2013 Challenge Tour

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2013 Challenge Tour season
Duration31 January 2013 (2013-01-31) – 3 November 2013 (2013-11-03)
Number of official events25
Most winsUnited States Brooks Koepka (3)
RankingsItaly Andrea Pavan
2012
2014

The 2013 Challenge Tour was the 25th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

Schedule[edit]

The following table lists official events during the 2013 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
()
Winner[a] OWGR
points
Other
tours[b]
Notes
3 Feb Gujarat Kensville Challenge India 200,000 India Shiv Kapur (1) 12 PGTI
17 Feb Barclays Kenya Open Kenya 195,000 Spain Jordi García Pinto (1) 12
28 Apr Challenge de Madrid Spain 160,000 France François Calmels (2) 12 New tournament
5 May Montecchia Golf Open Italy 160,000 United States Brooks Koepka (2) 12
19 May Madeira Islands Open - Portugal - BPI Portugal 600,000 United States Peter Uihlein (1) 18 EUR
26 May Telenet Trophy Belgium 160,000 Australia Daniel Gaunt (2) 12
2 Jun Fred Olsen Challenge de España Spain 160,000 United States Brooks Koepka (3) 12
9 Jun D+D Real Czech Challenge Open Czech Republic 160,000 France François Calmels (3) 12
16 Jun Najeti Hotels et Golfs Open France 500,000 Republic of Ireland Simon Thornton (1) 18 EUR
23 Jun Scottish Hydro Challenge Scotland 220,000 United States Brooks Koepka (4)[c] 12
30 Jun Kärnten Golf Open Austria 160,000 South Africa Dylan Frittelli (1) 12
7 Jul Bad Griesbach Challenge Tour Germany 170,000 Italy Andrea Pavan (3) 12 New tournament
14 Jul Swiss Challenge Switzerland 160,000 France Victor Riu (1) 12
21 Jul Mugello Tuscany Open Italy 160,000 Italy Marco Crespi (2) 12
28 Jul Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge France 180,000 United States Brinson Paolini (1) 12 New tournament
4 Aug Finnish Challenge Finland 170,000 Wales Stuart Manley (1) 12
11 Aug Norwegian Challenge Norway 175,000 Sweden Jens Fahrbring (1) 12
25 Aug Rolex Trophy Switzerland 230,000 Sweden Jens Dantorp (1) 12
1 Sep Northern Ireland Open Challenge Northern Ireland 170,000 Netherlands Daan Huizing (1) 12 New to Challenge Tour
8 Sep Open Blue Green Côtes d'Armor Bretagne France 180,000 Italy Andrea Pavan (4) 12
15 Sep Kharkov Superior Cup Ukraine 200,000 Netherlands Daan Huizing (2) 12 New tournament
22 Sep Kazakhstan Open Kazakhstan 400,000 Sweden Johan Carlsson (1) 12
20 Oct Foshan Open China US$350,000 Spain Nacho Elvira (1) 12 New tournament
27 Oct National Bank of Oman Golf Classic Oman US$300,000 Finland Roope Kakko (2) 12 New tournament
3 Nov Dubai Festival City Challenge Tour Grand Final UAE US$330,000 India Shiv Kapur (2) 16 Flagship event

Rankings[edit]

For full rankings, see 2013 Challenge Tour graduates.

The rankings were based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros.[3][4] The top 15 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 2014 European Tour.[5]

Rank Player Prize money ()
1 Italy Andrea Pavan 147,811
2 Portugal José-Filipe Lima 123,697
3 United States Brooks Koepka 119,423
4 India Shiv Kapur 118,323
5 Sweden Johan Carlsson 113,066

Notes[edit]

  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; PGTI − Professional Golf Tour of India.
  3. ^ Koepka earned immediate promotion to the European Tour, as this was his third win of the season.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2013 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  2. ^ Davies, Owen (25 June 2013). "Koepka earns promotion from the Challenge Tour thanks to hat trick of wins". golfshake.com. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  3. ^ "2013 Rankings". European Tour. Archived from the original on 6 December 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Kapur wins Challenge Tour Grand Final as Pavan Tops the rankings". UAE Golf Online. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  5. ^ Cooper, Matt (3 November 2013). "A Grand Finale". Sky Sports. Retrieved 7 September 2023. Challenge Tour Grand Final is not just about the winner: it's also about the other 14 men who leave the premises clutching (albeit metaphorically) European Tour cards and it is more or less guaranteed that one of them will earn it in gut-wrenching style.

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