Tour Challenge
The Tour Challenge, known as the HearingLife Tour Challenge for sponsorship reasons, is a bonspiel, or curling tournament, which is one of the Grand Slam of Curling events. It was introduced into the Grand Slam lineup starting in the 2015–16 curling season.[1]
| Tour Challenge | |
|---|---|
| File:Tour Challenge logo.png | |
| Established | 2015 |
| 2024 host city | Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island |
| 2024 arena | Bell Aliant Centre |
| Purse | CAD$175,000 |
| Current champions (2023) | |
| Men |  Joël Retornaz |
| Women |  Jennifer Jones |
| Current edition | |
The event features a men's and women's draw, and is split into two tiers of 16 teams each, Tier 1 and Tier 2.[2]
From 2022 to 2023, the format consisted of four pools, where each team played all four of their games against the four teams of another pool. The top 8 teams overall made the playoffs. In 2023, tiebreakers were dropped.[2] In 2024, the event became a triple knockout event[3] for the first time.
The top 16 teams on the World Curling Federation team ranking qualify for the Tier 1 event, while the next top 16 teams qualify for the Tier 2 event. The winning team at the Tier 2 event qualifies for another Grand Slam, the Canadian Open.[2]
Past champions
Men
Tier 1
Tier 2
| Year | Winning team | Runner-up team | Purse | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 |  Jim Cotter, Ryan Kuhn, Tyrel Griffith, Rick Sawatsky |
 Mark Kean, Bowie Abbis-Mills, Spencer Nuttall, Fraser Reid |
$50,000 | |
| 2016 | Greg Balsdon, Jonathan Beuk, David Staples, Scott Chadwick |
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, David Mathers, Scott Howard |
$50,000 | |
| 2017 | Jason Gunnlaugson, Alex Forrest, Ian McMillan, Connor Njegovan |
William Lyburn, Richard Daneault, Jared Kolomaya, Braden Zawada |
$50,000 | |
| 2018 |  Kirk Muyres, Kevin Marsh, Dan Marsh, Dallan Muyres |
Scott McDonald, Jonathan Beuk, Don Bowser, Scott Chadwick |
$50,000 | |
| 2019 |  Korey Dropkin, Joe Polo, Mark Fenner, Thomas Howell |
Tanner Horgan, Colton Lott, Kyle Doering, Tanner Lott |
$50,000 | |
| 2020 | Cancelled | |||
| 2021 | Cancelled | |||
| 2022 | Korey Dropkin, Andrew Stopera, Mark Fenner, Thomas Howell |
 Aaron Sluchinski, Jeremy Harty, Kerr Drummond, Dylan Webster |
$50,000 | |
| 2023 | Daniel Casper, Luc Violette, Ben Richardson, Chase Sinnett |
 Yusuke Morozumi, Yuta Matsumura, Ryotaro Shukuya, Masaki Iwai, Kosuke Morozumi |
$60,000 | |
| 2024 | $60,000 | |||
Women
Tier 1
Tier 2
References
- ^ "About the Tour Challenge". grandslamofcurling.com. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- ^ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "HearingLife Tour Challenge Format and Qualification". grandslamofcurling.com. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ "Eight Ends: All you need to know for the 2024 HearingLife Tour Challenge". Sportsnet. Retrieved September 30, 2024.