# 2022 Challenge Tour

The 2022 Challenge Tour was the 34th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

## Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2022 season.
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (€) | Winner | OWGR points | Other tours | Notes |
| 13 Feb | Dimension Data Pro-Am | South Africa | R6,000,000 | Alexander Knappe (3) | 13 | AFR | Pro-Am |
| 20 Feb | Bain's Whisky Cape Town Open | South Africa | US$250,000 | J. C. Ritchie (3) | 13 | AFR | |
| 27 Feb | Jonsson Workwear Open | South Africa | US$250,000 | J. C. Ritchie (4) | 13 | AFR | New tournament |
| 6 Mar | Mangaung Open | South Africa | US$250,000 | Oliver Hundebøll (1) | 13 | AFR | New tournament |
| 27 Mar | SDC Open | South Africa | US$250,000 | Clément Sordet (5) | 13 | AFR | New tournament |
| 3 Apr | Limpopo Championship | South Africa | US$250,000 | Mateusz Gradecki (1) | 13 | AFR | |
| 10 Apr | Mount Kilamanjaro Klassic | Tanzania | – | Removed | – | AFR | New tournament |
| 22 May | Challenge de España | Spain | 250,000 | Jens Dantorp (3) | 12 | | |
| 29 May | Farmfoods Scottish Challenge | Scotland | £230,000 | Javier Sainz (1) | 12 | | |
| 5 Jun | D+D Real Czech Challenge | Czech Republic | 260,000 | Nicolai Kristensen (1) | 12 | | |
| 12 Jun | Empordà Challenge | Spain | 250,000 | Liam Johnston (3) | 12 | | |
| 19 Jun | Kaskáda Golf Challenge | Czech Republic | 260,000 | Martin Simonsen (1) | 12 | | |
| 26 Jun | Blot Open de Bretagne | France | 250,000 | Alfie Plant (2) | 12 | | |
| 3 Jul | Italian Challenge Open | Italy | 350,000 | Kristian Krogh Johannessen (1) | 12 | | |
| 10 Jul | Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge | France | 260,000 | Nathan Kimsey (1) | 12 | | |
| 17 Jul | Euram Bank Open | Austria | 250,000 | Marc Hammer (1) | 12 | | |
| 24 Jul | Big Green Egg German Challenge | Germany | 250,000 | Alejandro del Rey (1) | 12 | | |
| 31 Jul | Irish Challenge | Ireland | 250,000 | Todd Clements (1) | 12 | | |
| 7 Aug | Vierumäki Finnish Challenge | Finland | 250,000 | Velten Meyer (1) | 12 | | |
| 14 Aug | Frederikshavn Challenge | Denmark | 250,000 | Freddy Schott (1) | 3.83 | | |
| 21 Aug | Dormy Open | Sweden | 250,000 | Emilio Cuartero (2) | 5.47 | | |
| 28 Aug | Indoor Golf Group Challenge | Sweden | 250,000 | Mikael Lindberg (1) | 5.28 | | New tournament |
| 4 Sep | B-NL Challenge Trophy | Belgium | 250,000 | Alexander Knappe (4) | 4.98 | | |
| 18 Sep | Open de Portugal | Portugal | 250,000 | Pierre Pineau (1) | 5.57 | | |
| 25 Sep | Swiss Challenge | France | 250,000 | Daniel Hillier (2) | 5.14 | | |
| 2 Oct | Hopps Open de Provence | France | 250,000 | Joel Sjöholm (2) | 5.18 | | |
| 9 Oct | British Challenge | England | £230,000 | Euan Walker (1) | 5.05 | | |
| 16 Oct | English Trophy | England | £230,000 | Jeremy Freiburghaus (1) | 5.10 | | New tournament |
| 23 Oct | Foshan Open | China | – | Cancelled | – | CHN | |
| 6 Nov | Rolex Challenge Tour Grand Final | Spain | 500,000 | Nathan Kimsey (2) | 3.36 | | 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. The top 20 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 2023 European Tour (DP World Tour).
| Rank | Player | Points |
| 1 | Nathan Kimsey | 208,918 |
| 2 | Jeremy Freiburghaus | 160,025 |
| 3 | Alexander Knappe | 146,052 |
| 4 | J. C. Ritchie | 141,286 |
| 5 | Mikael Lindberg | 139,848 |