The 2023 Challenge Tour was the 35th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.
Schedule The following table lists official events during the 2023 season.
DateTournamentHost countryPurse(€)WinnerOWGRpointsOthertoursNotes Bain's Whisky Cape Town Open South AfricaUS$350,000 Benjamin Follett-Smith (1) 5.67 AFR Dimension Data Pro-Am South AfricaR7,000,000 Oliver Bekker (1) 6.05 AFR Pro-Am SDC Open South AfricaUS$350,000 J. J. Senekal (1) 5.21 AFR Nelson Mandela Bay Championship South AfricaUS$350,000 Dylan Mostert (1) 5.25 AFR New tournament Duncan Taylor Black Bull Challenge IndiaUS$300,000 Om Prakash Chouhan (1) 4.51 PGTI New tournament The Challenge IndiaUS$300,000 Ugo Coussaud (1) 4.65 PGTI New tournament Abu Dhabi Challenge UAEUS$300,000 Ricardo Gouveia (6) 6.21 New tournament UAE Challenge UAEUS$300,000 Max Rottluff (1) 5.85 New tournament B-NL Challenge Trophy Netherlands250,000 Jesper Svensson (1) 5.41 Copenhagen Challenge Denmark250,000 Matteo Manassero (1) 5.48 D+D Real Czech Challenge Czech Republic265,000 Andrea Pavan (5) 4.67 Andalucía Challenge de Cádiz Spain250,000 Sam Hutsby (2) 5.32 Kaskáda Golf Challenge Czech Republic265,000 Lorenzo Scalise (1) 4.48 Blot Open de Bretagne France270,000 Stuart Manley (4) 4.44 Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge France260,000 Darren Fichardt (2) 5.51 Italian Challenge Open Italy350,000 Matteo Manassero (2) 5.71 Euram Bank Open Austria250,000 Casey Jarvis (1) 4.20 Big Green Egg German Challenge Germany250,000 Francesco Laporta (3) 5.09 Irish Challenge Ireland250,000 Brandon Robinson-Thompson (1) 5.78 British Challenge England£230,000 Alex Fitzpatrick (1) 6.14 Farmfoods Scottish Challenge Scotland£230,000 Sam Bairstow (1) 5.82 Vierumäki Finnish Challenge Finland250,000 Lauri Ruuska (1) 3.43 Dormy Open Sweden250,000 Jacques Kruyswijk (1) 5.71 Indoor Golf Group Challenge Sweden250,000 Max Rottluff (2) 5.93 Challenge de España Spain250,000 Martin Couvra (a) (1) 6.00 Open de Portugal Portugal250,000 Marco Penge (1) 6.43 Swiss Challenge France250,000 Adam Blommé (1) 5.78 Hopps Open de Provence France260,000 Lucas Vacarisas (1) 5.10 Hainan Open ChinaUS$500,000 Ricardo Gouveia (7) 4.27 CHN Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final Spain500,000 Marco Penge (2) 3.51 Tour Championship
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. The top 21 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 2024 European Tour (DP World Tour).
Rank Player Points1 Marco Penge 1,2852 Casey Jarvis 1,2783 Manuel Elvira 1,2624 Ugo Coussaud 1,2405 Jesper Svensson 1,221
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