrian Meronk (1) |
12 | ||
| 29 Sep | Hopps Open de Provence |
France | 200,000 | Lars van Meijel (1) |
12 | ||
| 6 Oct | Lalla Aïcha Challenge Tour | Morocco | 200,000 | Oliver Farr (3) |
12 | New tournament | |
| 13 Oct | Stone Irish Challenge |
Ireland | 200,000 |  Emilio Cuartero (1) |
12 | ||
| 20 Oct | Hainan Open | China | US$350,000 | Francesco Laporta (1) |
13 | CHN | |
| 27 Oct | Foshan Open | China | US$500,000 |  Bai Zhengkai (n/a) |
13 | CHN | |
| 10 Nov | Challenge Tour Grand Final | Spain | 420,000 | Francesco Laporta (2) |
17 | Flagship event |
Unofficial events
The following events were sanctioned by the Challenge Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (€) |
Winner | OWGR points |
Other tours[b] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Apr | Jordan Mixed Open | Jordan | US$393,000 | Daan Huizing |
n/a | EST, LET | New mixed event |
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.[2][3] The top 15 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 2020 European Tour.[4]
| Rank | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francesco Laporta |
210,132 |
| 2 | Calum Hill |
146,834 |
| 3 | Richard Bland |
142,402 |
| 4 | Sebastian Heisele |
130,406 |
| 5 | Adrian Meronk |
128,908 |
Notes
- European Tour.
- ^ a b CHN − China Tour; EST − European Senior Tour; LET − Ladies European Tour.
References
- ^ "2019 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ "2019 Road to Mallorca". European Tour. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
- ^ "Laporta lands Grand Final and Rankings double". European Tour. 10 November 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ Coley, Ben (14 November 2019). "Challenge Tour graduates: Profiling the 15 newest European Tour members". Sporting Life. Retrieved 29 August 2023.