2012 Challenge Tour

The 2012 Challenge Tour was a series of professional golf tournaments collectively known as the Challenge Tour.

The Challenge Tour is Europe's official developmental 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.

Tournament schedule

The 2012 schedule is set out below. The numbers in brackets after winners' names show the player's total number of wins on the Challenge Tour including that event. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Challenge Tour because success at this level soon leads to promotion to the European Tour.

Dates	Tournament	Host country	Winner	OWGR points	Notes
13–16 Jan	Gujarat Kensville Challenge	India	Maximilian Kieffer (1)	12
8–11 Mar	Pacific Rubiales Colombia Classic	Colombia	Phillip Archer (3)	12
29 Mar–1 Apr	Barclays Kenya Open	Kenya	Seve Benson (3)	12
10–13 May	Allianz Open Côtes d'Armor Bretagne	France	Eddie Pepperell (1)	12
10–13 May	Madeira Islands Open - Portugal	Portugal	Ricardo Santos (2)	18	Dual ranking event with the European Tour
24–27 May	Telenet Trophy	Belgium	Marco Crespi (1)	12
31 May–3 Jun	Fred Olsen Challenge de España	Spain	Eduardo de la Riva (1)	12
7–10 Jun	Kärnten Golf Open	Austria	Gary Stal (1)	12
14–17 Jun	Saint-Omer Open	France	Darren Fichardt (n/a)	18	Dual ranking event with the European Tour
21–24 Jun	Scottish Hydro Challenge	Scotland	Sam Walker (3)	12
27–30 Jun	Challenge Provincia di Varese	Italy	Raymond Russell (1)	12	New tournament
5–8 Jul	The Princess	Sweden	Tournament cancelled
12–15 Jul	Credit Suisse Challenge	Switzerland	Gary Stal (2)	12
19–22 Jul	Double Tree by Hilton Acaya Open	Italy	Espen Kofstad (1)	12
26–29 Jul	English Challenge	England	Chris Paisley (1)	12
2–5 Aug	Finnish Challenge	Finland	Kristoffer Broberg (1)	12
9–12 Aug	Norwegian Challenge	Norway	Kristoffer Broberg (2)	12
15–18 Aug	ECCO Tour Championship	Denmark	Alessandro Tadini (4)	12
22–25 Aug	Rolex Trophy	Switzerland	Kristoffer Broberg (3)	12	Limited field Pro-Am
30 Aug–2 Sep	Allianz Open de Strasbourg	France	Tournament cancelled
6–9 Sep	M2M Russian Challenge Cup	Russia	Alexandre Kaleka (2)	12
13–16 Sep	Kazakhstan Open	Kazakhstan	Scott Henry (1)	12
20–23 Sep	Allianz Golf Open Toulouse Metropole	France	Julien Brun (amateur) (n/a)	12
27 30 Sep	Challenge de Cataluna	Spain	Brooks Koepka (1)	12
4–7 Oct	Allianz Open de Lyon	France	Chris Doak (1)	12
11–14 Oct	D+D Real Czech Challenge Open	Czech Republic	Andreas Hartø (3)	12
18–21 Oct	Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Challenge	Denmark	Kristoffer Broberg (4)	12
24–27 Oct	Apulia San Domenico Grand Final	Italy	Espen Kofstad (2)	16

Rankings

For full rankings, see 2012 Challenge Tour graduates.

Rank	Player	Country	Prize money (€)
1	Espen Kofstad	Norway	131,099
2	Kristoffer Broberg	Sweden	126,508
3	Andreas Hartø	Denmark	121,999
4	Joachim B Hansen	Denmark	120,085
5	Gary Lockerbie	England	117,482

See also

• 2012 European Tour

External links

• Schedule on the European Tour's official site
• Rankings on the European Tour's official site