Challenge Tour

The Challenge Tour is an annual series of golf tournaments and is the 2nd league ( second level ) of the PGA European Tour. It is mainly played in Europe, but also in other parts of the world, except in North America - there are the corresponding nationwide tour of the U.S. PGA TOUR.

The tournament series was introduced in 1986 and was originally called Satellite Tour. The top 10 players of the annual ranking obtained the eligibility for the coming year in the first league, the PGA European Tour, during the subsequent 35 get a more or less restricted eligibility. If you win three tournaments in a season, "big" tour you can jump right into the.

For the Challenge Tour you qualify on the Satellite Tour ( formerly Third Level Tours), consisting of the Alps Tour, EPD Tour, Nordic League and PGA EuroPro Tour, namely the first 5 years of the respective ratings. But you can also have annual qualifying tournaments - the Qualifying School - gain eligibility.

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