PGA EuroPro Tour
Current season, competition or edition:  2019 PGA EuroPro Tour | |
 | |
| Sport | Golf |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2002 |
| CEO | Daniel Godding |
| Countries | Based in the United Kingdom. Current schedule includes a tournament in Spain. |
| Most recent champion(s) | Dave Coupland |
| Official website | http://www.europrotour.com/ |
The PGA EuroPro Tour is 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.[1] It is based mainly in the United Kingdom, with a few events in other countries. Most of the players are British, with others coming from Ireland, Continental Europe, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Beginning in July 2015, the four third-level tours will carry Official World Golf Ranking points.[2]
The purpose of the tour is to provide young professional golfers with a platform to launch a tournament career. In 2019, the total prize money rose to nearly £1 million. Each event has a prize fund of £46,735.[3] The winner's prize is set at £10,000. [4] The Tour Championship has a £90,000 prize fund with £20,000 going to the winner[5]
The top five finishers on the Order of Merit win a tour card for the following season on Europe's second tier golf tour, the Challenge Tour, and also a place at the Stage Two Qualifying School for the European Tour.
Each event on the tour was broadcast in 2006 as a 90-minute highlights package on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom. A new deal was agreed in 2018 for the tour to continue being broadcast on Sky Sports until 2025.[6]
The PGA EuroPro Tour has agreed to various new broadcast deals with international partners since 2016 and the tour is now seen in 127 countries.[7]
Alumni who have gone on to win on the European Tour include Richard McEvoy, Jordan Smith, Scott Jamieson, Daniel Brooks, and Simon Thornton.
Order of Merit winners
| Year | Player | Country | Earnings (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Dave Coupland |  England | 42,895 |
| 2017 | Chris Lloyd | England | 37,695 |
| 2016 | Matthew Cort | England | 33,920 |
| 2015 | Jordan Smith | England | 32,984 |
| 2014 | Elliot Saltman |  Scotland | 27,991 |
| 2013 | Oliver Farr |  Wales | 33,495 |
| 2012 | Paul Maddy | England | 32,822 |
| 2011 | Chris Hanson | England | 37,930 |
| 2010 | Daniel Gaunt |  Australia | 24,700 |
| 2009 | Scott Jamieson | Scotland | 23,492 |
| 2008 | Noel Fox |  Ireland | 26,897 |
| 2007 | Graeme Clark | England | 43,689 |
| 2006 | Kevin Harper | England | 29,259 |
| 2005 | Mark Smith | England | 54,878 |
| 2004 | Simon Lilly | England | 37,047 |
| 2003 | Tom Whitehouse | England | 34,182 |
| 2002 | Paul McKechnie | Scotland | 32,236 |
References
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^ "OWGR Board Announce Inclusion of New Tours". OWGR. 15 July 2015.
^ "2019 PGA EuroPro Tour | PGA EuroPro Tour". europro.bluegolf.com. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
^ "2019 PGA EuroPro Tour | PGA EuroPro Tour". europro.bluegolf.com. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
^ "Matchroom Sport Tour Championship Prize Fund Set At £90,000". PGA EuroPro Tour. PGA EuroPro Tour. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
^ "Matchroom Sport and Sky Sports Announce New Seven-Year Broadcast Agreement". europrotour. 2018-01-09. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
^ "PGA EuroPro Tour partners with DAZN to add to huge TV output". europrotour. 2019-03-27. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
External links
- Official site
