2025 Challenge Tour
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Duration23 January 2025 – 2 November 2025
Number of official events29
Most wins
Renato Paratore (3)
J. C. Ritchie (3)
Renato Paratore (3)
J. C. Ritchie (3)Rankings J. C. Ritchie
J. C. Ritchie| Duration | 23 January 2025 – 2 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 29 |
| Most wins | Renato Paratore (3) J. C. Ritchie (3) |
| Rankings | J. C. Ritchie |
← 2024 2026 → | |
The 2025 Challenge Tour, titled as the 2025 HotelPlanner Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 37th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.
In January, it was announced that the tour had signed a title sponsorship agreement with HotelPlanner, being renamed as the HotelPlanner Tour.[1][2]
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2025 season.[3][4]
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (€) | Winner[a] | OWGR points | Other tours[b] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Jan | SDC Open | South Africa | US$375,000 | Daniel van Tonder (1) | 8.42 | AFR | |
| 2 Feb | MyGolfLife Open | South Africa | US$375,000 | Daniel van Tonder (2) | 8.94 | AFR | New to Challenge Tour |
| 9 Feb | Cell C Cape Town Open | South Africa | US$375,000 |  Jamie Rutherford (1) | 8.76 | AFR | |
| 16 Feb | NTT Data Pro-Am | South Africa | R7,000,000 | Wilco Nienaber (2) | 9.54 | AFR | Pro-Am |
| 16 Mar | Kolkata Challenge | India | US$300,000 | Joshua Berry (1) | 8.40 | PGTI | |
| 23 Mar | Delhi Challenge | India | US$300,000 |  Quim Vidal (1) | 8.12 | PGTI | |
| 13 Apr | UAE Challenge | UAE | US$300,000 | Renato Paratore (1) | 9.21 | ||
| 20 Apr | Abu Dhabi Challenge | UAE | US$300,000 | Renato Paratore (2) | 9.24 | ||
| 11 May | Challenge de España | Spain | 300,000 |  Clément Charmasson (1) | 8.50 | ||
| 25 May | Danish Golf Challenge | Denmark | 300,000 |  Jonathan Gøth-Rasmussen (2) | 8.93 | ||
| 1 Jun | Challenge de Cádiz | Spain | 300,000 | Rocco Repetto (1) | 8.91 | ||
| 8 Jun | Swiss Challenge | Switzerland | 300,000 | Félix Mory (2) | 8.76 | ||
| 15 Jun | Raiffeisenbank Golf Challenge | Czech Republic | 300,000 |  Palmer Jackson (1) | 8.63 | ||
| 22 Jun | Blot Play9 | France | 300,000 | James Morrison (1) | 8.38 | ||
| 29 Jun | Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge | France | 300,000 | David Horsey (3) | 9.05 | ||
| 6 Jul | Interwetten Open | Austria | 300,000 |  Maximilian Steinlechner (1) | 8.79 | ||
| 13 Jul | D+D Real Czech Challenge | Czech Republic | 300,000 |  David Law (2) | 9.18 | ||
| 20 Jul | German Challenge | Germany | 300,000 | J. C. Ritchie (5) | 8.93 | ||
| 3 Aug | Farmfoods Scottish Challenge | Scotland | £250,000 | Daniel Young (1) | 9.22 | ||
| 10 Aug | Irish Challenge | Ireland | 300,000 | Oïhan Guillamoundeguy (1) | 8.49 | ||
| 17 Aug | Vierumäki Finnish Challenge | Finland | 300,000 | David Law (3) | 8.24 | ||
| 24 Aug | Dutch Futures | Netherlands | 300,000 | Filippo Celli (1) | 9.06 | ||
| 31 Aug | Dormy Open | Sweden | 300,000 | Anders Emil Ejlersen (1) | 8.39 | ||
| 7 Sep | GAC Rosa Challenge Tour | Poland | 300,000 |  Hugo Townsend (1) | 9.06 | ||
| 14 Sep | Open de Portugal | Portugal | 300,000 | J. C. Ritchie (6) | 8.87 | ||
| 21 Sep | Italian Challenge Open | Italy | 300,000 | J. C. Ritchie (7)[c] | 8.58 | ||
| 12 Oct | Hainan Open | China | US$500,000 | Renato Paratore (3)[d] | 7.42 | CHN | |
| 19 Oct | Hangzhou Open | China | US$500,000 | Sebastián García Rodríguez (1) | 7.36 | CHN | |
| 2 Nov | Rolex Grand Final | Spain | 500,000 | James Morrison (2) | 4.74 | Tour Championship |
Rankings
The rankings were titled as the Road to Mallorca and were based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[7] The top 20 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 2026 European Tour (DP World Tour).[8]
| Rank | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | J. C. Ritchie | 1,674 |
| 2 | David Law | 1,494 |
| 3 | Maximilian Steinlechner | 1,477 |
| 4 | Renato Paratore | 1,427 |
| 5 | Oïhan Guillamoundeguy | 1,292 |