2016 Challenge Tour

The 2016 Challenge Tour was a series of professional golf tournaments collectively known as the Challenge Tour.

The Challenge Tour is Europe's official developmental tour and is organised by the PGA European Tour. It was introduced in 1986 and was originally called the Satellite Tour, before being renamed with its present title in 1990.[1]

Tournament schedule

The 2016 schedule is set out below.[2] The numbers in brackets after winners' names show the player's total number of wins on the Challenge Tour including that event. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Challenge Tour because success at this level soon leads to promotion to the European Tour.

DatesTournamentHost countryWinnerOWGR
points		Notes
20 Mar Barclays Kenya Open Kenya Sweden Sebastian Söderberg (1) 12
23 Apr Red Sea Egyptian Challenge Egypt England Jordan Smith (1) 12 New tournament
1 May Challenge de Madrid Spain Scotland Duncan Stewart (1) 12
8 May Turkish Airlines Challenge Turkey France Clément Sordet (2) 12
15 May Montecchia Open Italy England Gary King (1) 12
29 May D+D Real Czech Challenge Czech Republic France Damien Perrier (1) 12
5 Jun Swiss Challenge Switzerland Germany Alexander Knappe (1) 12
12 Jun KPMG Trophy Belgium Sweden Simon Forsström (1) 12
19 Jun Najeti Open France Portugal José-Filipe Lima (4) 12
26 Jun SSE Scottish Hydro Challenge Scotland England James Heath (2) 12
3 Jul Made in Denmark Challenge Denmark Germany Bernd Ritthammer (1) 12
10 Jul D+D Real Slovakia Challenge Slovakia Norway Espen Kofstad (3) 12
17 Jul Fred Olsen Challenge de España Spain France Adrien Saddier (1) 12
24 Jul Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge France Sweden Alexander Björk (1) 12
31 Jul Tayto Northern Ireland Open Northern Ireland New Zealand Ryan Fox (2) 12
7 Aug Swedish Challenge Sweden France Joël Stalter (1) 12 New tournament
14 Aug Vierumäki Finnish Challenge Finland England Sam Walker (4) 12
20 Aug Rolex Trophy Switzerland South Africa Dylan Frittelli (2) 12
28 Aug Bridgestone Challenge England Belgium Thomas Detry (1) 12 Last played in 2012
4 Sep Cordon Golf Open France Spain Álvaro Velasco (3) 12
11 Sep Volopa Irish Challenge Ireland Germany Bernd Ritthammer (2) 12
2 Oct Kazakhstan Open Kazakhstan England Sam Walker (5) 13
9 Oct Terre dei Consoli Open Italy Sweden Johan Edfors (4) 12
16 Oct Hainan Open China Germany Alexander Knappe (2) 13 New tournament; reduced to 36 holes
23 Oct Foshan Open China England Marcus Armitage (1) 13
29 Oct Ras Al Khaimah Golf Challenge United Arab Emirates England Jordan Smith (2) 13 New tournament
5 Nov NBO Golf Classic Grand Final Oman Germany Bernd Ritthammer (3) 17

Rankings

For full rankings, see 2016 Challenge Tour graduates.

Rank Player Country Points
1 Jordan Smith  England 209,985
2 Bernd Ritthammer  Germany 189,953
3 Alexander Knappe  Germany 183,500
4 Ryan Fox  New Zealand 160,768
5 Sam Walker  England 158,370

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Tour History". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Challenge Tour Schedule 2016". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 18 January 2016.

External links

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