The Challenge Tour is Europe's official developmental tour and is organised by the PGA European Tour. It was introduced in 1986 and was originally called the Satellite Tour, before being renamed with its present title in 1990.[1]
The 2018 schedule is set out below.[2] The numbers in brackets after winners' names show the player's total number of wins on the Challenge Tour including that event. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Challenge Tour because success at this level soon leads to promotion to the European Tour.
| Dates | Tournament | Host country | Winner | OWGR
points | Notes | | 25 Mar | Barclays Kenya Open | Kenya | ITA}} Lorenzo Gagli (1) | 12 |
| 15 Apr | Belt & Road Colorful Yunnan Open | China | FIN}} Kim Koivu (1) | 9 | New tournament, co-sanctioned with China Tour |
| 29 Apr | Turkish Airlines Challenge | Turkey | DNK}} Joachim B. Hansen (1) | 12 |
| 6 May | Challenge de España | Spain | SWE}} Oscar Lengdén (2) | 12 |
| 13 May | Open de Portugal | Portugal | AUS}} Dimitrios Papadatos (1) | 12 |
| 20 May | Andalucía Costa del Sol Match Play 9 | Spain | SCO}} Liam Johnston (1) | 12 |
| 27 May | D+D Real Czech Challenge | Czech Republic | KOR}} Kim Min-kyu (1) | 12 |
| 3 Jun | Swiss Challenge | Switzerland | DEU}} Marcel Schneider (1) | 12 |
| 10 Jun | KPMG Trophy | Belgium | POR}} Pedro Figueiredo (1) | 12 |
| 17 Jun | Hauts de France Golf Open | France | WAL}} Stuart Manley (2) | 12 |
| 24 Jun | SSE Scottish Hydro Challenge | Scotland | SCO}} David Law (1) | 12 |
| 1 Jul | Made in Denmark Challenge | Denmark | DNK}} Joachim B. Hansen (2) | 12 |
| 8 Jul | Prague Golf Challenge | Czech Republic | ENG}} Ben Stow (1) | 12 |
| 15 Jul | Italian Challenge | Italy | SWE}} Sebastian Söderberg (2) | 12 |
| 22 Jul | Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge | France | ENG}} Richard McEvoy (3) | 12 |
| 29 Jul | Euram Bank Open | Austria | NLD}} Darius van Driel (1) | 12 | New tournament |
| 5 Aug | Swedish Challenge | Sweden | ENG}} Oliver Wilson (1) | 12 |
| 12 Aug | Vierumäki Finnish Challenge | Finland | FIN}} Kim Koivu (2) | 12 |
| 19 Aug | Galgorm Resort & Spa Northern Ireland Open | Northern Ireland | SCO}} Calum Hill (1) | 12 |
| 25 Aug | Rolex Trophy | Switzerland | FIN}} Kim Koivu (3) | 12 | Koivu earns promotion to European Tour |
| 2 Sep | Cordon Golf Open | France | ENG}} Jack Singh Brar (1) | 12 |
| 9 Sep | Bridgestone Challenge | England | ENG}} Tom Lewis (1) | 12 |
| 16 Sep | Kazakhstan Open | Kazakhstan | SCO}} Liam Johnston (2) | 13 |
| 23 Sep | Hopps Open de Provence | France | FRA}} Romain Langasque (1) | 12 | New tournament |
| 7 Oct | Monaghan Irish Challenge | Republic of Ireland | ENG}} Oliver Wilson (2) | 12 |
| 14 Oct | Hainan Open | China | FIN}} Kalle Samooja (1) | 13 | Co-sanctioned with China Tour |
| 21 Oct | Foshan Open | China | FRA}} Victor Perez (2) | 13 | Co-sanctioned with China Tour |
| 3 Nov | Ras Al Khaimah Challenge Tour Grand Final | United Arab Emirates | ESP}} Adrià Arnaus (1) | 17 |
1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.europeantour.com/tourgroup/history/index.html |title=Tour History |work=PGA European Tour |accessdate=16 January 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100722071906/http://www.europeantour.com/tourgroup/history/index.html |archivedate=22 July 2010 }}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.europeantour.com/challengetour/tournament/ |title=Challenge Tour Schedule 2018 |publisher=PGA European Tour |accessdate=19 January 2018}}