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The HotelPlanner Tour arrived in Spain this week for the Challenge de Catalunya, which took place at Fontanals Golf Club from May 14–17.
The Challenge de Catalunya marked the second of ten consecutive weeks on the continent, after the Italian Challenge Open kickstarted the European leg as Chris Wood sealed an emotional victory at Golf Nazionale. Fontanals Golf Club hosted last year’s Challenge de España and, with the historic event moving to Isla Canela Links, Fontanals hosted the inaugural edition of the Challenge de Catalunya this year, with a prize fund of €300,000.
A regular stop on the DP World Tour Qualifying School schedule, the Girona-based club hosted Second Stage in each of the last two years, and will do so again later this year, with several of the players in the field having previously teed it up on the parkland layout. The club is situated near the borders of both Andorra and France and provided an interesting test as it sits 3,000 feet above sea level, with the 156-strong field needing to dial in their yardages at altitude. The closing holes also proved pivotal, with holes 16 and 18 ranking among the toughest on the course.
A number of HotelPlanner Tour members teed it up on the DP World Tour at the Estrella Damm Catalunya Championship before making the short journey from Barcelona to Girona. Road to Mallorca Number One MJ Daffue returned to HotelPlanner Tour action hunting his third win of the season, alongside former BMW PGA Championship winner Chris Wood, who looked to build on his success in Italy.
Pablo Ereno was crowned the Challenge de Catalunya champion after defeating Denmark’s Hamish Brown in a play-off at Fontanals Golf Club.
Here’s the prize money breakdown for each golfer at the 2026 Challenge de Catalunya
1 – Pablo Ereno – €48,000.00
2 – Hamish Brown – €33,000.00
3 – MJ Daffue – €18,000.00
3 – Gary Hurley – €18,000.00
3 – Frank Kennedy – €18,000.00
6 – Jacob Worm Agerschou – €10,000.00
6 – Bryce Easton – €10,000.00
6 – Adam Wallin – €10,000.00
9 – Will Enefer – €6,600.00
9 – Jhared Hack – €6,600.00
9 – Clément Sordet – €6,600.00
12 – Canon Claycomb – €5,550.00
12 – Tobias Edén – €5,550.00
14 – Calum Fyfe – €5,100.00
15 – Charlie Forster – €4,050.00
15 – Ronan Kleu – €4,050.00
15 – Per Längfors – €4,050.00
15 – Logan Perkins – €4,050.00
15 – Carlos Pigem – €4,050.00
15 – Robin Williams – €4,050.00
21 – Sam Jones – €2,875.00
21 – Luis Masaveu – €2,875.00
21 – Joel Moscatel – €2,875.00
21 – Filip Mruzek – €2,875.00
21 – Matthew Southgate – €2,875.00
21 – Ryan Van Velzen – €2,875.00
27 – Christofer Blomstrand – €2,460.00
27 – Julien Brun – €2,460.00
27 – Maxence Giboudot – €2,460.00
27 – Will Porter – €2,460.00
27 – Jamie Rutherford – €2,460.00
27 – Lauri Ruuska – €2,460.00
27 – Lars van Meijel – €2,460.00
34 – Anton Albers – €2,160.00
34 – Sam Hutsby – €2,160.00
34 – Liam Nolan – €2,160.00
37 – Nick Bachem – €1,890.00
37 – Jannik de Bruyn – €1,890.00
37 – Sebastian Friedrichsen – €1,890.00
37 – Max Kennedy – €1,890.00
37 – Linus Lang – €1,890.00
37 – Victor Sidal Svendsen – €1,890.00
43 – Bastien Amat – €1,470.00
43 – Barclay Brown – €1,470.00
43 – Matteo Cristoni – €1,470.00
43 – Bailey Gill – €1,470.00
43 – Will Hopkins – €1,470.00
43 – Eduard Rousaud – €1,470.00
43 – Lorenzo Scalise – €1,470.00
43 – Joseba Torres – €1,470.00
51 – Björn Åkesson – €1,095.00
51 – Daan Huizing – €1,095.00
51 – Kim Koivu – €1,095.00
51 – Tapio Pulkkanen – €1,095.00
51 – Julien Sale – €1,095.00
51 – Tadeas Tetak – €1,095.00
51 – Fabrizio Zanotti – €1,095.00
51 – Jiri Zuska – €1,095.00
59 – MJ Viljoen – €960.00
60 – Dan Erickson – €930.00
61 – Andres German Gallegos – €900.00
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