2019 Challenge Tour

The 2019 Challenge Tour was a series of professional golf tournaments collectively known as the Challenge Tour.

The Challenge Tour is Europe's official developmental tour and is organised by the PGA European Tour. It was introduced in 1986 and was originally called the Satellite Tour, before being renamed with its present title in 1990.^[1]

Tournament schedule

The 2019 schedule is set out below.^[2] The numbers in brackets after winners' names show the player's total number of wins on the Challenge Tour including that event. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Challenge Tour because success at this level soon leads to promotion to the European Tour.

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