2008 PGA EuroPro Tour

2008 PGA EuroPro Tour season
Duration30 April 2008 (2008-04-30) – 22 October 2008 (2008-10-22)
Number of official events14
Most winsEngland Dale Marmion (2)
Order of MeritRepublic of Ireland Noel Fox
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The 2008 PGA EuroPro Tour, titled as the 2008 Ivobank PGA EuroPro Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the seventh season of the PGA EuroPro Tour, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

Ivobank title sponsorship

In June, it was announced that the tour had signed a title sponsorship agreement with online banking service Ivobank, being renamed as the Ivobank PGA EuroPro Tour.[1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2008 season.[2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(£)		 Winner[a]
2 May Wensum Valley International Open Norfolk 40,000 England Seve Benson (1)
9 May Sureshot Classic Hertfordshire 40,000 Republic of Ireland Brian McElhinney (2)
16 May Ivobank UK Masters Northamptonshire 40,000 Republic of Ireland Alan Murray (1)
23 May Faithlegg Irish Championship Ireland 40,000 Republic of Ireland Noel Fox (1)
20 Jun Bovey Castle Championship Devon 40,000 Republic of Ireland Simon Thornton (1)
27 Jun Stoke by Nayland Championship Suffolk 40,000 England Nicky Harris (1)
17 Jul Yes! