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PGA EuroPro Tour
Golf tour in Europe
Golf tour in Europe
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| title | PGA EuroPro Tour |
| logo | PGA EuroPro Tour logo.png |
| pixels | 150px |
| formerly | Golfcatcher PGA EuroPro Tour |
| HotelPlanner.com PGA EuroPro Tour | |
| 888poker.com PGA EuroPro Tour | |
| Ivobank PGA EuroPro Tour | |
| Matchroom Sport PGA EuroPro Tour | |
| sport | Golf |
| founded | 2002 |
| inaugural | 2002 |
| countries | Based in the United Kingdom |
| most_champs | Tournament wins: |
| ENG Billy Hemstock (6) | |
| folded | 2022 |
| website | http://www.europrotour.com/ |
| ceo | Daniel Godding |
| director | Eddie Hearn |
| TV | Sky Sports |
| DAZN | |
| Eleven Sports | |
| Fox Australia | |
| Founder | Barry Hearn |
HotelPlanner.com PGA EuroPro Tour 888poker.com PGA EuroPro Tour Ivobank PGA EuroPro Tour Matchroom Sport PGA EuroPro Tour ENG Billy Hemstock (6) DAZN Eleven Sports Fox Australia The PGA EuroPro Tour was a men's developmental professional golf tour. It was created in 2002 by the merger of two development tours, the EuroPro Tour and the PGA MasterCard Tour, as the Professional Golfers' Association and Barry Hearn's Matchroom Sport joined forces.
The PGA EuroPro Tour provided professional golfers with an entry point to a career in tournament golf. The top five finishers on the Order of Merit won a tour card for the following season on Europe's second-tier golf tour, the Challenge Tour, and a place at the second stage of the European Tour Qualifying School. Since July 2015, Official World Golf Ranking points were awarded, with four points given to the winner of a tournament.
The tour was based mainly in the United Kingdom, with a few events in other countries. Most of the players were British, with others coming from the Republic of Ireland, Continental Europe and farther afield. In 2020, the total prize money was due to rise to €1 million. However the season was eventually cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prize funds were around £50,000 each. The winner's share was £12,500. The Tour Championship has a £127,500 prize fund with £25,000 going to the winner.
In September 2022, the tour announced that it would cease operating at the end of the 2022 season.
Television coverage
The tour was covered on television with a highlights package of each tournament shown on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom. The tour had also agreed to various broadcast deals with international partners such as DAZN, Fox Sports Australia and Sky NZ.
Alumni
PGA EuroPro Tour alumni include major champions Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel, and European Ryder Cup players Nicolas Colsaerts, Jamie Donaldson, Ross Fisher, Tommy Fleetwood and Tyrrell Hatton and Oliver Wilson.
Order of Merit winners
| Year | Winner | Prize money (£) |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | ENG James Allan | 60,091 |
| 2021 | ENG Jamie Rutherford | 41,322 |
| 2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |
| 2019 | SWE Mikael Lundberg | 37,455 |
| 2018 | ENG Dave Coupland | 42,895 |
| 2017 | ENG Chris Lloyd | 37,695 |
| 2016 | ENG Matthew Cort | 33,920 |
| 2015 | ENG Jordan Smith | 32,984 |
| 2014 | SCO Elliot Saltman | 27,991 |
| 2013 | WAL Oliver Farr | 33,495 |
| 2012 | ENG Paul Maddy | 32,822 |
| 2011 | ENG Chris Hanson | 37,930 |
| 2010 | AUS Daniel Gaunt | 24,700 |
| 2009 | SCO Scott Jamieson | 23,492 |
| 2008 | IRL Noel Fox | 26,897 |
| 2007 | ENG Graeme Clark | 43,689 |
| 2006 | ENG Kevin Harper | 29,259 |
| 2005 | ENG Mark Smith | 54,878 |
| 2004 | ENG Simon Lilly | 37,047 |
| 2003 | ENG Tom Whitehouse | 34,182 |
| 2002 | SCO Paul McKechnie | 32,236 |
Notes
References
References
- "About the PGA Europro Tour". [[Professional Golfers' Association (Great Britain & Ireland).
- (24 June 2002). "Brady's confidence high on the Europro Tour". Irish Independent.
- (15 July 2015). "OWGR Board Announce Inclusion of New Tours". Official World Golf Ranking.
- (2 July 2020). "The UK's biggest Tour is back with bigger prize funds". PGA EuroPro Tour.
- Roberts, Andy. (17 March 2020). "PGA EuroPro Tour cancels its entire season due to coronavirus".
- "2021 PGA EuroPro Tour". PGA EuroPro Tour.
- (28 September 2022). "PGA EuroPro Tour Final Season". PGA EuroPro Tour.
- Cooper, George. (28 September 2022). "PGA EuroPro Tour to fold after more than two decades".
- (2019-03-27). "PGA EuroPro Tour partners with DAZN to add to huge TV output". PGA EuroPro Tour.
- "Hall of Fame". PGA EuroPro Tour.
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