Challenge Tour 2015 - the season in numbers

<em>Now that the dust has settled on the 2015 European Challenge Tour season, we’ve had a dig around for some of the key statistics from throughout the year:</em>

<strong>2 – albatrosses </strong>(Nacho Elvira and Victor Riu)

<strong>3 – wins </strong>for<strong>Nacho Elvira</strong>, earning immediate promotion to<strong>The European Tour</strong>

<strong>4 – play-offs:</strong>

Barclays Kenya Open -<strong>Haydn Porteous</strong>beat Brandon Stone

Suisse Challenge presented by Association Suisse de Golf -<strong>Daniel Im</strong>beat Gary Boyd

SSE Scottish Hydro Challenge hosted by Macdonald Hotels & Resorts -<strong>Jack Senior</strong>beat Robert Coles and Prom Meesawat

Volopa Irish Challenge Hosted by Mount Wolseley Hotel, Spa and Golf Resort -<strong>​Tom Murray</strong>​ beat Nino Bertasio

<strong>5 – multiple winners </strong>(Borja Virto Astudillo, Rhys Davies, Nacho Elvira, Ricardo Gouveia, Sebastien Gros)

<strong>6 – </strong>largest winning margin (<strong>Sebastien Gros</strong>at the Najeti Open Presented by Neuflize OBC)

<strong>7 – under par – </strong>lowest final round to win – fittingly,<strong>Ricardo Gouveia</strong>at the<strong>NBO Golf Classic Grand Final</strong>

<strong>11 – first-time winners </strong>(Haydn Porteous, Daniel Im, Sebastien Gros, Jack Senior, Borja Virto Astudillo Ryan Fox, Clément Sordet, Dominic Foos, Scott Arnold, Matteo Delpodio, Tom Murray)

<strong>12 – top ten finishes </strong>from Road to Oman Rankings winner<strong>Ricardo Gouveia</strong>

<strong>15 – holes-in-one</strong>

<strong>17 – </strong>years and 347 days – age of<strong>Dominic Foos</strong>when he won the GANT Open, the youngest winner in CT history

<strong>20 - </strong>countries visited by Challenge Tour in 2015

<strong>24 </strong>- tournaments in total

<strong>60 – </strong>lowest round of the year,<strong>11 under par</strong>for<strong>Rhys Davies</strong>at the Fred Olsen Challenge de España

<strong>69.04 – </strong>lowest stroke average per round this season – unsurprisingly belonging to<strong>Ricardo Gouveia</strong>

<strong>38,000 - </strong>miles covered by the Tour in 2015

<strong>€80,353</strong>– money won by<strong>Jamie McLeary</strong>, securing him the 15^thspot in the Road to Oman Rankings – the most money ever required for a European Tour card

<strong>€251,592</strong>

– total season’s earnings for

<strong>Ricardo Gouveia – </strong>

a Challenge Tour record