2017 Challenge Tour

2017 Challenge Tour season
Duration23 March 2017 (2017-03-23) – 4 November 2017 (2017-11-04)
Number of official events27
Most winsEngland Aaron Rai (3)
RankingsFinland Tapio Pulkkanen
2016
2018

The 2017 Challenge Tour was the 29th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 2017 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
()
Winner[a] OWGR
points
Other
tours[b]
Notes
26 Mar Barclays Kenya Open Kenya 220,000 England Aaron Rai (1) 12
23 Apr Turkish Airlines Challenge Turkey 200,000 England Ryan Evans (1) 12
14 May Open de Portugal Portugal 500,000 England Matt Wallace (1) 18 EUR
21 May Andalucía Costa del Sol Match Play 9 Spain 200,000 England Aaron Rai (2) 12 New tournament
28 May D+D Real Czech Challenge Czech Republic 180,000 United States Julian Suri (1) 12
4 Jun Swiss Challenge Switzerland 170,000 Switzerland Joel Girrbach (1) 12
11 Jun KPMG Trophy Belgium 170,000 Austria Martin Wiegele (4) 12
18 Jun Hauts de France Golf Open France 200,000 France Julien Guerrier (1) 12
25 Jun Made in Denmark Challenge Denmark 180,000 Sweden Oscar Stark (1) 12
2 Jul SSE Scottish Hydro Challenge Scotland 250,000 England Richard McEvoy (2) 12
9 Jul Prague Golf Challenge Czech Republic 180,000 England Garrick Porteous (1) 12 New tournament
16 Jul Italian Challenge Open Italy 300,000 Sweden Joel Sjöholm (1) 12
23 Jul Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge France 210,000 England Aaron Rai (3)[c] 12
30 Jul Swedish Challenge Sweden 200,000 Argentina Estanislao Goya (3) 12
6 Aug Vierumäki Finnish Challenge Finland 180,000 England Paul Howard (1) 12
13 Aug Galgorm Resort & Spa Northern Ireland Open Northern Ireland 185,000 France Robin Sciot-Siegrist (1) 12
20 Aug Viking Challenge Norway 200,000 France Clément Sordet (3) 12
26 Aug Rolex Trophy Switzerland 250,000 Spain Pedro Oriol (1) 12
3 Sep Cordon Golf Open France 210,000 Iceland Birgir Hafþórsson (1) 12
10 Sep Bridgestone Challenge England 180,000 Sweden Oscar Lengdén (1) 12
17 Sep Irish Challenge Ireland 180,000 France Julien Guerrier (2) 12
24 Sep Kazakhstan Open Kazakhstan 450,000 Finland Tapio Pulkkanen (1) 13
1 Oct Challenge de España Spain 200,000 France Victor Perez (1) 12
15 Oct Hainan Open China US$350,000 South Africa Erik van Rooyen (1) 13 CHN
22 Oct Foshan Open China US$500,000 Wales Oliver Farr (2) 13 CHN
28 Oct Ras Al Khaimah Golf Challenge UAE US$350,000 Sweden Jens Dantorp (2) 13
4 Nov NBO Golf Classic Grand Final Oman 420,000 France Clément Sordet (4) 17 Flagship event

Rankings

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The rankings were titled as the Road to Oman and were based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[3][4] The top 15 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 2018 European Tour.[5]

Rank Player Points
1 Finland Tapio Pulkkanen 210,799
2 France Clément Sordet 181,312
3 South Africa Erik van Rooyen 160,876
4 England Aaron Rai 139,435
5 Sweden Marcus Kinhult 139,419

Notes

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  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. ^ CHN − China Tour; EUR − European Tour.
  3. ^ Rai earned immediate promotion to the European Tour, as this was his third win of the season.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "2017 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Le Vaud-Rai win earns Aaron a European Tour card". European Tour. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  3. ^ "2017 Road to Oman". European Tour. Archived from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Sordet wins NBO Golf Classic Grand Final title, Pulkkanen is 'Road to Oman' champion". Times of Oman. 5 November 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2023 – via Pressreader.
  5. ^ "2017 European Challenge Tour: 15 money leaders who earned European Tour cards". Golf News Net. 5 November 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
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