2017 Challenge Tour

The 2017 Challenge Tour was the 29th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour. The tour started as the Satellite Tour with its first Order of Merit rankings in 1989 and was officially renamed as the Challenge Tour at the start of the 1990 season.[1]

2017 Challenge Tour season
Duration23 March 2017 (2017-03-23) – 4 November 2017 (2017-11-04)
Number of official events27
Most wins3:
Aaron Rai
Challenge Tour Rankings Tapio Pulkkanen
← 2016
2018 →

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2017 season.[2]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(€)		Winner[lower-alpha 1]OWGR
points		Other
tours[lower-alpha 2]		Notes
26 MarBarclays Kenya OpenKenya220,000 Aaron Rai (1)12
23 AprTurkish Airlines ChallengeTurkey200,000 Ryan Evans (1)12
14 MayOpen de PortugalPortugal500,000 Matt Wallace (1)18EUR
21 MayAndalucía Costa del Sol Match Play 9Spain200,000 Aaron Rai (2)12New tournament
28 MayD+D Real Czech ChallengeCzech Republic180,000 Julian Suri (1)12
4 JunSwiss ChallengeSwitzerland170,000 Joel Girrbach (1)12
11 JunKPMG TrophyBelgium170,000 Martin Wiegele (4)12
18 JunHauts de France Golf OpenFrance200,000 Julien Guerrier (1)12
25 JunMade in Denmark ChallengeDenmark180,000 Oscar Stark (1)12
2 JulSSE Scottish Hydro ChallengeScotland250,000 Richard McEvoy (2)12
9 JulPrague Golf ChallengeCzech Republic180,000 Garrick Porteous (1)12New tournament
16 JulItalian Challenge OpenItaly300,000 Joel Sjöholm (1)12
23 JulLe Vaudreuil Golf ChallengeFrance210,000 Aaron Rai (3)[lower-alpha 3]12
30 JulSwedish ChallengeSweden200,000 Estanislao Goya (3)12
6 AugVierumäki Finnish ChallengeFinland180,000 Paul Howard (1)12
13 AugGalgorm Resort & Spa Northern Ireland OpenNorthern Ireland185,000 Robin Sciot-Siegrist (1)12
20 AugViking ChallengeNorway200,000 Clément Sordet (3)12
26 AugRolex TrophySwitzerland250,000 Pedro Oriol (1)12
3 SepCordon Golf OpenFrance210,000 Birgir Hafþórsson (1)12
10 SepBridgestone ChallengeEngland180,000 Oscar Lengdén (1)12
17 SepIrish ChallengeIreland180,000 Julien Guerrier (2)12
24 SepKazakhstan OpenKazakhstan450,000 Tapio Pulkkanen (1)13
1 OctChallenge de EspañaSpain200,000 Victor Perez (1)12
15 OctHainan OpenChinaUS$350,000 Erik van Rooyen (1)13CHN
22 OctFoshan OpenChinaUS$500,000 Oliver Farr (2)13CHN
28 OctRas Al Khaimah Golf ChallengeUAEUS$350,000 Jens Dantorp (2)13
4 NovNBO Golf Classic Grand FinalOman420,000 Clément Sordet (4)17Flagship event

Challenge Tour Rankings

For full rankings, see 2017 Challenge Tour graduates.

The rankings were titled as the Road to Oman and were based on prize money won during the season, calculated using a points-based system. The top 15 players on the tour earned status to play on the 2018 European Tour.

RankPlayerPoints
1 Tapio Pulkkanen210,799
2 Clément Sordet181,312
3 Erik van Rooyen160,876
4 Aaron Rai139,435
5 Marcus Kinhult139,419

See also

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; EUR − European Tour.
  3. Rai earned immediate promotion to the European Tour, as this was his third win of the season.

References
  1. "Tour History". PGA European Tour. Archived from the original on 22 July 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  2. "Challenge Tour Schedule 2017". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
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