2012 Challenge Tour

The 2012 Challenge Tour was the 24th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

2012 Challenge Tour season

Duration	26 January 2012 (2012-01-26) – 27 October 2012 (2012-10-27)
Number of official events	26
Most wins	Kristoffer Broberg (4)
Rankings	Espen Kofstad
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Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2012 season.^[1]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (€)	Winner[a]	OWGR points	Other tours[b]	Notes
29 Jan	Gujarat Kensville Challenge	India	200,000	Maximilian Kieffer (1)	12	PGTI
11 Mar	Pacific Rubiales Colombia Classic	Colombia	190,000	Phillip Archer (3)	12		New tournament
1 Apr	Barclays Kenya Open	Kenya	195,000	Seve Benson (3)	12
13 May	Allianz Open Côtes d'Armor Bretagne	France	160,000	Eddie Pepperell (1)	12
13 May	Madeira Islands Open - Portugal	Portugal	675,000	Ricardo Santos (2)	18	EUR
27 May	Telenet Trophy	Belgium	160,000	Marco Crespi (1)	12
3 Jun	Fred Olsen Challenge de España	Spain	160,000	Eduardo de la Riva (1)	12
10 Jun	Kärnten Golf Open	Austria	160,000	Gary Stal (1)	12
17 Jun	Saint-Omer Open	France	500,000	Darren Fichardt (1)	18	EUR
24 Jun	Scottish Hydro Challenge	Scotland	220,000	Sam Walker (3)	12
30 Jun	Challenge Provincia di Varese	Italy	165,000	Raymond Russell (1)	12		New tournament
15 Jul	Credit Suisse Challenge	Switzerland	160,000	Gary Stal (2)	12
21 Jul	Double Tree by Hilton Acaya Open	Italy	160,000	Espen Kofstad (1)	12
29 Jul	English Challenge	England	160,000	Chris Paisley (1)	12
5 Aug	Finnish Challenge	Finland	170,000	Kristoffer Broberg (1)	12
12 Aug	Norwegian Challenge	Norway	175,000	Kristoffer Broberg (2)	12
18 Aug	ECCO Tour Championship	Denmark	DKr 1,200,000	Alessandro Tadini (4)	12	DNK
25 Aug	Rolex Trophy	Switzerland	190,000	Kristoffer Broberg (3)[c]	12
9 Sep	M2M Russian Challenge Cup	Russia	200,000	Alexandre Kaleka (2)	12
16 Sep	Kazakhstan Open	Kazakhstan	400,000	Scott Henry (1)	12
23 Sep	Allianz Golf Open Toulouse Metropole	France	160,000	Julien Brun (a) (1)	12
30 Sep	Challenge de Catalunya	Spain	160,000	Brooks Koepka (1)	12		New tournament
7 Oct	Allianz Open de Lyon	France	160,000	Chris Doak (1)	12
14 Oct	D+D Real Czech Challenge Open	Czech Republic	160,000	Andreas Hartø (3)	12		New tournament
21 Oct	Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Challenge	Denmark	140,000	Kristoffer Broberg (4)	12		New tournament
27 Oct	Apulia San Domenico Grand Final	Italy	330,000	Espen Kofstad (2)	16		Flagship event

Rankings

For full rankings, see 2012 Challenge Tour graduates.

The rankings were based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros.^[3][4] The top 21 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 2013 European Tour.^[d][4]

Rank	Player	Prize money (€)
1	Espen Kofstad	131,099
2	Kristoffer Broberg	126,508
3	Andreas Hartø	121,999
4	Joachim B. Hansen	120,085
5	Gary Lockerbie	117,482

Notes

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. DNK − Danish Golf Tour; EUR − European Tour; PGTI − Professional Golf Tour of India.
3. Broberg earned immediate promotion to the European Tour, as this was his third win of the season.^[2]
4. Magnus A. Carlsson (6th) was already exempt via the 2012 Race to Dubai;^[5] status was extended to the player ranked 21st (Daniel Brooks).