2015 Challenge Tour

2015 Challenge Tour season
Duration9 April 2015 (2015-04-09) – 7 November 2015 (2015-11-07)
Number of official events24
Most winsSpain Nacho Elvira (3)
RankingsPortugal Ricardo Gouveia
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The 2015 Challenge Tour was the 27th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2015 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(€)		 Winner[a] OWGR
points		 Other
tours[b]		 Notes
12 Apr Barclays Kenya Open Kenya 200,000 South Africa Haydn Porteous (1) 12
25 Apr Challenge de Madrid Spain 160,000 Spain Nacho Elvira (2) 12
10 May Turkish Airlines Challenge Turkey 175,000 Wales Rhys Davies (3) 12
17 May Made in Denmark Challenge Denmark 170,000 England Max Orrin (2) 12 New tournament
24 May Kärnten Golf Open Austria 180,000 Spain Nacho Elvira (3) 12
31 May D+D Real Czech Challenge Czech Republic 170,000 Sweden Jens Fahrbring (2) 12
7 Jun Swiss Challenge Switzerland 170,000 United States Daniel Im (1) 12
14 Jun KPMG Trophy Belgium 160,000 Scotland Jamie McLeary (2) 12
21 Jun Najeti Open France 200,000 France Sébastien Gros (1) 12
28 Jun SSE Scottish Hydro Challenge Scotland 250,000 England Jack Senior (1) 12
5 Jul Aegean Airlines Challenge Tour Germany 170,000 Portugal Ricardo Gouveia (2) 12
12 Jul D+D Real Slovakia Challenge Slovakia 165,000 Spain Borja Virto (1) 12
19 Jul Fred Olsen Challenge de España Spain 160,000 Wales Rhys Davies (4) 12
26 Jul Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge France 200,000 New Zealand Ryan Fox (1) 12
2 Aug[c]
22 Mar		 Madeira Islands Open - Portugal - BPI Portugal 600,000 Finland Roope Kakko (3) 18 EUR
9 Aug Northern Ireland Open Northern Ireland 170,000 France Clément Sordet (1) 12
16 Aug Gant Open Finland 170,000 Germany Dominic Foos (1) 12
22 Aug Rolex Trophy Switzerland 230,000 Spain Nacho Elvira (4)[d] 12
6 Sep Cordon Golf Open France 200,000 Australia Scott Arnold (1) 12
13 Sep Kazakhstan Open Kazakhstan 450,000 France Sébastien Gros (2) 13
4 Oct EMC Challenge Open Italy 180,000 Italy Matteo Delpodio (1) 12
11 Oct Volopa Irish Challenge Ireland 180,000 England Tom Murray (1) 12 New tournament
25 Oct Foshan Open China US$500,000 Spain Borja Virto (2) 13
7 Nov NBO Golf Classic Grand Final Oman 375,000 Portugal Ricardo Gouveia (3) 17 Flagship event

Rankings

For full rankings, see 2015 Challenge Tour graduates.

The rankings were titled as the Road to Oman and were based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros.[4][5] The top 15 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 2016 European Tour.[6]

Rank Player Prize money (€)
1 Portugal Ricardo Gouveia 251,592
2 France Sébastien Gros 178,645
3 Spain Borja Virto 150,466
4 Spain Nacho Elvira 114,878
5 Denmark Joachim B. Hansen 113,135

Notes

  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. ^ EUR − European Tour.
  3. ^ Rescheduled due to persistent bad weather.[2]
  4. ^ Elvira earned immediate promotion to the European Tour, as this was his third win of the season.[3]

References

  1. ^ "2015 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Madeira Islands Open re-scheduled for July". National Club Golfer. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Elvira reaches European Tour with third win". European Tour. 22 August 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  4. ^ "2015 Road to Oman". European Tour. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Record-breaker Ricardo seals dramatic double in Oman". The Portugal News. 9 November 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Class of 2015 - what happened next". European Tour. 15 September 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2023.