2018 Challenge Tour

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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
2017
2019

The 2018 Challenge Tour was the 30th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

Schedule[edit]

The following table lists official events during the 2018 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
()
Winner[a] OWGR
points
Other
tours[b]
Notes
25 Mar Barclays Kenya Open Kenya 500,000 Italy Lorenzo Gagli (1) 12
15 Apr Belt & Road Colorful Yunnan Open China US$350,000 Finland Kim Koivu (1) 9 CHN New to Challenge Tour
29 Apr Turkish Airlines Challenge Turkey 200,000 Denmark Joachim B. Hansen (1) 12
6 May Challenge de España Spain 200,000 Sweden Oscar Lengdén (2) 12
13 May Open de Portugal Portugal 200,000 Australia Dimitrios Papadatos (1) 12
20 May Andalucía Costa del Sol Match Play 9 Spain 200,000 Scotland Liam Johnston (1) 12
27 May D+D Real Czech Challenge Czech Republic 185,000 South Korea Kim Min-kyu (1) 12
3 Jun Swiss Challenge Switzerland 180,000 Germany Marcel Schneider (1) 12
10 Jun KPMG Trophy Belgium 180,000 Portugal Pedro Figueiredo (1) 12
17 Jun Hauts de France Golf Open France 180,000 Wales Stuart Manley (2) 12
24 Jun SSE Scottish Hydro Challenge Scotland 250,000 Scotland David Law (1) 12
1 Jul Made in Denmark Challenge Denmark 180,000 Denmark Joachim B. Hansen (2) 12
8 Jul Prague Golf Challenge Czech Republic 185,000 England Ben Stow (1) 12
15 Jul Italian Challenge Italy 300,000 Sweden Sebastian Söderberg (2) 12
22 Jul Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge France 210,000 England Richard McEvoy (3) 12
29 Jul Euram Bank Open Austria 180,000 Netherlands Darius van Driel (1) 12 New tournament
5 Aug Swedish Challenge Sweden 200,000 England Oliver Wilson (1) 12
12 Aug Vierumäki Finnish Challenge Finland 180,000 Finland Kim Koivu (2) 12
19 Aug Galgorm Resort & Spa Northern Ireland Open Northern Ireland 180,000 Scotland Calum Hill (1) 12
25 Aug Rolex Trophy Switzerland 250,000 Finland Kim Koivu (3)[c] 12
2 Sep Cordon Golf Open France 230,000 England Jack Singh Brar (1) 12
9 Sep Bridgestone Challenge England 180,000 England Tom Lewis (1) 12
16 Sep Kazakhstan Open Kazakhstan 450,000 Scotland Liam Johnston (2) 13
23 Sep Hopps Open de Provence France 200,000 France Romain Langasque (1) 12 New tournament
7 Oct Monaghan Irish Challenge Ireland 180,000 England Oliver Wilson (2) 12
14 Oct Hainan Open China US$350,000 Finland Kalle Samooja (1) 13 CHN
21 Oct Foshan Open China US$500,000 France Victor Perez (2) 13 CHN
3 Nov Ras Al Khaimah Challenge Tour Grand Final UAE 420,000 Spain Adri Arnaus (1) 17 Flagship event

Rankings[edit]

For full rankings, see 2018 Challenge Tour graduates.

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.[3][4] The top 15 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 2019 European Tour.[5]

Rank Player Points
1 Denmark Joachim B. Hansen 192,320
2 Spain Adri Arnaus 185,836
3 France Victor Perez 184,236
4 Finland Kalle Samooja 140,243
5 Sweden Sebastian Söderberg 140,167

Notes[edit]

  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.[2]

References[edit]

  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. ^ "2018 Road to Ras Al Khaimah". European Tour. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  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.

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