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2015 Challenge Tour season
Duration	9 April 2015 – 7 November 2015
Number of official events	24
Most wins	Nacho Elvira (3)
Rankings	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	Haydn Porteous (1)	12
25 Apr	Challenge de Madrid	Spain	160,000	Nacho Elvira (2)	12
10 May	Turkish Airlines Challenge	Turkey	175,000	Rhys Davies (3)	12
17 May	Made in Denmark Challenge	Denmark	170,000	Max Orrin (2)	12		New tournament
24 May	Kärnten Golf Open	Austria	180,000	Nacho Elvira (3)	12
31 May	D+D Real Czech Challenge	Czech Republic	170,000	Jens Fahrbring (2)	12
7 Jun	Swiss Challenge	Switzerland	170,000	Daniel Im (1)	12
14 Jun	KPMG Trophy	Belgium	160,000	Jamie McLeary (2)	12
21 Jun	Najeti Open	France	200,000	Sébastien Gros (1)	12
28 Jun	SSE Scottish Hydro Challenge	Scotland	250,000	Jack Senior (1)	12
5 Jul	Aegean Airlines Challenge Tour	Germany	170,000	Ricardo Gouveia (2)	12
12 Jul	D+D Real Slovakia Challenge	Slovakia	165,000	Borja Virto (1)	12
19 Jul	Fred Olsen Challenge de España	Spain	160,000	Rhys Davies (4)	12
26 Jul	Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge	France	200,000	Ryan Fox (1)	12
2 Aug^[c] ~~22 Mar~~	Madeira Islands Open - Portugal - BPI	Portugal	600,000	Roope Kakko (3)	18	EUR
9 Aug	Northern Ireland Open	Northern Ireland	170,000	Clément Sordet (1)	12
16 Aug	Gant Open	Finland	170,000	Dominic Foos (1)	12
22 Aug	Rolex Trophy	Switzerland	230,000	Nacho Elvira (4)^[d]	12
6 Sep	Cordon Golf Open	France	200,000	Scott Arnold (1)	12
13 Sep	Kazakhstan Open	Kazakhstan	450,000	Sébastien Gros (2)	13
4 Oct	EMC Challenge Open	Italy	180,000	Matteo Delpodio (1)	12
11 Oct	Volopa Irish Challenge	Ireland	180,000	Tom Murray (1)	12		New tournament
25 Oct	Foshan Open	China	US$500,000	Borja Virto (2)	13
7 Nov	NBO Golf Classic Grand Final	Oman	375,000	Ricardo Gouveia (3)	17		Flagship event

Rankings

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	Ricardo Gouveia	251,592
2	Sébastien Gros	178,645
3	Borja Virto	150,466
4	Nacho Elvira	114,878
5	Joachim B. Hansen	113,135

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

References

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

External links

Official website

[totals-2] 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.

[tours-3] EUR − European Tour.

[5] Rescheduled due to persistent bad weather.^[2]

[7] Elvira earned immediate promotion to the European Tour, as this was his third win of the season.^[3]

[1] "2015 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 29 August 2023.

[4] "Madeira Islands Open re-scheduled for July". National Club Golfer. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2023.

[6] "Elvira reaches European Tour with third win". European Tour. 22 August 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2023.

[8] "2015 Road to Oman". European Tour. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2023.

[9] "Record-breaker Ricardo seals dramatic double in Oman". The Portugal News. 9 November 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2023.

[10] "Class of 2015 - what happened next". European Tour. 15 September 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2023.

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-The '''2015 Challenge Tour''' was a series of professional [[golf]] tournaments collectively known as the [[Challenge Tour]].
+The '''2015 Challenge Tour''' was the 27th season of the [[Challenge Tour]], the official development tour to the [[European Tour]].
-The Challenge Tour is Europe's official developmental [[professional golf tours|tour]] and is organised by the [[PGA European Tour]]. It was introduced in 1986 and was originally called the Satellite Tour, before being renamed with its present title in 1990.<ref name=history>{{cite web |url=http://www.europeantour.com/tourgroup/history/index.html |title=Tour History |work=[[PGA European Tour]] |accessdate=16 January 2013 |archive-date=22 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100722071906/http://www.europeantour.com/tourgroup/history/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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-The following table lists official events during the 2015 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.europeantour.com/challengetour/tournament/index.html |title=Challenge Tour Schedule 2015 |publisher=[[PGA European Tour]] |accessdate=21 January 2015}}</ref>
+The following table lists official events during the 2015 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.europeantour.com/challenge-tour/schedule/2015/ |title=2015 Tournament schedule |publisher=European Tour |access-date=29 August 2023}}</ref>
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+| 2 Aug{{efn|Rescheduled due to persistent bad weather.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.nationalclubgolfer.com/tour/tour/madeira-islands-open-rescheduled-for-july/ |title=Madeira Islands Open re-scheduled for July |magazine=National Club Golfer |date=25 March 2015 |access-date=29 August 2023}}</ref>}}<br><s>22 Mar</s> || [[Madeira Islands Open - Portugal - BPI]] || Portugal || align=right|600,000 || {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Roope Kakko]] (3) || align=center|18 || [[2015 European Tour|EUR]] ||
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+| 22 Aug || [[Rolex Trophy]] || Switzerland || align=right|230,000 || {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Nacho Elvira]] (4){{efn|Elvira earned immediate promotion to the European Tour, as this was his third win of the season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.europeantour.com/challenge-tour/news/articles/detail/elvira-reaches-european-tour-with-third-win/ |title=Elvira reaches European Tour with third win |publisher=European Tour |date=22 August 2015 |access-date=29 August 2023}}</ref>}} || align=center|12 ||  ||
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-==Challenge Tour Rankings==
+==Rankings==
-''For full rankings, see [[2015 Challenge Tour graduates]].''
+{{for|full rankings|2015 Challenge Tour graduates}}
+The [[Challenge Tour#Rankings winners|rankings]] were titled as the '''Road to Oman''' and were based on prize money won during the season, calculated in [[Euro]]s.<ref>{{cite web |title=2015 Road to Oman |url=http://www.europeantour.com/challengetour/roadtooman/rankings/index.html |publisher=European Tour |access-date=29 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314235223/http://www.europeantour.com/challengetour/roadtooman/rankings/index.html |archive-date=14 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theportugalnews.com/news/record-breaker-ricardo-seals-dramatic-double-in-oman/36577 |title=Record-breaker Ricardo seals dramatic double in Oman |work=The Portugal News |date=9 November 2015 |access-date=29 August 2023}}</ref> The top 15 players on the rankings earned status to play on the [[2016 European Tour]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.europeantour.com/challenge-tour/news/articles/detail/class-of-2015-what-happened-next/ |title=Class of 2015 - what happened next |publisher=European Tour |date=15 September 2016 |access-date=29 August 2023}}</ref>
-The rankings were based on prize money won during the season, calculated in [[Euro]]s. The top fifteen players on the tour earned status to play on the [[2016 European Tour]].
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-*[[2015 European Tour]]
 ==Notes==
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 ==External links==
-*[http://www.europeantour.com/challengetour/tournament/index.html Schedule on the European Tour's official site]
+*{{official site|http://www.europeantour.com/challenge-tour/}}
-*[http://www.europeantour.com/challengetour/stats/index.html Rankings on the European Tour's official site]
 {{Challenge Tour seasons}}
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 [[Category:2015 in golf|Challenge Tour]]
+[[Category:2015 in European sport|Challenge Tour]]

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