2026 Challenge Tour
| Duration | 29 January 2026 – 1 November 2026 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 28 |
← 2025 2027 → | |
The 2026 Challenge Tour, titled as the 2026 HotelPlanner Tour for sponsorship reasons, will be 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]
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (€) |
Winner[a] | OWGR points |
Other tours[b] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Feb | SDC Open | South Africa | US$375,000 | AFR | |||
| 8 Feb | Circa Cape Town Open | South Africa | US$375,000 | AFR | |||
| 15 Feb | NTT Data Pro-Am | South Africa | R7,000,000 | AFR | Pro-Am | ||
| 22 Feb | Jonsson Workwear Open | South Africa | US$375,000 | AFR | |||
| 19 Apr | Abu Dhabi Challenge | UAE | US$350,000 | ||||
| 26 Apr | RAKBANK UAE Challenge | UAE | US$350,000 | ||||
| 10 May | Italian Challenge Open | Italy | 300,000 | ||||
| 17 May | Challenge de Catalunya | Spain | 300,000 | New tournament | |||
| 24 May | Danish Golf Challenge | Denmark | 300,000 | ||||
| 31 May | Challenge de España | Spain | 300,000 | ||||
| 7 Jun | Swiss Challenge | Switzerland | 300,000 | ||||
| 14 Jun | Interwetten Open | Austria | 300,000 | ||||
| 21 Jun | England Golf Challenge | England | 300,000 | New tournament | |||
| 28 Jun | Blot Open de Bretagne | France | 300,000 | ||||
| 5 Jul | Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge | France | 300,000 | ||||
| 12 Jul | German Challenge | Germany | 300,000 | ||||
| 26 Jul | Raiffeisenbank Golf Challenge | Czech Republic | 300,000 | ||||
| 2 Aug | Infortar Estonian Challenge | Estonia | 300,000 | New tournament | |||
| 9 Aug | Farmfoods Scottish Challenge | Scotland | £250,000 | ||||
| 16 Aug | Irish Challenge | Ireland | 300,000 | ||||
| 23 Aug | Vierumäki Finnish Challenge | Finland | 300,000 | ||||
| 30 Aug | Dormy Open | Sweden | 300,000 | ||||
| 6 Sep | Rosa Challenge Tour | Poland | 300,000 | ||||
| 13 Sep | English Challenge | England | £250,000 | ||||
| 20 Sep | Open de Portugal | Portugal | 300,000 | ||||
| 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
- ^ 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.
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.