The 2012 Challenge Tour was the 24th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

2012 Challenge Tour season
Duration26 January 2012 (2012-01-26) – 27 October 2012 (2012-10-27)
Number of official events26
Most winsSweden Kristoffer Broberg (4)
RankingsNorway Espen Kofstad
2011
2013

Schedule edit

The following table lists official events during the 2012 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
()
Winner[a] OWGR
points
Other
tours[b]
Notes
29 Jan Gujarat Kensville Challenge India 200,000   Maximilian Kieffer (1) 12 PGTI
11 Mar Pacific Rubiales Colombia Classic Colombia 190,000   Phillip Archer (3) 12 New tournament
1 Apr Barclays Kenya Open Kenya 195,000   Seve Benson (3) 12
13 May Allianz Open Côtes d'Armor Bretagne France 160,000   Eddie Pepperell (1) 12
13 May Madeira Islands Open - Portugal Portugal 675,000   Ricardo Santos (2) 18 EUR
27 May Telenet Trophy Belgium 160,000   Marco Crespi (1) 12
3 Jun Fred Olsen Challenge de España Spain 160,000   Eduardo de la Riva (1) 12
10 Jun Kärnten Golf Open Austria 160,000   Gary Stal (1) 12
17 Jun Saint-Omer Open France 500,000   Darren Fichardt (1) 18 EUR
24 Jun Scottish Hydro Challenge Scotland 220,000   Sam Walker (3) 12
30 Jun Challenge Provincia di Varese Italy 165,000   Raymond Russell (1) 12 New tournament
15 Jul Credit Suisse Challenge Switzerland 160,000   Gary Stal (2) 12
21 Jul Double Tree by Hilton Acaya Open Italy 160,000   Espen Kofstad (1) 12
29 Jul English Challenge England 160,000   Chris Paisley (1) 12
5 Aug Finnish Challenge Finland 170,000   Kristoffer Broberg (1) 12
12 Aug Norwegian Challenge Norway 175,000   Kristoffer Broberg (2) 12
18 Aug ECCO Tour Championship Denmark DKr 1,200,000   Alessandro Tadini (4) 12 DNK
25 Aug Rolex Trophy Switzerland 190,000   Kristoffer Broberg (3)[c] 12
9 Sep M2M Russian Challenge Cup Russia 200,000   Alexandre Kaleka (2) 12
16 Sep Kazakhstan Open Kazakhstan 400,000   Scott Henry (1) 12
23 Sep Allianz Golf Open Toulouse Metropole France 160,000   Julien Brun (a) (1) 12
30 Sep Challenge de Catalunya Spain 160,000   Brooks Koepka (1) 12 New tournament
7 Oct Allianz Open de Lyon France 160,000   Chris Doak (1) 12
14 Oct D+D Real Czech Challenge Open Czech Republic 160,000   Andreas Hartø (3) 12 New tournament
21 Oct Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Challenge Denmark 140,000   Kristoffer Broberg (4) 12 New tournament
27 Oct Apulia San Domenico Grand Final Italy 330,000   Espen Kofstad (2) 16 Flagship event

Rankings edit

For full rankings, see 2012 Challenge Tour graduates.

The rankings were based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros.[3][4] The top 21 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 2013 European Tour.[4]

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

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

References edit

  1. ^ "2012 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  2. ^ Farquharson, Colin (25 August 2012). "Broberg wins promotion to the European Tour". Scottish Golf View. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  3. ^ "2012 Rankings". European Tour. Archived from the original on 20 November 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Kofstad sweeps the board at Grand Final". European Tour. 27 October 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2023. It was an emotional day in the south of Italy, where the players who finished in the top 21 of the Rankings were celebrating their promotion to The European Tour, and others were left to rue what might have been.

External links edit