2022 Challenge Tour

The 2022 Challenge Tour was the 34th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

2022 Challenge Tour season

Duration	9 February 2022 (2022-02-09) – 6 November 2022 (2022-11-06)
Number of official events	28[a]
Most wins	Nathan Kimsey (2) Alexander Knappe (2) J. C. Ritchie (2)
Rankings	Nathan Kimsey
← 2021 2023 →

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2022 season.^[1]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (€)	Winner[b]	OWGR points	Other 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

For full rankings, see 2022 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.^[4][5] The top 20 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 2023 European Tour (DP World Tour).^[6]

Rank	Player	Points
1	Nathan Kimsey	208,918
2	Jeremy Freiburghaus	160,025
3	Alexander Knappe	146,052
4	J. C. Ritchie	141,286
5	Mikael Lindberg	139,848

Notes

1. A further two tournaments were scheduled but were either cancelled 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.