2026 Challenge Tour
| Duration | 29 January 2026 – 1 November 2026 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 29[a] |
← 2025 2027 → | |
The 2026 Challenge Tour, titled as the 2026 HotelPlanner Tour for sponsorship reasons, is the 38th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2026 season.[1][2][3]
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (€) | Winner[b] | OWGR points | Other tours[c] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Feb | SDC Open | South Africa | US$375,000 |  M. J. Viljoen (1) | 9.05 | AFR | |
| 8 Feb | Circa Cape Town Open | South Africa | US$375,000 |  Will Enefer (1) | 8.72 | AFR | |
| 15 Feb | NTT Data Pro-Am | South Africa | R7,000,000 | M. J. Daffue (1) | 7.14 | AFR | Pro-Am |
| 22 Feb | Jonsson Workwear Durban Open | South Africa | US$375,000 | Oliver Bekker (2) | 6.57 | AFR | |
| Indorama Ventures Open Golf Championship | India | – | Removed[d] | – | New to Challenge Tour | ||
| 22 Mar | DP World PGTI Open | India | US$300,000 | M. J. Daffue (2) | 6.68 | PGTI | New to Challenge Tour |
| 10 May | Italian Challenge Open | Italy | 300,000 | Chris Wood (1) | 8.47 | ||
| 17 May | Challenge de Catalunya | Spain | 300,000 |  Pablo Ereño (1) | 9.25 | ||
| 24 May | Danish Golf Challenge | Denmark | 300,000 |  Tapio Pulkkanen (2) | 8.79 | ||
| 31 May | Challenge de España | Spain | 300,000 | Ryan van Velzen (1) | 8.32 | ||
| 7 Jun | Swiss Challenge | Switzerland | 300,000 | Matthew Southgate (1) | 8.60 | ||
| 14 Jun | Interwetten Open | Austria | 300,000 |  Filip Mrůzek (1) | 8.54 | ||
| 21 Jun | English Open | England | £300,000 |  John Catlin (1) | 8.94 | New to Challenge Tour | |
| 28 Jun | Blot Play9 | France | 300,000 | John Gough (1) | 8.34 | ||
| 5 Jul | Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge | France | 300,000 |  Julien Sale (1) | 8.84 | ||
| 12 Jul | German Challenge | Germany | 300,000 |  Lars van der Vight (1) | 9.30 | ||
| 26 Jul | Raiffeisenbank Golf Challenge | Czech Republic | 300,000 |  Anton Albers (1) | 8.42 | ||
| 2 Aug | Infortar Estonian Challenge | Estonia | 300,000 |  Rory Franssen (1) | 8.71 | New tournament | |
| 9 Aug | Scottish Challenge | Scotland | £250,000 |  Christofer Blomstrand (2) | 9.46 | ||
| 16 Aug | Irish Challenge | Ireland | 300,000 | Justin Harding (1) | 8.53 | ||
| 23 Aug | Vierumäki Finnish Challenge | Finland | 300,000 | Dominic Foos (2) | 8.03 | ||
| 30 Aug | Dormy Open | Sweden | 300,000 | Christofer Blomstrand (3) | 8.79 | ||
| 6 Sep | Rosa Challenge Tour | Poland | 300,000 |  | 8.46 | ||
| 13 Sep | English Challenge | England | £250,000 | | |||
| 20 Sep | Open de Portugal | Portugal | 300,000 | | |||
| 27 Sep | RAKBANK UAE Challenge | UAE | US$350,000 | | |||
| 4 Oct | Abu Dhabi Challenge | UAE | US$350,000 | | |||
| 11 Oct | Hainan Open | China | US$500,000 | | CHN | ||
| 18 Oct | Hangzhou Open | China | US$500,000 | | CHN | ||
| 1 Nov | Rolex Grand Final | Spain | 500,000 | | Tour Championship |
Notes
- ↑ One further tournament was removed from the schedule.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ AFR − Sunshine Tour; PGTI − Professional Golf Tour of India.
- ↑ Proceeded as a sole-sanctioned Professional Golf Tour of India event due to the 2026 Iran war.[4]
References
- ↑ "2026 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
- ↑ "HotelPlanner Tour unveils 2026 schedule". Golf Business News. 17 December 2025. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
- ↑ "India double-header added to 2026 Road to Mallorca". European Tour. 22 January 2026. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
- ↑ Turnbull, John (5 March 2026). "Tour drops event from schedule amid Middle East conflict". Bunkered. Retrieved 5 March 2026.