2022 Challenge Tour
| Duration | 9 February 2022 – 6 November 2022 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 28[a] |
| Most wins | 2: Nathan Kimsey Alexander Knappe J. C. Ritchie |
| Challenge Tour Rankings | Nathan Kimsey |
← 2021 2023 → | |
The 2022 Challenge Tour is 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]
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2022 season.[2]
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (€) |
Winner[b] | OWGR points |
Other tours[c] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Feb | Dimension Data Pro-Am | South Africa | R6,000,000 | Alexander Knappe (3) |
13 | AFR | Pro-Am |
| 20 Feb | Bain's Whisky Cape Town Open | South Africa | US$250,000 | J. C. Ritchie (3) |
13 | AFR | |
| 27 Feb | Jonsson Workwear Open | South Africa | US$250,000 | J. C. Ritchie (4) |
13 | AFR | New tournament |
| 6 Mar | Mangaung Open | South Africa | US$250,000 |  Oliver Hundebøll (1) |
13 | AFR | New tournament |
| 27 Mar | SDC Open | South Africa | US$250,000 |  Clément Sordet (5) |
13 | AFR | New tournament |
| 3 Apr | Limpopo Championship | South Africa | US$250,000 |  Mateusz Gradecki (1) |
13 | AFR | |
| Mount Kilamanjaro Klassic | Tanzania | – | Removed | – | AFR | New tournament | |
| 22 May | Challenge de España | Spain | 250,000 |  Jens Dantorp (3) |
12 | ||
| 29 May | Farmfoods Scottish Challenge | Scotland | £230,000 |  Javier Sainz (1) |
12 | ||
| 5 Jun | D+D Real Czech Challenge | Czech Republic | 260,000 | Nicolai Kristensen (1) |
12 | ||
| 12 Jun | Empordà Challenge | Spain | 250,000 |  Liam Johnston (3) |
12 | ||
| 19 Jun | Kaskáda Golf Challenge | Czech Republic | 260,000 | Martin Simonsen (1) |
12 | ||
| 26 Jun | Blot Open de Bretagne | France | 250,000 | Alfie Plant (2) |
12 | ||
| 3 Jul | Italian Challenge Open | Italy | 350,000 |  Kristian Krogh Johannessen (1) |
12 | ||
| 10 Jul | Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge | France | 260,000 | Nathan Kimsey (1) |
12 | ||
| 17 Jul | Euram Bank Open | Austria | 250,000 | Marc Hammer (1) |
12 | ||
| 24 Jul | Big Green Egg German Challenge | Germany | 250,000 | Alejandro del Rey (1) |
12 | ||
| 31 Jul | Irish Challenge | Ireland | 250,000 | Todd Clements (1) |
12 | ||
| 7 Aug | Vierumäki Finnish Challenge | Finland | 250,000 | Velten Meyer (1) |
12 | ||
| 14 Aug | Frederikshavn Challenge | Denmark | 250,000 | Freddy Schott (1) |
3.83 | ||
| 21 Aug | Dormy Open | Sweden | 250,000 | Emilio Cuartero (2) |
5.47 | ||
| 28 Aug | Indoor Golf Group Challenge | Sweden | 250,000 | Mikael Lindberg (1) |
5.28 | New tournament | |
| 4 Sep | B-NL Challenge Trophy | Belgium | 250,000 | Alexander Knappe (4) |
4.98 | ||
| 18 Sep | Open de Portugal | Portugal | 250,000 | Pierre Pineau (1) |
5.57 | ||
| 25 Sep | Swiss Challenge | France | 250,000 |  Daniel Hillier (2) |
5.14 | ||
| 2 Oct | Hopps Open de Provence | France | 250,000 | Joel Sjöholm (2) |
5.18 | ||
| 9 Oct | British Challenge | England | £230,000 | Euan Walker (1) |
5.05 | ||
| 16 Oct | English Trophy | England | £230,000 |  Jeremy Freiburghaus (1) |
5.10 | New tournament | |
| Foshan Open | China | – | Removed | – | CHN | ||
| 6 Nov | Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final | Spain | 500,000 | Nathan Kimsey (2) |
3.36 | Tour Championship |
Challenge Tour Rankings
For full rankings, see 2022 Challenge Tour graduates.
The rankings were titled as the Road to Mallorca and were based on prize money won during the season, calculated using a points-based system. The top 20 players on the tour earned status to play on the 2023 European Tour.[3][4]
| Rank | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nathan Kimsey |
208,918 |
| 2 | Jeremy Freiburghaus |
160,025 |
| 3 | Alexander Knappe |
146,052 |
| 4 | J. C. Ritchie |
141,286 |
| 5 | Mikael Lindberg |
139,848 |
See also
Notes
- ^ A further two tournaments were scheduled but were removed from the schedule.
- ^ 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.
- ^ AFR − Sunshine Tour; CHN − China Tour.
References
- ^ "Tour History". PGA European Tour. Archived from the original on 22 July 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
- ^ "Challenge Tour Schedule 2022". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
- ^ "Road to Mallorca". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
- ^ "Tom McKibbin earns DP World Tour card in Mallorca". RTE. 6 November 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.