PGA EuroPro Tour
File:PGA EuroPro Tour logo.png | |
Formerly | Golfcatcher PGA EuroPro Tour HotelPlanner.com PGA EuroPro Tour 888poker.com PGA EuroPro Tour Ivobank PGA EuroPro Tour Matchroom Sport PGA EuroPro Tour |
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Sport | Golf |
Founded | 2002 |
Founder | Barry Hearn |
Inaugural season | 2002 |
Ceased | 2022 |
CEO | Daniel Godding |
Director | Eddie Hearn |
Countries | Based in the United Kingdom[a] |
Most titles | Tournament wins: 6: ![]() |
TV partner(s) | Sky Sports DAZN Eleven Sports Fox Australia |
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] as the Professional Golfers' Association and Barry Hearn's Matchroom Sport joined forces.[2]
The PGA EuroPro Tour provides professional golfers with an entry point to a career in tournament golf. 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 a place at the Stage Two of the European Tour Qualifying School. Since July 2015, Official World Golf Ranking points have been awarded, with four points given to the winner of a tournament.[3]
The tour 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 and farther afield. In 2020, the total prize money rose to €1 million.[4] Each event has a prize fund of £52,500. The winner's prize is set at £12,500.[5] The Tour Championship has a £127,500 prize fund with £25,000 going to the winner [6]
In September 2022, the tour announced that it would cease operating at the end of the 2022 season.[7][8]
Television coverage
The tour is covered on television with a two-hour highlights package of each tournament shown on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom. 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 on networks such as DAZN, Fox Sports Australia and Sky NZ.[9]
Order of Merit winners
Year | Winner | Prize money (£) | |
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2022 | ![]() |
60,091 | |
2021 | ![]() |
41,322 | |
2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[10] | ||
2019 | ![]() |
37,455 | |
2018 | ![]() |
42,895 | |
2017 | ![]() |
37,695 | |
2016 | ![]() |
33,920 | |
2015 | ![]() |
32,984 | |
2014 | ![]() |
27,991 | |
2013 | ![]() |
33,495 | |
2012 | ![]() |
32,822 | |
2011 | ![]() |
37,930 | |
2010 | ![]() |
24,700 | |
2009 | ![]() |
23,492 | |
2008 | ![]() |
26,897 | |
2007 | ![]() |
43,689 | |
2006 | ![]() |
29,259 | |
2005 | ![]() |
54,878 | |
2004 | ![]() |
37,047 | |
2003 | ![]() |
34,182 | |
2002 | ![]() |
32,236 |
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.[11]
Notes
- ^ Schedules also included events in Cyprus, Egypt, France, the Republic of Ireland, the Isle of Man, Portugal and Spain.
References
- ^ "About the PGA Europro Tour". The Professional Golfers' Association. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 20 November 2008.
- ^ "Brady's confidence high on the Europro Tour". Irish Independent. 24 June 2002. p. Golfer 3. Retrieved 7 August 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "OWGR Board Announce Inclusion of New Tours". OWGR. 15 July 2015.
- ^ "The UK's biggest Tour is back with bigger prize funds - europrotour".
- ^ "2021 PGA EuroPro Tour | PGA EuroPro Tour".
- ^ "2021 PGA EuroPro Tour | PGA EuroPro Tour".
- ^ "PGA EuroPro Tour Final Season". PGA EuroPro Tour. 28 September 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- ^ Cooper, George (28 September 2022). "PGA EuroPro Tour to fold after more than two decades". National Club Golfer. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- ^ "PGA EuroPro Tour partners with DAZN to add to huge TV output". PGA EuroPro Tour. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
- ^ Roberts, Andy (17 March 2020). "PGA EuroPro Tour cancels its entire season due to coronavirus". GolfMagic. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
- ^ "Hall of Fame". EuroPro Tour. Retrieved 22 October 2019.