2024 European Challenge Tour Schedule Explored

The Challenge Tour allows 20 new players to get inducted into the DP World Tour annually. The Tour’s various events traveling through various tournaments see the rising stars and players who once lost their European Tour cards. The Challenge Tour has announced the schedule for the upcoming season.

The 2024 season worth $8,743,320 (€8,000,000) will visit many countries and at last, it will award the twenty top-performing players to prove themselves at the European Tour for the 2025 season. Read ahead to learn all about its 2024 schedule.

Challenge Tour traversing through 18 countries

Just some hours ago, the European Challenge Tour announced its schedule, the 2024 Road to Mallorca. The upcoming season will encompass 18 different countries in 3 continents. The schedule comprises 29 events; the first event will be taking place in South Africa, co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour. The first of the four events scheduled in SA will be the SDC Open which is scheduled for February.

After playing the Nelson Mandela Bay Championship in Humewood GC, the Tour will move to India for the Delhi and Kolkata Challenge. The Kolkata Challenge will be held at one of the oldest clubs in India, Royal Calcutta Golf Club. After that, the Tour will move to UAE for the Abu Dhabi and UAE Challenge.

From May to September, the Challenge Tour will go through 14 countries in Europe with 18 tournaments in 21 weeks. The first will be the Challenge De Espana at the Real Club Sevilla Golf, the next in Denmark and the last of May will have the D+D Real Czech Challenge in the Czech Republic.

In June, there will be 2 events in France, one in Spain and one again in Czech. After ending the event in June, the Tour will stop next in pain for the Hopps Open, the Euram Bank Open in Denmark, and N.I. Open in Northern Ireland. The Tour will end the European events with the Italian Challenge Open and the Swiss Challenge in September.

The last two events before the grand final are the Hainan Open and the Hangzhou Open in the Republic of China. Golfers on the Challenge Tour will be rewarded well for their spectacular performances throughout the year.

The award for Challenge Tour’s graduates 

The Challenge Tour will end the 2024 season with the Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final in Spain, Mallorca. $546,457 (€500,000) will be awarded to the highest-ranked player on Road to Mallorca. Additionally, the top 45 will be eligible to play at the event and the top 20 will receive a membership for the European Tour.

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With the aforesaid membership, the top 20 will also be eligible for DP World Tour’s Earnings Assurance Program, which will grant them a $150,000 bonus if they play in 15 or more events for the 2025 season. Moreover, the Top 5 on the Road to Mallorca will also benefit through John Jacobs’ Bursary for a secured first season on the European Tour.

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