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2012 Challenge Tour
Golf tour season
Golf tour season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| year | 2012 |
| tour | Challenge Tour |
| regular_season | – |
| no_of_events | 26 |
| most_wins | SWE Kristoffer Broberg (4) |
| honor1 | Rankings |
| honoree1 | NOR Espen Kofstad |
| prevseason | 2011 |
| nextseason | 2013 |
The 2012 Challenge Tour was the 24th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2012 season.
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (€) | Winner | OWGR | |||||
| points | Other | ||||||
| tours | Notes | ||||||
| 29 Jan | Gujarat Kensville Challenge | India | 200,000 | DEU Maximilian Kieffer (1) | 12 | PGTI | |
| 11 Mar | Pacific Rubiales Colombia Classic | Colombia | 190,000 | ENG Phillip Archer (3) | 12 | New tournament | |
| 1 Apr | Barclays Kenya Open | Kenya | 195,000 | ENG Seve Benson (3) | 12 | ||
| 13 May | Allianz Open Côtes d'Armor Bretagne | France | 160,000 | ENG Eddie Pepperell (1) | 12 | ||
| 13 May | Madeira Islands Open - Portugal | Portugal | 675,000 | PRT Ricardo Santos (2) | 18 | EUR | |
| 27 May | Telenet Trophy | Belgium | 160,000 | ITA Marco Crespi (1) | 12 | ||
| 3 Jun | Fred Olsen Challenge de España | Spain | 160,000 | ESP Eduardo de la Riva (1) | 12 | ||
| 10 Jun | Kärnten Golf Open | Austria | 160,000 | FRA Gary Stal (1) | 12 | ||
| 17 Jun | Saint-Omer Open | France | 500,000 | ZAF Darren Fichardt (1) | 18 | EUR | |
| 24 Jun | Scottish Hydro Challenge | Scotland | 220,000 | ENG Sam Walker (3) | 12 | ||
| 30 Jun | Challenge Provincia di Varese | Italy | 165,000 | SCO Raymond Russell (1) | 12 | New tournament | |
| 15 Jul | Credit Suisse Challenge | Switzerland | 160,000 | FRA Gary Stal (2) | 12 | ||
| 21 Jul | Double Tree by Hilton Acaya Open | Italy | 160,000 | NOR Espen Kofstad (1) | 12 | ||
| 29 Jul | English Challenge | England | 160,000 | ENG Chris Paisley (1) | 12 | ||
| 5 Aug | Finnish Challenge | Finland | 170,000 | SWE Kristoffer Broberg (1) | 12 | ||
| 12 Aug | Norwegian Challenge | Norway | 175,000 | SWE Kristoffer Broberg (2) | 12 | ||
| 18 Aug | ECCO Tour Championship | Denmark | DKr 1,200,000 | ITA Alessandro Tadini (4) | 12 | DNK | |
| 25 Aug | Rolex Trophy | Switzerland | 190,000 | SWE Kristoffer Broberg (3) | 12 | ||
| 9 Sep | M2M Russian Challenge Cup | Russia | 200,000 | FRA Alexandre Kaleka (2) | 12 | ||
| 16 Sep | Kazakhstan Open | Kazakhstan | 400,000 | SCO Scott Henry (1) | 12 | ||
| 23 Sep | Allianz Golf Open Toulouse Metropole | France | 160,000 | FRA Julien Brun (a) (1) | 12 | ||
| 30 Sep | Challenge de Catalunya | Spain | 160,000 | USA Brooks Koepka (1) | 12 | New tournament | |
| 7 Oct | Allianz Open de Lyon | France | 160,000 | SCO Chris Doak (1) | 12 | ||
| 14 Oct | D+D Real Czech Challenge Open | Czech Republic | 160,000 | DNK Andreas Hartø (3) | 12 | New tournament | |
| 21 Oct | Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Challenge | Denmark | 140,000 | SWE Kristoffer Broberg (4) | 12 | New tournament | |
| 27 Oct | Apulia San Domenico Grand Final | Italy | 330,000 | NOR Espen Kofstad (2) | 16 | Flagship event |
Rankings
The rankings were based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros. The top 21 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 2013 European Tour.
| Rank | Player | Prize money (€) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | NOR Espen Kofstad | 131,099 |
| 2 | SWE Kristoffer Broberg | 126,508 |
| 3 | DNK Andreas Hartø | 121,999 |
| 4 | DNK Joachim B. Hansen | 120,085 |
| 5 | ENG Gary Lockerbie | 117,482 |
Notes
References
References
- "2012 Tournament schedule". European Tour.
- Farquharson, Colin. (25 August 2012). "Broberg wins promotion to the European Tour". Scottish Golf View.
- "2012 Rankings". European Tour.
- (27 October 2012). "Kofstad sweeps the board at Grand Final". European Tour.
- (December 2012). "The final 2012 Race to Dubai Ranking". Worldwide Sporting Publications.
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