The 2025 PDC Challenge Tour (known for sponsorship reasons as the Winmau Challenge Tour) was a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). A secondary tour to the PDC Pro Tour, it consisted of 24 tournaments, held over four weekends of five events and one weekend of four events.
The Challenge Tour is the PDC's second-tier system for players who competed at the 2025 Qualifying Schools but did not win a PDC Tour Card. Under PDC Order of Merit Rule 4.2, the Challenge Tour Order of Merit rankings were used to top up Players Championship (PC) events up to 128 entries, when any of the 2025 Tour Card holders not enter the PC tournaments.
Under PDC Order of Merit Rule 6.9, the 2025 Challenge Tour prizes were as follows:
The prize money for the Challenge Tour events remained the same as in 2023 and 2024. ã360,000 was the total prize fund, with ã15,000 being the prize fund for each of the 24 events. The winner of each event received ã2,500. The prize fund breakdown was:
The top players on the Challenge Tour Order of Merit act as reserves for 2025 PDC Players Championship series events. If one of the Tour Card holders does not enter or withdraws from a Players Championship event, the highest ranked available player on the Challenge Tour Order of Merit may fill in.
Challenge Tour 1 was contested on Friday 17 January 2025 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes. The tournament was won by Beau Greaves, who defeated Stefan Bellmont 5âÂÂ4 in the final.
Challenge Tour 2 was contested on Friday 17 January 2025 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes. The tournament was won by , who defeated 5âÂÂ1 in the final.
Challenge Tour 3 was contested on Saturday 18 January 2025 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes. The tournament was won by Beau Greaves, who defeated John Henderson 5âÂÂ0 in the final.
Challenge Tour 4 was contested on Saturday 18 January 2025 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes. Ted Evetts hit a nine-dart finish in his match against Shane McGuirk. The tournament was won by Darius Labanauskas, who defeated Mervyn King 5âÂÂ3 in the final.
Challenge Tour 5 was contested on Sunday 19 January 2025 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes. The tournament was won by Stefan Bellmont, who defeated Danny Jansen 5âÂÂ1 in the final.
Challenge Tour 6 was contested on Friday 14 March at the Halle 39 in Hildesheim. The tournament was won by Dragutin Horvat, who defeated Ted Evetts 5âÂÂ4 in the final.
Challenge Tour 7 was contested on Friday 14 March at the Halle 39 in Hildesheim. The tournament was won by Darius Labanauskas, who defeated Keegan Brown 5âÂÂ2 in the final.
Challenge Tour 8 was contested on Saturday 15 March at the Halle 39 in Hildesheim. The tournament was won by Darius Labanauskas, who defeated Scott Waites 5âÂÂ4 in the final.
Challenge Tour 9 was contested on Saturday 15 March at the Halle 39 in Hildesheim. The tournament was won by Ted Evetts, who defeated Michael Unterbuchner 5âÂÂ1 in the final.
Challenge Tour 10 was contested on Sunday 16 March at the Halle 39 in Hildesheim. The tournament was won by Scott Campbell, who defeated Dan Hands 5âÂÂ3 in the final.
Challenge Tour 11 was contested on Friday 2 May at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes. The tournament was won by Mervyn King, who defeated Henry Coates 5âÂÂ0 in the final.
Challenge Tour 12 was contested on Friday 2 May at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes. Jamai van den Herik hit a nine-dart finish in his match against Carl Sneyd. The tournament was won by Jamai van den Herik, who defeated Graham Hall 5âÂÂ2 in the final.
Challenge Tour 13 was contested on Saturday 3 May at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes. The tournament was won by Danny van Trijp, who defeated Graham Hall 5âÂÂ2 in the final.
Challenge Tour 14 was contested on Saturday 3 May at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes. The tournament was won by Stefan Bellmont, who defeated Keegan Brown 5âÂÂ3 in the final.
Challenge Tour 15 was contested on Sunday 4 May at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes. The tournament was won by Jack Tweddell, who defeated Mervyn King 5âÂÂ1 in the final.
Challenge Tour 16 was contested on Friday 15 August at the Leicester Arena. Joe Hunt won his first Challenge Tour title by defeating Derek Maclean 5âÂÂ4 in the final.
Challenge Tour 17 was contested on Friday 15 August at the Leicester Arena. Lee Cocks defeated Jack Tweddell 5âÂÂ3 in the final to claim his second career Challenge Tour title.
Challenge Tour 18 was contested on Saturday 16 August at the Leicester Arena. David Davies won his first Challenge Tour title by defeating Alexander Merkx 5âÂÂ3 in the final.
Challenge Tour 19 was contested on Saturday 16 August at the Leicester Arena. Jamai van den Herik won his second title of the season, beating Jenson Walker 5âÂÂ4 in the final despite being 4âÂÂ0 down.
Challenge Tour 20 was contested on Sunday 17 August at the Leicester Arena. The tournament was won by Scott Waites, who defeated Michael Unterbuchner 5âÂÂ2 in the final.
Challenge Tour 21 was contested on Saturday 25 October at the Robin Park Tennis Centre in Wigan. Michael Unterbuchner won his first Challenge Tour title by defeating Peter Burgoyne 5âÂÂ3 in the final.
Challenge Tour 22 was contested on Saturday 25 October at the Robin Park Tennis Centre in Wigan.
Challenge Tour 23 was contested on Sunday 26 October at the Robin Park Tennis Centre in Wigan.
Challenge Tour 24 was contested on Sunday 26 October at the Robin Park Tennis Centre in Wigan.