2019 Challenge Tour

The 2019 Challenge Tour was the 31st season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

2019 Challenge Tour season

Duration	25 April 2019 (2019-04-25) – 10 November 2019 (2019-11-10)
Number of official events	24
Most wins	Calum Hill (2) Francesco Laporta (2) Antoine Rozner (2)
Rankings	Francesco Laporta
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Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2019 season.^[1]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (€)	Winner[a]	OWGR points	Other tours[b]	Notes
28 Apr	Turkish Airlines Challenge	Turkey	200,000	Connor Syme (1)	12
5 May	Challenge de España	Spain	200,000	Antoine Rozner (1)	12
12 May	Prague Golf Challenge	Czech Republic	200,000	Antoine Rozner (2)	12
26 May	D+D Real Czech Challenge	Czech Republic	200,000	Ross McGowan (3)	12
9 Jun	Swiss Challenge	Switzerland	185,000	Ricardo Santos (3)	12
16 Jun	Hauts de France – Pas de Calais Golf Open	France	190,000	Robin Roussel (1)	12
23 Jun	Andalucía Costa del Sol Match Play 9	Spain	200,000	Eirik Tage Johansen (1)	12
30 Jun	Italian Challenge Open Eneos Motor Oil	Italy	300,000	Matthew Jordan (1)	12
7 Jul	D+D Real Slovakia Challenge	Slovakia	200,000	Rhys Enoch (1)	12
14 Jul	Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge	France	210,000	Steven Tiley (1)	12
21 Jul	Euram Bank Open	Austria	185,000	Calum Hill (2)	12
4 Aug	Vierumäki Finnish Challenge	Finland	200,000	José-Filipe Lima (5)	12
10 Aug	Made in Denmark Challenge	Denmark	200,000	Calum Hill (3)	12
18 Aug	ISPS Handa World Invitational	Northern Ireland	US$250,000	Jack Senior (2)	12		New tournament
24 Aug	Rolex Trophy	Switzerland	290,000	Darius van Driel (2)	12
1 Sep	KPMG Trophy	Belgium	185,000	Dale Whitnell (1)	12
8 Sep	Open de Bretagne	France	200,000	Sebastian Heisele (1)	12
15 Sep	Open de Portugal	Portugal	200,000	Adrian Meronk (1)	12
29 Sep	Hopps Open de Provence	France	200,000	Lars van Meijel (1)	12
6 Oct	Lalla Aïcha Challenge Tour	Morocco	200,000	Oliver Farr (3)	12		New tournament
13 Oct	Stone Irish Challenge	Ireland	200,000	Emilio Cuartero (1)	12
20 Oct	Hainan Open	China	US$350,000	Francesco Laporta (1)	13	CHN
27 Oct	Foshan Open	China	US$500,000	Bai Zhengkai (n/a)	13	CHN
10 Nov	Challenge Tour Grand Final	Spain	420,000	Francesco Laporta (2)	17		Flagship event

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the Challenge Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (€)	Winner	OWGR points	Other tours[b]	Notes
6 Apr	Jordan Mixed Open	Jordan	US$393,000	Daan Huizing	n/a	EST, LET	New mixed event

Rankings

For full rankings, see 2019 Challenge Tour graduates.

The rankings were titled as the Road to Mallorca and were based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.^[2][3] The top 15 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 2020 European Tour.^[4]

Rank	Player	Points
1	Francesco Laporta	210,132
2	Calum Hill	146,834
3	Richard Bland	142,402
4	Sebastian Heisele	130,406
5	Adrian Meronk	128,908

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. CHN − China Tour; EST − European Senior Tour; LET − Ladies European Tour.