2022 Challenge Tour Golf tour season
The 2022 Challenge Tour was the 34th season of the Challenge Tour , the official development tour to the European Tour .
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2022 season.[ 1]
Date Tournament Host country Purse (€ ) Winner[ b] OWGR pointsOther 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
10 Apr Mount Kilamanjaro Klassic Tanzania – Removed [ 2] – 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
23 Oct Foshan Open China – Cancelled [ 3] – CHN
6 Nov Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final Spain 500,000 Nathan Kimsey (2)3.36 Tour Championship
Rankings
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]
Notes
↑ A further two tournaments were scheduled but were either cancelled or otherwise 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 .