2023 Challenge Tour

The 2023 Challenge Tour was the 35th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

2023 Challenge Tour season

Duration	2 February 2023 (2023-02-02) – 5 November 2023 (2023-11-05)
Number of official events	30
Most wins	Ricardo Gouveia (2) Matteo Manassero (2) Marco Penge (2) Max Rottluff (2)
Rankings	Marco Penge
← 2022 2024 →

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2023 season.^[1][2]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (€)	Winner[a]	OWGR points	Other tours[b]	Notes
5 Feb	Bain's Whisky Cape Town Open	South Africa	US$350,000	Benjamin Follett-Smith (1)	5.67	AFR
12 Feb	Dimension Data Pro-Am	South Africa	R7,000,000	Oliver Bekker (1)	6.05	AFR	Pro-Am
19 Feb	SDC Open	South Africa	US$350,000	J. J. Senekal (1)	5.21	AFR
26 Feb	Nelson Mandela Bay Championship	South Africa	US$350,000	Dylan Mostert (1)	5.25	AFR	New tournament
26 Mar	Duncan Taylor Black Bull Challenge	India	US$300,000	Om Prakash Chouhan (1)	4.51	PGTI	New tournament
31 Mar	The Challenge	India	US$300,000	Ugo Coussaud (1)	4.65	PGTI	New tournament
30 Apr	Abu Dhabi Challenge	UAE	US$300,000	Ricardo Gouveia (6)	6.21		New tournament
7 May	UAE Challenge	UAE	US$300,000	Max Rottluff (1)	5.85		New tournament
21 May	B-NL Challenge Trophy	Netherlands	250,000	Jesper Svensson (1)	5.41
28 May	Copenhagen Challenge	Denmark	250,000	Matteo Manassero (1)	5.48
4 Jun	D+D Real Czech Challenge	Czech Republic	265,000	Andrea Pavan (5)	4.67
11 Jun	Andalucía Challenge de Cádiz	Spain	250,000	Sam Hutsby (2)	5.32
18 Jun	Kaskáda Golf Challenge	Czech Republic	265,000	Lorenzo Scalise (1)	4.48
25 Jun	Blot Open de Bretagne	France	270,000	Stuart Manley (4)	4.44
2 Jul	Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge	France	260,000	Darren Fichardt (2)	5.51
9 Jul	Italian Challenge Open	Italy	350,000	Matteo Manassero (2)	5.71
16 Jul	Euram Bank Open	Austria	250,000	Casey Jarvis (1)	4.20
23 Jul	Big Green Egg German Challenge	Germany	250,000	Francesco Laporta (3)	5.09
30 Jul	Irish Challenge	Ireland	250,000	Brandon Robinson-Thompson (1)	5.78
6 Aug	British Challenge	England	£230,000	Alex Fitzpatrick (1)	6.14
13 Aug	Farmfoods Scottish Challenge	Scotland	£230,000	Sam Bairstow (1)	5.82
20 Aug	Vierumäki Finnish Challenge	Finland	250,000	Lauri Ruuska (1)	3.43
27 Aug	Dormy Open	Sweden	250,000	Jacques Kruyswijk (1)	5.71
3 Sep	Indoor Golf Group Challenge	Sweden	250,000	Max Rottluff (2)	5.93
10 Sep	Challenge de España	Spain	250,000	Martin Couvra (a) (1)	6.00
17 Sep	Open de Portugal	Portugal	250,000	Marco Penge (1)	6.43
24 Sep	Swiss Challenge	France	250,000	Adam Blommé (1)	5.78
8 Oct	Hopps Open de Provence	France	260,000	Lucas Vacarisas (1)	5.10
16 Oct	Hainan Open	China	US$500,000	Ricardo Gouveia (7)	4.27	CHN
5 Nov	Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final	Spain	500,000	Marco Penge (2)	3.51		Tour Championship

Rankings

For full rankings, see 2023 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.^[3][4] The top 21 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 2024 European Tour (DP World Tour).^[c][6]

Rank	Player	Points
1	Marco Penge	1,285
2	Casey Jarvis	1,278
3	Manuel Elvira	1,262
4	Ugo Coussaud	1,240
5	Jesper Svensson	1,221

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. AFR − Sunshine Tour; CHN − China Tour; PGTI − Professional Golf Tour of India.
3. Alex Fitzpatrick (11th) was already exempt via the 2023 Race to Dubai;^[5] status was extended to the player ranked 21st (Stuart Manley).