The 2016 Challenge Tour was a series of professional
golf
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tournaments collectively known as 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
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The Challenge Tour is Europe's official developmental
tour
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Travel
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and is organised by the
PGA 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 ...
. 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 2016 season.
Challenge Tour Rankings
''For full rankings, see
2016 Challenge Tour graduates __NOTOC__
This is a list of players who graduated from the Challenge Tour in 2016. The top 16 players on the Challenge Tour rankings in 2016 earned European Tour cards for 2017.
* European Tour rookie in 2017
T = Tied
The player retained his Euro ...
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The rankings were titled as the Road to Oman and were based on prize money won during the season, calculated using a points-based system. The top 15 players on the tour earned status to play on the
2017 European Tour
The 2017 European Tour was the ninth edition of the Race to Dubai and the 46th season of golf tournaments since the European Tour officially began in 1972.
England's Tommy Fleetwood won the Race to Dubai. Spanish golfers collected the annual awar ...
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See also
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2016 European Tour
Notes
References
External links
Schedule on the European Tour's official site
{{Challenge Tour seasons
Challenge Tour seasons
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 ...