2025 Challenge Tour
| Duration | 23 January 2025 – 2 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 29 |
| Most wins | Renato Paratore (3) J. C. Ritchie (3) |
| Rankings | J. C. Ritchie |
← 2024 2026 → | |
The 2025 Challenge Tour, titled as the 2025 HotelPlanner Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 37th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.
HotelPlanner title sponsorship
In January, it was announced that the tour had signed a title sponsorship agreement with HotelPlanner, being renamed as the HotelPlanner Tour.[1][2]
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2025 season.[3][4]
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (€) |
Winner[a] | OWGR points |
Other tours[b] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Jan | SDC Open | South Africa | US$375,000 | Daniel van Tonder (1) | 8.42 | AFR | |
| 2 Feb | MyGolfLife Open | South Africa | US$375,000 | Daniel van Tonder (2) | 8.94 | AFR | New to Challenge Tour |
| 9 Feb | Cell C Cape Town Open | South Africa | US$375,000 | Jamie Rutherford (1) | 8.76 | AFR | |
| 16 Feb | NTT Data Pro-Am | South Africa | R7,000,000 | Wilco Nienaber (2) | 9.54 | AFR | Pro-Am |
| 16 Mar | Kolkata Challenge | India | US$300,000 | Joshua Berry (1) | 8.40 | PGTI | |
| 23 Mar | Delhi Challenge | India | US$300,000 | Quim Vidal (1) | 8.12 | PGTI | |
| 13 Apr | UAE Challenge | UAE | US$300,000 | Renato Paratore (1) | 9.21 | ||
| 20 Apr | Abu Dhabi Challenge | UAE | US$300,000 | Renato Paratore (2) | 9.24 | ||
| 11 May | Challenge de España | Spain | 300,000 | Clément Charmasson (1) | 8.50 | ||
| 25 May | Danish Golf Challenge | Denmark | 300,000 | Jonathan Gøth-Rasmussen (2) | 8.93 | ||
| 1 Jun | Challenge de Cádiz | Spain | 300,000 | Rocco Repetto (1) | 8.91 | ||
| 8 Jun | Swiss Challenge | Switzerland | 300,000 | Félix Mory (2) | 8.76 | ||
| 15 Jun | Raiffeisenbank Golf Challenge | Czech Republic | 300,000 | Palmer Jackson (1) | 8.63 | ||
| 22 Jun | Blot Play9 | France | 300,000 | James Morrison (1) | 8.38 | ||
| 29 Jun | Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge | France | 300,000 | David Horsey (3) | 9.05 | ||
| 6 Jul | Interwetten Open | Austria | 300,000 | Maximilian Steinlechner (1) | 8.79 | ||
| 13 Jul | D+D Real Czech Challenge | Czech Republic | 300,000 | David Law (2) | 9.18 | ||
| 20 Jul | German Challenge | Germany | 300,000 | J. C. Ritchie (5) | 8.93 | ||
| 3 Aug | Farmfoods Scottish Challenge | Scotland | £250,000 | Daniel Young (1) | 9.22 | ||
| 10 Aug | Irish Challenge | Ireland | 300,000 | Oïhan Guillamoundeguy (1) | 8.49 | ||
| 17 Aug | Vierumäki Finnish Challenge | Finland | 300,000 | David Law (3) | 8.24 | ||
| 24 Aug | Dutch Futures | Netherlands | 300,000 | Filippo Celli (1) | 9.06 | ||
| 31 Aug | Dormy Open | Sweden | 300,000 | Anders Emil Ejlersen (1) | 8.39 | ||
| 7 Sep | GAC Rosa Challenge Tour | Poland | 300,000 | Hugo Townsend (1) | 9.06 | ||
| 14 Sep | Open de Portugal | Portugal | 300,000 | J. C. Ritchie (6) | 8.87 | ||
| 21 Sep | Italian Challenge Open | Italy | 300,000 | J. C. Ritchie (7)[c] | 8.58 | ||
| 12 Oct | Hainan Open | China | US$500,000 | Renato Paratore (3)[d] | 7.42 | CHN | |
| 19 Oct | Hangzhou Open | China | US$500,000 | Sebastián García Rodríguez (1) | 7.36 | CHN | |
| 2 Nov | Rolex Grand Final | Spain | 500,000 | James Morrison (2) | 4.74 | 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.[7] The top 20 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 2026 European Tour (DP World Tour).[8]
| Rank | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | J. C. Ritchie | 1,674 |
| 2 | David Law | 1,494 |
| 3 | Maximilian Steinlechner | 1,477 |
| 4 | Renato Paratore | 1,427 |
| 5 | Oïhan Guillamoundeguy | 1,292 |
Notes
- ^ 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.
- ^ Ritchie earned immediate promotion to the European Tour, as this was his third win of the season.[5]
- ^ Paratore earned immediate promotion to the European Tour, as this was his third win of the season.[6]
References
- ^ "Challenge Tour welcomes HotelPlanner as Title Partner". European Tour. 17 January 2025. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
- ^ Glendinning, Matthew (20 January 2025). "HotelPlanner's title deal 'elevates' Challenge Tour". SportBusiness. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
- ^ "2025 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ "Killeen Castle the highlight as Challenge Tour announces 2025 Global Schedule". Irish Golfer. 9 December 2024. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ Daly, Will (21 September 2025). "JC Ritchie secures promotion with Italian Challenge Open win". Irish Golfer. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
- ^ McGowan, Mark (12 October 2025). "Nolan saves best for last as Paratore gets win and promotion in Hainan". Irish Golfer. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
- ^ "2025 Road to Mallorca". European Tour. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
- ^ Cradock, Matt (2 November 2025). "Which Players Secured A DP World Tour Card At The 2025 Challenge Tour Grand Final?". Golf Monthly. Retrieved 2 November 2025.