2024 Challenge Tour
Year2024
TourChallenge Tour
Regular season1 February 2024 – 3 November 2024
No of events29
Most winsRasmus Neergaard-Petersen (3)
John Parry (3)
Honor 1Rankings
Honoree 1Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen
Prevseason2023
Nextseason2025

The 2024 Challenge Tour was the 36th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2024 season.[1][2][3]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(€)		Winner[a]OWGR
points		Other
tours[b]		Notes
4 FebSDC OpenSouth AfricaUS$350,000Rhys Enoch (2)5.89AFR
11 FebBain's Whisky Cape Town OpenSouth AfricaUS$350,000Mikael Lindberg (2)6.40AFR
18 FebDimension Data Pro-AmSouth AfricaR7,000,000David Ravetto (1)7.35AFRPro-Am
25 FebNMB ChampionshipSouth AfricaUS$350,000Björn Åkesson (1)5.49AFR
17 MarDelhi ChallengeIndiaUS$300,000John Parry (2)5.34PGTINew tournament
24 MarKolkata ChallengeIndiaUS$300,000Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (1)5.66PGTINew tournament
21 AprAbu Dhabi ChallengeUAEUS$300,000Garrick Porteous (2)6.81
28 AprUAE ChallengeUAEUS$300,000Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (2)6.86
12 MayChallenge de EspañaSpain270,000Joel Moscatel (1)6.30
26 MayDanish Golf ChallengeDenmark270,000Andreas Halvorsen (1)6.19
9 JunChallenge de CádizSpain270,000Jonathan Gøth-Rasmussen (1)6.03
16 JunKaskáda Golf ChallengeCzech Republic270,000Hamish Brown (1)5.71
23 JunBlot Open de BretagneFrance270,000John Parry (3)5.34
30 JunLe Vaudreuil Golf ChallengeFrance270,000Joel Moscatel (2)6.45
21 JulEuram Bank OpenAustria270,000Frank Kennedy (1)5.63
28 JulBlack Desert NI OpenNorthern Ireland£250,000Conor Purcell (1)6.86
4 AugIrish ChallengeIreland270,000Joakim Lagergren (2)6.81
11 AugFarmfoods Scottish ChallengeScotland£250,000Brandon Robinson-Thompson (2)5.73
18 AugVierumäki Finnish ChallengeFinland270,000Christofer Blomstrand (1)5.21
25 AugIndoor Golf Group ChallengeSweden270,000Joakim Lagergren (3)4.97
1 SepRosa Challenge TourPoland270,000Ángel Ayora (1)5.70New tournament
8 SepBig Green Egg German ChallengeGermany270,000Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (3)[c]4.87
15 SepOpen de PortugalPortugal270,000Matt Oshrine (1)6.33
22 SepItalian Challenge OpenItaly350,000John Parry (4)[d]6.86
29 SepSwiss ChallengeFrance270,000Euan Walker (2)4.05
5 OctD+D Real Czech ChallengeCzech Republic270,000Benjamin Follett-Smith (2)3.90
13 OctHainan OpenChinaUS$500,000Hamish Brown (2)5.40CHN
20 OctHangzhou OpenChinaUS$500,000Conor Purcell (2)5.59CHNNew tournament
3 NovRolex Challenge Tour Grand FinalSpain500,000Kristoffer Reitan (1)5.33Tour Championship

Rankings

For full rankings, see 2024 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 22 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 2025 European Tour (DP World Tour).[e][6]

RankPlayerPoints
1Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen1,826
2John Parry1,595
3Oliver Lindell1,497
4Ángel Ayora1,488
5Hamish Brown1,477

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. ^ Neergaard-Petersen earned immediate promotion to the European Tour, as this was his third win of the season.[7]
  4. ^ Parry earned immediate promotion to the European Tour, as this was his third win of the season.[8]
  5. ^ Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (1st) and Robin Williams (14th) were already exempt via the 2024 Race to Dubai;[9][10] status was extended to players ranked 21st (Nicolai von Dellingshausen) and 22nd (Lucas Bjerregaard).

References

  1. ^ "2024 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  2. ^ "2024 Challenge Tour season to begin in South Africa". European Tour. 24 October 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  3. ^ "2024 Challenge Tour Global Schedule unveiled". European Tour. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  4. ^ "2024 Road to Mallorca". European Tour. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  5. ^ Tarratt, Nick (4 November 2024). "Neergaard-Petersen secures DP World Tour Card with top finish in 2024 Road to Mallorca". Khaleej Times. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  6. ^ Kukreti, Shobhit (4 November 2024). "Full list of Challenge Tour players qualified that earned a 2025 DP World Tour card ft. Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  7. ^ "Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen earns automatic promotion to DP World Tour after victory in Germany". European Tour. 8 September 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  8. ^ "John Parry seals automatic DP World Tour promotion with win in Italy". European Tour. 22 September 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  9. ^ "2024 Race to Dubai". European Tour. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  10. ^ Coley, Ben (31 October 2024). "Ben Coley's golf betting tips: Challenge Tour Grand Final preview and best bets". Sporting Life. Retrieved 4 November 2024.