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2022 Challenge Tour

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2022 Challenge Tour season
Duration9 February 2022 (2022-02-09) – 6 November 2022 (2022-11-06)
Number of official events28[a]
Most winsEngland Nathan Kimsey (2)
Germany Alexander Knappe (2)
South Africa J. C. Ritchie (2)
RankingsEngland Nathan Kimsey
2021
2023

The 2022 Challenge Tour was the 34th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 2022 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
()
Winner[b] OWGR
points
Other
tours[c]
Notes
13 Feb Dimension Data Pro-Am South Africa R6,000,000 Germany Alexander Knappe (3) 13 AFR Pro-Am
20 Feb Bain's Whisky Cape Town Open South Africa US$250,000 South Africa J. C. Ritchie (3) 13 AFR
27 Feb Jonsson Workwear Open South Africa US$250,000 South Africa J. C. Ritchie (4) 13 AFR New tournament
6 Mar Mangaung Open South Africa US$250,000 Denmark Oliver Hundebøll (1) 13 AFR New tournament
27 Mar SDC Open South Africa US$250,000 France Clément Sordet (5) 13 AFR New tournament
3 Apr Limpopo Championship South Africa US$250,000 Poland Mateusz Gradecki (1) 13 AFR
10 Apr Mount Kilamanjaro Klassic Tanzania Removed[2] AFR New tournament
22 May Challenge de España Spain 250,000 Sweden Jens Dantorp (3) 12
29 May Farmfoods Scottish Challenge Scotland £230,000 Spain Javier Sainz (1) 12
5 Jun D+D Real Czech Challenge Czech Republic 260,000 Denmark Nicolai Kristensen (1) 12
12 Jun Empordà Challenge Spain 250,000 Scotland Liam Johnston (3) 12
19 Jun Kaskáda Golf Challenge Czech Republic 260,000 Denmark Martin Simonsen (1) 12
26 Jun Blot Open de Bretagne France 250,000 England Alfie Plant (2) 12
3 Jul Italian Challenge Open Italy 350,000 Norway Kristian Krogh Johannessen (1) 12
10 Jul Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge France 260,000 England Nathan Kimsey (1) 12
17 Jul Euram Bank Open Austria 250,000 Germany Marc Hammer (1) 12
24 Jul Big Green Egg German Challenge Germany 250,000 Spain Alejandro del Rey (1) 12
31 Jul Irish Challenge Ireland 250,000 England Todd Clements (1) 12
7 Aug Vierumäki Finnish Challenge Finland 250,000 Germany Velten Meyer (1) 12
14 Aug Frederikshavn Challenge Denmark 250,000 Germany Freddy Schott (1) 3.83
21 Aug Dormy Open Sweden 250,000 Spain Emilio Cuartero (2) 5.47
28 Aug Indoor Golf Group Challenge Sweden 250,000 Sweden Mikael Lindberg (1) 5.28 New tournament
4 Sep B-NL Challenge Trophy Belgium 250,000 Germany Alexander Knappe (4) 4.98
18 Sep Open de Portugal Portugal 250,000 France Pierre Pineau (1) 5.57
25 Sep Swiss Challenge France 250,000 New Zealand Daniel Hillier (2) 5.14
2 Oct Hopps Open de Provence France 250,000 Sweden Joel Sjöholm (2) 5.18
9 Oct British Challenge England £230,000 Scotland Euan Walker (1) 5.05
16 Oct English Trophy England £230,000 Switzerland Jeremy Freiburghaus (1) 5.10 New tournament
23 Oct Foshan Open China Cancelled[3] CHN
6 Nov Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final Spain 500,000 England Nathan Kimsey (2) 3.36 Tour Championship

Rankings

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The rankings were titled as the Road to Mallorca and were based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[4][5] The top 20 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 2023 European Tour (DP World Tour).[6]

Rank Player Points
1 England Nathan Kimsey 208,918
2 Switzerland Jeremy Freiburghaus 160,025
3 Germany Alexander Knappe 146,052
4 South Africa J. C. Ritchie 141,286
5 Sweden Mikael Lindberg 139,848

Notes

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  1. ^ A further two tournaments were scheduled but were either cancelled or otherwise removed from the schedule.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ AFR − Sunshine Tour; CHN − China Tour.

References

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  1. ^ "2022 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Challenge Tour statement on the Mount Kilimanjaro Klassic". European Tour. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  3. ^ "European Challenge Tour statement on China events". European Tour. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  4. ^ "2022 Road to Mallorca". European Tour. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  5. ^ Dempster, Martin (6 November 2022). "Nathan Kimsey pulls off Challenge Tour clean sweep on dramatic day in Mallorca". The Scotsman. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  6. ^ "See which players have earned their 2023 DP World Tour cards". Worldwide Golf. 6 November 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
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