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| 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 |
| Founder | Barry Hearn |
| First season | 2002 |
| Ceased | 2022 |
| CEO | Daniel Godding |
| Director | Eddie Hearn |
| Countries | Based in the United Kingdom[a] |
| Most titles | Tournament wins: Billy Hemstock (6) |
| TV partner(s) | Sky Sports DAZN Eleven Sports Fox Australia |
| Official website | http://www.europrotour.com/ |
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,[1] as the Professional Golfers' Association and Barry Hearn's Matchroom Sport joined forces.[2]
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.[3]
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.[4] Prize funds were around £50,000 each. The winner's share was £12,500.[5] 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.[6][7]
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- ^ "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. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ^ "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.