2018 Challenge Tour

2018 Challenge Tour season
Duration22 March 2018 (2018-03-22) – 3 November 2018 (2018-11-03)
Number of official events28
Most winsFinland Kim Koivu (3)
RankingsDenmark 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.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2018 season.

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(€)		WinnerOWGR
points		Other
tours		Notes
25 MarBarclays Kenya OpenKenya500,000Italy Lorenzo Gagli (1)12
15 AprBelt & Road Colorful Yunnan OpenChinaUS$350,000Finland Kim Koivu (1)9CHNNew to Challenge Tour
29 AprTurkish Airlines ChallengeTurkey200,000Denmark Joachim B. Hansen (1)12
6 MayChallenge de EspañaSpain200,000Sweden Oscar Lengdén (2)12
13 MayOpen de PortugalPortugal200,000Australia Dimitrios Papadatos (1)12
20 MayAndalucía Costa del Sol Match Play 9Spain200,000Scotland Liam Johnston (1)12
27 MayD+D Real Czech ChallengeCzech Republic185,000South Korea Kim Min-kyu (1)12
3 JunSwiss ChallengeSwitzerland180,000Germany Marcel Schneider (1)12
10 JunKPMG TrophyBelgium180,000Portugal Pedro Figueiredo (1)12
17 JunHauts de France Golf OpenFrance180,000Wales Stuart Manley (2)12
24 JunSSE Scottish Hydro ChallengeScotland250,000Scotland David Law (1)12
1 JulMade in Denmark ChallengeDenmark180,000Denmark Joachim B. Hansen (2)12
8 JulPrague Golf ChallengeCzech Republic185,000England Ben Stow (1)12
15 JulItalian ChallengeItaly300,000Sweden Sebastian Söderberg (2)12
22 JulLe Vaudreuil Golf ChallengeFrance210,000England Richard McEvoy (3)12
29 JulEuram Bank OpenAustria180,000Netherlands Darius van Driel (1)12New tournament
5 AugSwedish ChallengeSweden200,000England Oliver Wilson (1)12
12 AugVierumäki Finnish ChallengeFinland180,000Finland Kim Koivu (2)12
19 AugGalgorm Resort & Spa Northern Ireland OpenNorthern Ireland180,000Scotland Calum Hill (1)12
25 AugRolex TrophySwitzerland250,000Finland Kim Koivu (3)12
2 SepCordon Golf OpenFrance230,000England Jack Singh Brar (1)12
9 SepBridgestone ChallengeEngland180,000England Tom Lewis (1)12
16 SepKazakhstan OpenKazakhstan450,000Scotland Liam Johnston (2)13
23 SepHopps Open de ProvenceFrance200,000France Romain Langasque (1)12New tournament
7 OctMonaghan Irish ChallengeIreland180,000England Oliver Wilson (2)12
14 OctHainan OpenChinaUS$350,000Finland Kalle Samooja (1)13CHN
21 OctFoshan OpenChinaUS$500,000France Victor Perez (2)13CHN
3 NovRas Al Khaimah Challenge Tour Grand FinalUAE420,000Spain Adri Arnaus (1)17Flagship event

Rankings

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. The top 15 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 2019 European Tour.

RankPlayerPoints
1Denmark Joachim B. Hansen222,320
2Spain Adri Arnaus205,836
3France Victor Perez194,236
4Finland Kalle Samooja140,243
5Sweden Sebastian Söderberg140,167

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.

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. ↑ "European Tour | This Week" (PDF). European Tour. 19 November 2018. p. 12. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  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.