2020 Challenge Tour

The 2020 Challenge Tour was the 32nd season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

2020 Challenge Tour season

Duration	30 January 2020 (2020-01-30) – 22 November 2020 (2020-11-22)
Number of official events	11[a]
Most wins	Ondřej Lieser (2)
Rankings	Ondřej Lieser
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In-season changes

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.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2020 season.^[1]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (€)	Winner[b]	OWGR points	Other tours[c]	Notes
2 Feb	Limpopo Championship	South Africa	US$250,000	J. C. Ritchie (1)	13	AFR	New to Challenge Tour
9 Feb	RAM Cape Town Open	South Africa	US$250,000	Anton Karlsson (1)	13	AFR	New to Challenge Tour
16 Feb	Dimension Data Pro-Am	South Africa	US$340,000	Christiaan Bezuidenhout (n/a)	13	AFR	New to Challenge Tour Pro-Am
10 May	Prague Golf Challenge	Czech Republic	–	Cancelled[2]	–
7 Jun	D+D Real Czech Challenge	Czech Republic	–	Cancelled[2]	–
14 Jun	Andalucía Match Play 9	Spain	–	Postponed[3]	–
5 Jul	D+D Real Slovakia Challenge	Slovakia	–	Cancelled[2]	–
12 Jul	Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge	France	–	Cancelled[3]	–
12 Jul[d]	Austrian Open	Austria	500,000	Marc Warren (3)	18	EUR
18 Jul[d]	Euram Bank Open	Austria	500,000	Joël Stalter (2)	18	EUR
26 Jul	Vierumäki Finnish Challenge	Finland	–	Cancelled[6]	–
9 Aug 31 May	Swiss Challenge	Switzerland	–	Cancelled[7]	–
15 Aug	Made in Denmark Challenge	Denmark	–	Cancelled[8]	–
22 Aug	Rolex Trophy	Switzerland	–	Cancelled[9]	–
29 Aug	B-NL Challenge Trophy	Netherlands	–	Cancelled[8]	–		New tournament
6 Sep	Open de Bretagne	France	–	Cancelled[3]	–
6 Sep[d]	Northern Ireland Open	Northern Ireland	200,000	Tyler Koivisto (1)	12
13 Sep	Irish Challenge	Republic of Ireland	–	Cancelled[10]	–
20 Sep	Open de Portugal	Portugal	500,000	Garrick Higgo (1)	18	EUR
27 Sep	Hopps Open de Provence	France	–	Cancelled[11]	–
4 Oct	Lalla Aïcha Challenge Tour	Morocco	–	Cancelled[e]	–
4 Oct[f] 28 Jun	Italian Challenge Open Eneos Motor Oil	Italy	300,000	Hurly Long (1)	12
11 Oct 21 Jun	Hauts de France – Pas de Calais Golf Open	France	–	Cancelled[13]	–
18 Oct	Hainan Open	China	–	Cancelled[e]	–	CHN
25 Oct	Foshan Open	China	–	Cancelled[8]	–	CHN
8 Nov[f] 17 May	Andalucía Challenge de España	Spain	200,000	Ondřej Lieser (1)	12
14 Nov	Andalucía Challenge de Cádiz	Spain	200,000	Pep Anglès (1)	12		New tournament
22 Nov[f] 8 Nov	Challenge Tour Grand Final	Spain	350,000	Ondřej Lieser (2)	17		Flagship event

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.^[14][15] The top five players on the rankings earned limited status to play on the 2021 European Tour.^[15]

Rank	Player	Points
1	Ondřej Lieser	116,345
2	Marcel Schneider	98,500
3	Pep Anglès	92,688
4	Richard Mansell	84,534
5	Matt Ford	69,948

Notes

1. A further 17 tournaments were scheduled but were either cancelled, postponed 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; EUR − European Tour.
4. Tournament added to the schedule as part of changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[4][5]
5. Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
6. Rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[12]