2022 Challenge Tour
| Duration | 9 February 2022 – 6 November 2022 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 28[a] |
| Most wins | Nathan Kimsey (2) Alexander Knappe (2) J. C. Ritchie (2) |
| Rankings | Nathan Kimsey |
← 2021 2023 → | |
The 2022 Challenge Tour was the 34th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2022 season.[1]
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (€) |
Winner[b] | OWGR points |
Other tours[c] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Feb | Dimension Data Pro-Am | South Africa | R6,000,000 | Alexander Knappe (3) | 13 | AFR | Pro-Am |
| 20 Feb | Bain's Whisky Cape Town Open | South Africa | US$250,000 | J. C. Ritchie (3) | 13 | AFR | |
| 27 Feb | Jonsson Workwear Open | South Africa | US$250,000 | J. C. Ritchie (4) | 13 | AFR | New tournament |
| 6 Mar | Mangaung Open | South Africa | US$250,000 | Oliver Hundebøll (1) | 13 | AFR | New tournament |
| 27 Mar | SDC Open | South Africa | US$250,000 | Clément Sordet (5) | 13 | AFR | New tournament |
| 3 Apr | Limpopo Championship | South Africa | US$250,000 | Mateusz Gradecki (1) | 13 | AFR | |
| Mount Kilamanjaro Klassic | Tanzania | – | Removed[2] | – | AFR | New tournament | |
| 22 May | Challenge de España | Spain | 250,000 | Jens Dantorp (3) | 12 | ||
| 29 May | Farmfoods Scottish Challenge | Scotland | £230,000 | Javier Sainz (1) | 12 | ||
| 5 Jun | D+D Real Czech Challenge | Czech Republic | 260,000 | Nicolai Kristensen (1) | 12 | ||
| 12 Jun | Empordà Challenge | Spain | 250,000 | Liam Johnston (3) | 12 | ||
| 19 Jun | Kaskáda Golf Challenge | Czech Republic | 260,000 | Martin Simonsen (1) | 12 | ||
| 26 Jun | Blot Open de Bretagne | France | 250,000 | Alfie Plant (2) | 12 | ||
| 3 Jul | Italian Challenge Open | Italy | 350,000 | Kristian Krogh Johannessen (1) | 12 | ||
| 10 Jul | Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge | France | 260,000 | Nathan Kimsey (1) | 12 | ||
| 17 Jul | Euram Bank Open | Austria | 250,000 | Marc Hammer (1) | 12 | ||
| 24 Jul | Big Green Egg German Challenge | Germany | 250,000 | Alejandro del Rey (1) | 12 | ||
| 31 Jul | Irish Challenge | Ireland | 250,000 | Todd Clements (1) | 12 | ||
| 7 Aug | Vierumäki Finnish Challenge | Finland | 250,000 | Velten Meyer (1) | 12 | ||
| 14 Aug | Frederikshavn Challenge | Denmark | 250,000 | Freddy Schott (1) | 3.83 | ||
| 21 Aug | Dormy Open | Sweden | 250,000 | Emilio Cuartero (2) | 5.47 | ||
| 28 Aug | Indoor Golf Group Challenge | Sweden | 250,000 | Mikael Lindberg (1) | 5.28 | New tournament | |
| 4 Sep | B-NL Challenge Trophy | Belgium | 250,000 | Alexander Knappe (4) | 4.98 | ||
| 18 Sep | Open de Portugal | Portugal | 250,000 | Pierre Pineau (1) | 5.57 | ||
| 25 Sep | Swiss Challenge | France | 250,000 | Daniel Hillier (2) | 5.14 | ||
| 2 Oct | Hopps Open de Provence | France | 250,000 | Joel Sjöholm (2) | 5.18 | ||
| 9 Oct | British Challenge | England | £230,000 | Euan Walker (1) | 5.05 | ||
| 16 Oct | English Trophy | England | £230,000 | Jeremy Freiburghaus (1) | 5.10 | New tournament | |
| Foshan Open | China | – | Cancelled[3] | – | CHN | ||
| 6 Nov | Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final | Spain | 500,000 | Nathan Kimsey (2) | 3.36 | 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.[4][5] The top 20 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 2023 European Tour (DP World Tour).[6]
| Rank | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nathan Kimsey | 208,918 |
| 2 | Jeremy Freiburghaus | 160,025 |
| 3 | Alexander Knappe | 146,052 |
| 4 | J. C. Ritchie | 141,286 |
| 5 | Mikael Lindberg | 139,848 |
Notes
- ^ A further two tournaments were scheduled but were either cancelled or otherwise removed from the schedule.
- ^ 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.
References
- ^ "2022 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
- ^ "Challenge Tour statement on the Mount Kilimanjaro Klassic". European Tour. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ "European Challenge Tour statement on China events". European Tour. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ "2022 Road to Mallorca". European Tour. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
- ^ Dempster, Martin (6 November 2022). "Nathan Kimsey pulls off Challenge Tour clean sweep on dramatic day in Mallorca". The Scotsman. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ "See which players have earned their 2023 DP World Tour cards". Worldwide Golf. 6 November 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2023.