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PGA EuroPro Tour

Golf tour in Europe


Golf tour in Europe

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titlePGA EuroPro Tour
logoPGA EuroPro Tour logo.png
pixels150px
formerlyGolfcatcher PGA EuroPro Tour
HotelPlanner.com PGA EuroPro Tour
888poker.com PGA EuroPro Tour
Ivobank PGA EuroPro Tour
Matchroom Sport PGA EuroPro Tour
sportGolf
founded2002
inaugural2002
countriesBased in the United Kingdom
most_champsTournament wins:
ENG Billy Hemstock (6)
folded2022
websitehttp://www.europrotour.com/
ceoDaniel Godding
directorEddie Hearn
TVSky Sports
DAZN
Eleven Sports
Fox Australia
FounderBarry 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

YearWinnerPrize money (£)
2022ENG James Allan60,091
2021ENG Jamie Rutherford41,322
2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019SWE Mikael Lundberg37,455
2018ENG Dave Coupland42,895
2017ENG Chris Lloyd37,695
2016ENG Matthew Cort33,920
2015ENG Jordan Smith32,984
2014SCO Elliot Saltman27,991
2013WAL Oliver Farr33,495
2012ENG Paul Maddy32,822
2011ENG Chris Hanson37,930
2010AUS Daniel Gaunt24,700
2009SCO Scott Jamieson23,492
2008IRL Noel Fox26,897
2007ENG Graeme Clark43,689
2006ENG Kevin Harper29,259
2005ENG Mark Smith54,878
2004ENG Simon Lilly37,047
2003ENG Tom Whitehouse34,182
2002SCO Paul McKechnie32,236

Notes

References

References

  1. "About the PGA Europro Tour". [[Professional Golfers' Association (Great Britain & Ireland).
  2. (24 June 2002). "Brady's confidence high on the Europro Tour". Irish Independent.
  3. (15 July 2015). "OWGR Board Announce Inclusion of New Tours". Official World Golf Ranking.
  4. (2 July 2020). "The UK's biggest Tour is back with bigger prize funds". PGA EuroPro Tour.
  5. Roberts, Andy. (17 March 2020). "PGA EuroPro Tour cancels its entire season due to coronavirus".
  6. "2021 PGA EuroPro Tour". PGA EuroPro Tour.
  7. (28 September 2022). "PGA EuroPro Tour Final Season". PGA EuroPro Tour.
  8. Cooper, George. (28 September 2022). "PGA EuroPro Tour to fold after more than two decades".
  9. (2019-03-27). "PGA EuroPro Tour partners with DAZN to add to huge TV output". PGA EuroPro Tour.
  10. "Hall of Fame". PGA EuroPro Tour.
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