Tour Challenge
| Tour Challenge | |
|---|---|
| Established | 2015 |
| 2025 host city | Nisku, Alberta |
| 2025 arena | Silent Ice Center |
| Purse | CAD$175,000 |
| Current champions (2024) | |
| Men | Bruce Mouat |
| Women | Kerri Einarson |
| Current edition | |
| Grand Slam of Curling events |
|---|
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.
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.
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. In 2024, the event became a triple knockout event 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.