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2015 Challenge Tour
The 2015 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. Schedule The following table lists official events during the 2015 season. Challenge Tour Rankings ''For full rankings, see 2015 Challenge Tour graduates.'' The rankings were titled as the Road to Oman and were based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros. The top 15 players on the tour earned status to play on the 2016 European Tour. See also * 2015 European Tour Notes References External linksSchedule on the European Tour's official site {{Challenge Tour seasons [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nacho Elvira
Ignacio "Nacho" Elvira Mijares (born 17 February 1987) is a Spanish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. Amateur career Elvira played college golf at Texas A&M University where he won one event and was a two-time All-American. Professional career Elvira played on the Challenge Tour in 2012 and 2013, finishing 104th and then 14th. He won his first title in 2013 at The Foshan Open in China, and finished 14th in the Order of Merit to gain a place on the 2014 European Tour. After a mediocre 2014 European Tour season in which he finished 121st, he returned to the Challenge Tour for 2015, where he won three times to earn an immediate return to the European Tour. Since 2016 he has played on the European Tour. He lost a playoff at the 2016 Trophée Hassan II to Wang Jeung-hun. In 2019, he lost in another sudden death playoff to Scott Hend at the Maybank Championship. He had held the 54-hole lead but went to the last hole of regulation play, one stroke behind Hend. Durin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Orrin
Max Orrin (born 13 May 1994) is an English professional golfer. Orrin was born in Margate, Kent. He played on the 2013 Walker Cup team, then turned professional in 2013. Orrin played on the Challenge Tour in 2014 and won the penultimate tournament of the season, the National Bank of Oman Golf Classic. Professional wins (6) Challenge Tour wins (2) Pro Golf Tour wins (1) Clutch Pro Tour wins (1) French Tour wins (2) Team appearances *European Boys' Team Championship (representing England): 2011, 2012 *Jacques Léglise Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2012 *European Amateur Team Championship (representing England): 2013 European Amateur Team Championship, 2013 (winners) *Walker Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2013 Walker Cup, 2013 See also *2016 European Tour Qualifying School graduates References External links * * English male golfers European Tour golfers People from Birchington-on-Sea 1994 births Living people People from Margate {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
D+D Real Slovakia Challenge
The D+D Real Slovakia Challenge is a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour. It was first played in July 2014 at the Penati Golf Resort in Senica, Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s .... It was the first Challenge Tour event played in Slovakia. The event was not held in 2017 or 2018 but returned in 2019. Winners References External linksCoverage on the Challenge Tour's official site Former Challenge Tour events Golf in Slovakia Recurring sporting events established in 2014 Summer events in Slovakia {{golf-tournament-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aegean Airlines Challenge Tour
The Bad Griesbach Challenge Tour was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour. It was played for the first time in July 2013 at the Hartl Resort in Bad Griesbach, Germany. Andrea Pavan Andrea Pavan (born 27 April 1989) is an Italian professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. He has won twice on the tour, the 2018 D+D Real Czech Masters and the 2019 BMW International Open. Amateur career Pavan won the Italian Amateur St ... won the inaugural tournament. Winners References External linksCoverage on the Challenge Tour's official site Former Challenge Tour events Golf tournaments in Germany Sports competitions in Bavaria Recurring sporting events established in 2013 {{golf-tournament-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Senior
Jack Senior (born 18 July 1988) is an English professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. He has won twice on the Challenge Tour. Amateur career Senior won the Egyptian Amateur in 2010 and the New South Wales Amateur and Lytham Trophy in 2011. He played on the winning Great Britain & Ireland team in the 2011 Walker Cup and turned professional shortly after. Professional career Senior has played on the Alps Tour and the PGA EuroPro Tour. He won twice on the Alps Tour in 2012 and twice on the PGA EuroPro Tour in 2014. From 2012 to 2019 Senior played primarily on the Challenge Tour. He won his first Challenge Tour event in 2015 at the SSE Scottish Hydro Challenge. He beat Robert Coles and Prom Meesawat with a birdie at the fourth hole of a sudden-death playoff. He won for the second time on the tour at the 2019 ISPS Handa World Invitational beating Matthew Baldwin at the second hole of the playoff. He was also runner-up in the Lalla Aïcha Challenge Tour and finished ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SSE Scottish Hydro Challenge
The Scottish Challenge is a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour The Challenge Tour is the second-tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European Tour and, as with on the main European Tour and the European Senior Tour, some of the events are played outside Europe. History The .... It was held annually from 2006 to 2018, and in 2022. Winners Notes References External linksOfficial coverage on the Challenge Tour's official site Former Challenge Tour events Golf tournaments in Scotland Sport in Highland (council area) Annual sporting events in the United Kingdom Recurring sporting events established in 2006 2006 establishments in Scotland {{UK-golf-tournament-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sébastien Gros
