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The 2020 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]

After beginning with three tournaments in South Africa co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour, the remainder of the season was severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, with many tournaments being cancelled or postponed.

Tournament schedule

The 2020 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.

Dates Tournament Host country Winner OWGR
points		 Purse (€) Notes
2 Feb Limpopo Championship South Africa South Africa J. C. Ritchie (1) 13 $250,000 Co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour
9 Feb RAM Cape Town Open South Africa Sweden Anton Karlsson (1) 13 $250,000 Co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour
16 Feb Dimension Data Pro-Am South Africa South Africa Christiaan Bezuidenhout (n/a) 13 $340,000 Co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour
10 May Prague Golf Challenge Czech Republic Cancelled[a] – 205,000
7 Jun D+D Real Czech Challenge Czech Republic Cancelled[a] – 205,000
TBC
14 Jun		 Match Play 9 Spain Postponed[b] 12 200,000
TBC
5 Jul
17 May		 Challenge de España Spain Postponed[b] 12 200,000
5 Jul D+D Real Slovakia Challenge Slovakia Cancelled[a] – 205,000
12 Jul Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge France Cancelled[a] – 210,000
12 Jul[c] Austrian Open Austria 500,000 Dual-ranking event with European Tour
18 Jul
19 Jul[d]		 Euram Bank Open Austria 500,000 Dual-ranking event with European Tour
26 Jul Vierumäki Finnish Challenge Finland 12 200,000
2 Aug
28 Jun[e]		 Italian Challenge Italy 12 300,000
9 Aug
31 May[e]		 Swiss Challenge Switzerland 12 185,000
15 Aug Made in Denmark Challenge Denmark 12 200,000
22 Aug Rolex Trophy Switzerland 12 290,000
29 Aug B-NL Challenge Trophy Netherlands 12 250,000
6 Sep Open de Bretagne France Cancelled[a] – 200,000
13 Sep Irish Challenge Republic of Ireland 12 220,000
20 Sep Open de Portugal Portugal 12 200,000
27 Sep Hopps Open de Provence France 12 200,000
4 Oct Lalla Aïcha Challenge Tour Morocco 12 200,000
11 Oct
21 Jun[e]		 Hauts de France – Pas de Calais Golf Open France 12 190,000
18 Oct Hainan Open China $350,000 Co-sanctioned with China Tour
25 Oct Foshan Open China $500,000 Co-sanctioned with China Tour
8 Nov Challenge Tour Grand Final Spain 17 440,000
  1. ^ a b c d e Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.[5][4]
  2. ^ a b Postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic.[3][4]
  3. ^ Added to Challenge Tour and European Tour schedules as both tours' planned season-resuming event on 15 June.[6]
  4. ^ Revised end date and dual-ranking status announced on 15 June.[6]
  5. ^ a b c Provisionally rescheduled due to COVID-19 pandemic.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Tour History". PGA European Tour. Archived from the original on 22 July 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Challenge Tour Schedule 2020". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Statement on the Challenge de España". PGA European Tour. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Update on Challenge Tour international schedule". PGA European Tour. 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  5. ^ Jackson, Keith (11 March 2020). "Coronavirus: Indian Open postponed, Czech Masters cancelled outright". Sky Sports. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  6. ^ a b "European Tour and Challenge Tour to resume in Austria". European Tour. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Statement on Challenge Tour international schedule". PGA European Tour. 2 April 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2020.

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