2024 Challenge Tour
| Duration | 1 February 2024 – 3 November 2024 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 29 |
| Most wins |  Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (3) John Parry (3) |
| Rankings | Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen |
← 2023 2025 → | |
The 2024 Challenge Tour was the 36th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.
Schedule
[edit]The following table lists official events during the 2024 season.[1][2][3]
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (€) |
Winner[a] | OWGR points |
Other tours[b] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Feb | SDC Open | South Africa | US$350,000 |  Rhys Enoch (2) |
5.89 | AFR | |
| 11 Feb | Bain's Whisky Cape Town Open | South Africa | US$350,000 |  Mikael Lindberg (2) |
6.40 | AFR | |
| 18 Feb | Dimension Data Pro-Am | South Africa | R7,000,000 |  David Ravetto (1) |
7.35 | AFR | Pro-Am |
| 25 Feb | NMB Championship | South Africa | US$350,000 | Björn Åkesson (1) |
5.49 | AFR | |
| 17 Mar | Delhi Challenge | India | US$300,000 | John Parry (2) |
5.34 | PGTI | New tournament |
| 24 Mar | Kolkata Challenge | India | US$300,000 | Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (1) |
5.66 | PGTI | New tournament |
| 21 Apr | Abu Dhabi Challenge | UAE | US$300,000 | Garrick Porteous (2) |
6.81 | ||
| 28 Apr | UAE Challenge | UAE | US$300,000 | Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (2) |
6.86 | ||
| 12 May | Challenge de España | Spain | 270,000 |  Joel Moscatel (1) |
6.30 | ||
| 26 May | Danish Golf Challenge | Denmark | 270,000 |  Andreas Halvorsen (1) |
6.19 | ||
| 9 Jun | Challenge de Cádiz | Spain | 270,000 | Jonathan Gøth-Rasmussen (1) |
6.03 | ||
| 16 Jun | Kaskáda Golf Challenge | Czech Republic | 270,000 | Hamish Brown (1) |
5.71 | ||
| 23 Jun | Blot Open de Bretagne | France | 270,000 | John Parry (3) |
5.34 | ||
| 30 Jun | Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge | France | 270,000 | Joel Moscatel (2) |
6.45 | ||
| 21 Jul | Euram Bank Open | Austria | 270,000 | Frank Kennedy (1) |
5.63 | ||
| 28 Jul | Black Desert NI Open | Northern Ireland | £250,000 |  Conor Purcell (1) |
6.86 | ||
| 4 Aug | Irish Challenge | Ireland | 270,000 | Joakim Lagergren (2) |
6.81 | ||
| 11 Aug | Farmfoods Scottish Challenge | Scotland | £250,000 | Brandon Robinson-Thompson (2) |
5.73 | ||
| 18 Aug | Vierumäki Finnish Challenge | Finland | 270,000 | Christofer Blomstrand (1) |
5.21 | ||
| 25 Aug | Indoor Golf Group Challenge | Sweden | 270,000 | Joakim Lagergren (3) |
4.97 | ||
| 1 Sep | Rosa Challenge Tour | Poland | 270,000 | Ángel Ayora (1) |
5.70 | New tournament | |
| 8 Sep | Big Green Egg German Challenge | Germany | 270,000 | Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (3)[c] |
4.87 | ||
| 15 Sep | Open de Portugal | Portugal | 270,000 |  Matt Oshrine (1) |
6.33 | ||
| 22 Sep | Italian Challenge Open | Italy | 350,000 | John Parry (4)[d] |
6.86 | ||
| 29 Sep | Swiss Challenge | France | 270,000 |  Euan Walker (2) |
4.05 | ||
| 5 Oct | D+D Real Czech Challenge | Czech Republic | 270,000 |  Benjamin Follett-Smith (2) |
3.90 | ||
| 13 Oct | Hainan Open | China | US$500,000 | Hamish Brown (2) |
5.40 | CHN | |
| 20 Oct | Hangzhou Open | China | US$500,000 | Conor Purcell (2) |
5.59 | CHN | New tournament |
| 3 Nov | Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final | Spain | 500,000 | Kristoffer Reitan (1) |
5.33 | Tour Championship |
Rankings
[edit]The rankings were titled as the Road to Mallorca and were based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[6][7] The top 22 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 2025 European Tour (DP World Tour).[e][10]
| Rank | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen |
1,826 |
| 2 | John Parry |
1,595 |
| 3 |  Oliver Lindell |
1,497 |
| 4 | Ángel Ayora |
1,488 |
| 5 | Hamish Brown |
1,477 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ AFR − Sunshine Tour; CHN − China Tour; PGTI − Professional Golf Tour of India.
- ^ Neergaard-Petersen earned immediate promotion to the European Tour, as this was his third win of the season.[4]
- ^ Parry earned immediate promotion to the European Tour, as this was his third win of the season.[5]
- ^ Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (1st) and Robin Williams (14th) were already exempt via the 2024 Race to Dubai;[8][9] status was extended to players ranked 21st (Nicolai von Dellingshausen) and 22nd (Lucas Bjerregaard).
References
[edit]- ^ "2024 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
- ^ "2024 Challenge Tour season to begin in South Africa". European Tour. 24 October 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ "2024 Challenge Tour Global Schedule unveiled". European Tour. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ "Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen earns automatic promotion to DP World Tour after victory in Germany". European Tour. 8 September 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ "John Parry seals automatic DP World Tour promotion with win in Italy". European Tour. 22 September 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ^ "2024 Road to Mallorca". European Tour. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "2024 Race to Dubai". European Tour. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.