2021 Challenge Tour

Similarly to 2020, the season was due to begin in February with three tournaments in South Africa co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour, but in mid-January the South African swing was postponed to April/May because of COVID-19 pandemic concerns.^[1] The official schedule announcement was made on 27 January 2021.^[2] In April two back-to-back events in Sweden in May were added.^[3]

In August, it was announced that the Hainan Open and the Foshan Open; both played in China, were cancelled.^[4] Later in the month, replacement tournaments were confirmed in Spain, both hosted at Empordà Golf on the Costa Brava.^[5]

The following table lists official events during the 2021 season.^[6]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (€)	Winner[b]	OWGR points	Other tours[c]	Notes
25 Apr	Limpopo Championship	South Africa	R3,000,000	Brandon Stone (1)	13	AFR
2 May	Bain's Whisky Cape Town Open	South Africa	R3,000,000	J. C. Ritchie (2)	13	AFR
9 May	Dimension Data Pro-Am	South Africa	R6,000,000	Wilco Nienaber (1)	13	AFR	Pro-Am
16 May	Range Servant Challenge	Sweden	200,000	Craig Howie (1)	12		New tournament
22 May	Dormy Open	Sweden	200,000	Félix Mory (1)	12		New tournament
30 May	Irish Challenge	Ireland	220,000	Daan Huizing (3)	12
6 Jun	D+D Real Czech Challenge	Czech Republic	200,000	Santiago Tarrío (1)	12
13 Jun	Challenge de Cádiz	Spain	200,000	Kristof Ulenaers (1)	12
18 Jun	Challenge de España	Spain	200,000	Santiago Tarrío (2)	12
27 Jun	Open de Bretagne	France	200,000	Julien Brun (2)	12
4 Jul	Kaskáda Golf Challenge	Czech Republic	200,000	Marcel Schneider (2)	12
11 Jul	Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge	France	210,000	Marcel Siem (1)	12
18 Jul	Euram Bank Open	Austria	190,000	Stuart Manley (3)	12
25 Jul	Italian Challenge	Italy	300,000	Ricardo Gouveia (4)	12
8 Aug	Vierumäki Finnish Challenge	Finland	200,000	Marcus Helligkilde (1)	12
14 Aug	Made in Esbjerg Challenge	Denmark	200,000	Ricardo Gouveia (5)	9	NGL
20 Aug	Sydbank Esbjerg Challenge	Denmark	200,000	Espen Kofstad (4)	9	NGL	New tournament
21 Aug	Rolex Trophy	Switzerland	–	Removed[7]	–
29 Aug	B-NL Challenge Trophy	Netherlands	250,000	Alfredo García-Heredia (1)	12		New tournament[d]
5 Sep	British Challenge	England	£180,000	Hugo León (1)	12		New tournament
12 Sep	Big Green Egg German Challenge	Germany	200,000	Ángel Hidalgo (1)	12		New tournament
19 Sep	Hopps Open de Provence	France	200,000	Alfie Plant (1)	12
26 Sep	Open de Portugal	Portugal	200,000	Marcel Schneider (3)	12
3 Oct	Swiss Challenge	France	200,000	Marcus Helligkilde (2)	12
17 Oct	Hainan Open	China	–	Cancelled[4]	–	CHN
17 Oct	Empordà Challenge	Spain	200,000	Julien Brun (3)	13		New tournament
24 Oct	Foshan Open	China	–	Cancelled[4]	–	CHN
22 Oct	Challenge Costa Brava	Spain	200,000	Daniel Hillier (1)	13		New tournament
7 Nov	Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final	Spain	450,000	Marcus Helligkilde (3)	17		Flagship event

The rankings were titled as the Road to Mallorca and were based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.^[8][9] The top 20 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 2022 European Tour (DP World Tour).^[10][11]

Rank	Player	Points
1	Marcus Helligkilde	222,628
2	Ricardo Gouveia	188,291
3	Santiago Tarrío	173,938
4	Julien Brun	163,773
5	Frédéric Lacroix	120,334