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Story of the Year - Best Photos from the Challenge Tour
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Story of the Year - Best Photos from the Challenge Tour

The European Challenge Tour once again provided sporting drama and raw emotion by the bucketload during its journey through some of the finest golfing destinations across the world in 2015. View our best photos of the year here...

Brandon Stone

Kenya feel the excitement?

At the historic season-opening Barclays Kenya Open, Haydn Porteous claimed a dramatic play-off victory over South African compatriot Branden Grace. One spectator in particular, however, was not letting the excitement get to him...

An interested spectator at Karen Country Club

Nacho salsas to home victory

Speaking of rare animals, Spaniard Nacho Elvira holed an albatross on the way to winning the Challenge de Madrid - the first of three victories in the 2015 campaign which earned instant graduation to The European Tour...

Nacho Elvira celebrates his albatross en route to winning the 2015 Challenge de Madrid

Bleu sky day

Sebastian Gros looked to the heavens after claiming his maiden European Challenge Tour victory on home soil at the Najeti Open Presented by Neuflize OBC, his first of two wins on the way to finishing second in the Road to Oman...

Sebastien Gros

The Joy of Six

History was made at the D+D REAL Slovakia Challenge as the European Challenge Tour played on a par six golf hole for the first time at Penati Golf Resort...

Par Six 15th

Piece of Cake for Kakko in Madeira

Roope Kakko of Finland celebrated winning the Madeira Islands Open - Portugal - BPI...

Roope Kakko

Northern Time

A clock at the first tee during the Northern Ireland Open...

Galgorm Castle first tee

Keeping their cool

Greenkeepers fill divots on the greens at Golf Blue Green de Pléneuf Val André, where vandals caused significant damage the night before the beginning of the Cordon Golf Open...

Cordon Greenkeepers

Mountain view

The beautiful view from Nurtau Golf Club at the Kazakhstan Open...

Almaty sun (photo by Phil Inglis)

Celebrate, levitate

Haydn Porteous celebrates after holing out from a bunker at The Foshan Open

Haydn Porteous (Richard Castka)

A Stone's throw from the beach

Brandon Stone hits his second shot from the beach on the way to a par at the 12th hole in the final round of the NBO Golf Classic Grand Final...

That winning feeling

Ricardo Gouveia celebrates the winning putt at the NBO Golf Classic Grand Final, which earned him a second victory of the season and the title as Road to Oman winner and Challenge Tour Number One...

Ricardo Gouveia

The Graduates

The 15 Challenge Tour Graduates from 2015 celebrate earning their European Tour cards after a long season...

The 2015 Challenge Tour Graduates

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