Sébastien Gros (born 8 November 1989) is a French professional golfer. Gros was born in Villeurbanne, France. He turned professional in 2011 and played on the Alps Tour. He won on the Alps Tour in 2012 and 2013. He began playing on the Challenge Tour and Asian Tour in 2014. At the end of 2014, he played all three stages of the European Tour Qualifying School: he finished 32nd, just missing out on a place on the main tour, but earned a place on the Challenge Tour for 2015. Gros won his first Challenge Tour event in 2015 at the Najeti Open in Saint-Omer, France, and also won the Kazakhstan Open later in the year. He was second in the 2015 Challenge Tour Order of Merit to earn a place on the European Tour for 2016. Gros played on the European Tour from 2016 to 2018. He lost his card after the 2017 season but regained it through Q School. He lost his card again after the 2018 season and returned to the Challenge Tour for 2019. In February 2020 he won the Newgiza Open on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Najeti Open
The Saint-Omer Open is an annual men's professional golf tournament played at Saint-Omer Golf Club in Saint-Omer, France. The tournament was founded in 1997 and was part of the MasterCard Tour a year later, before taking its place on the Challenge Tour for the 2000 season. In 2003 it also became an official money event on the European Tour The European Tour (currently known as the DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons), legally the PGA European Tour is the leading men's professional golf tour in Europe. The organisation also operates the European Senior Tour (for players aged fift ..., but since it was played during the same week as the U.S. Open, one of golf's four major championships, the Tour's leading players were not available to play and as such, it had the smallest purse available on the European Tour. It was removed from the European Tour schedule in 2014 but remained on the Challenge Tour. Winners Notes References External links *Coverage on the Challenge To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie McLeary
James Robert Ewan McLeary (born 2 April 1981) is a Scottish professional golfer who plays on the Challenge Tour. Career McLeary was born in Peterhead, Scotland. In 2004 he represented Scotland at the Eisenhower Trophy and represented Great Britain and Ireland at the St Andrews Trophy. His team won the St Andrews Trophy and McLeary won the individual event as well. He played college golf at Odessa College and Baylor University in the United States. McLeary reached the final stages of qualifying for the Asian Tour in both 2005 and 2006, but failed to win full playing privileges and played some events with only a partial category. He has played on the second tier European Challenge Tour since 2006, having failed to win a place on the European Tour in his several visits to qualifying school. His best finish on the end of season Challenge Tour Rankings came in 2009 when he placed 24th, missing out on the top 20 needed to achieve full European Tour status. In August 2009 he picked u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KPMG Trophy
The KPMG Trophy is a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, played in Belgium. It was first played in May 2006 as the Telenet Trophy at Limburg G&CC in Houthalen-Helchteren Houthalen-Helchteren (; li, Hôtele-Helichtre) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. Houthalen-Helchteren consists of Houthalen-centrum, Houthalen-Oost, Helchteren, Sonnis, Laak, Meulenberg and Lillo. On 1 January 2020 Hout ..., and has rotated through several other venues throughout its history. Winners References External linksCoverage on the Challenge Tour's official site Former Challenge Tour events Golf tournaments in Belgium Recurring sporting events established in 2006 Sport in Antwerp Province Aartselaar {{golf-tournament-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Im
Daniel Jae Hong Im (born April 5, 1985) is an American professional golfer. Im was born in Wayne, New Jersey. He played college golf at UCLA where he won the Pac-10 Conference championship in 2006. Im played on the Canadian Tour in 2008, winning two events, finishing third on the Order of Merit, and was named the International Rookie of the Year. In 2009, he finished 25th on the Order of Merit. Im played on the Challenge Tour in 2013, making 17 cuts in 23 events and finishing 17th on the tour rankings. His best finish was tied for second at the Norwegian Challenge. He played primarily on the European Tour in 2014, making 15 cuts in 21 events. His best finish was tied for seventh at the Lyoness Open. He returned to the Challenge Tour in 2015 and won the Swiss Challenge in June. Professional wins (3) Challenge Tour wins (1) Challenge Tour playoff record (1–0) Canadian Tour wins (2) See also *2015 European Tour Qualifying School graduates __NOTOC__ This is a list of the 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss Challenge
The Swiss Challenge is a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, held in Switzerland, except in 2021, when it was held in France. History It was first played as the Credit Suisse Private Banking Open in 2000 and 2001 at the Golf Club Patriziale Ascona in Ascona. It replaced the Interlaken Open which ended after financial issues. During the course of the 2002 edition, the heavy rain led to the overflow of the Lake Maggiore and to the cancellation of the event. Following a four-year hiatus, the tournament returned in 2006 and was held at the Wylihof Golf Club in Luterbach through 2009. Since 2010 the event has been played at Golf Sempachersee in Hildisrieden. In 2021, the event was uniquely held in France. It was played at Golf Saint Apollinaire in Folgensbourg, close to the Swiss border. In round 2 of the 2021 event, Alejandro del Rey Alejandro is the Spanish form of the name Alexander. Alejandro has multiple variations in different languages, including Aleksander (Czech, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
