The 2017 Challenge Tour was the 29th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.
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The following table lists official events during the 2017 season.[1]
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Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (€) | Winner[lower-alpha 1] | OWGR points | Other tours[lower-alpha 2] | Notes |
26 Mar | Barclays Kenya Open | Kenya | 220,000 | Aaron Rai (1) | 12 | | |
23 Apr | Turkish Airlines Challenge | Turkey | 200,000 | Ryan Evans (1) | 12 | | |
14 May | Open de Portugal | Portugal | 500,000 | Matt Wallace (1) | 18 | EUR | |
21 May | Andalucía Costa del Sol Match Play 9 | Spain | 200,000 | Aaron Rai (2) | 12 | | New tournament |
28 May | D+D Real Czech Challenge | Czech Republic | 180,000 | Julian Suri (1) | 12 | | |
4 Jun | Swiss Challenge | Switzerland | 170,000 | Joel Girrbach (1) | 12 | | |
11 Jun | KPMG Trophy | Belgium | 170,000 | Martin Wiegele (4) | 12 | | |
18 Jun | Hauts de France Golf Open | France | 200,000 | Julien Guerrier (1) | 12 | | |
25 Jun | Made in Denmark Challenge | Denmark | 180,000 | Oscar Stark (1) | 12 | | |
2 Jul | SSE Scottish Hydro Challenge | Scotland | 250,000 | Richard McEvoy (2) | 12 | | |
9 Jul | Prague Golf Challenge | Czech Republic | 180,000 | Garrick Porteous (1) | 12 | | New tournament |
16 Jul | Italian Challenge Open | Italy | 300,000 | Joel Sjöholm (1) | 12 | | |
23 Jul | Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge | France | 210,000 | Aaron Rai (3)[lower-alpha 3] | 12 | | |
30 Jul | Swedish Challenge | Sweden | 200,000 | Estanislao Goya (3) | 12 | | |
6 Aug | Vierumäki Finnish Challenge | Finland | 180,000 | Paul Howard (1) | 12 | | |
13 Aug | Galgorm Resort & Spa Northern Ireland Open | Northern Ireland | 185,000 | Robin Sciot-Siegrist (1) | 12 | | |
20 Aug | Viking Challenge | Norway | 200,000 | Clément Sordet (3) | 12 | | |
26 Aug | Rolex Trophy | Switzerland | 250,000 | Pedro Oriol (1) | 12 | | |
3 Sep | Cordon Golf Open | France | 210,000 | Birgir Hafþórsson (1) | 12 | | |
10 Sep | Bridgestone Challenge | England | 180,000 | Oscar Lengdén (1) | 12 | | |
17 Sep | Irish Challenge | Ireland | 180,000 | Julien Guerrier (2) | 12 | | |
24 Sep | Kazakhstan Open | Kazakhstan | 450,000 | Tapio Pulkkanen (1) | 13 | | |
1 Oct | Challenge de España | Spain | 200,000 | Victor Perez (1) | 12 | | |
15 Oct | Hainan Open | China | US$350,000 | Erik van Rooyen (1) | 13 | CHN | |
22 Oct | Foshan Open | China | US$500,000 | Oliver Farr (2) | 13 | CHN | |
28 Oct | Ras Al Khaimah Golf Challenge | UAE | US$350,000 | Jens Dantorp (2) | 13 | | |
4 Nov | NBO Golf Classic Grand Final | Oman | 420,000 | Clément Sordet (4) | 17 | | Flagship event |
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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]
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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.
Rai earned immediate promotion to the European Tour, as this was his third win of the season.[2]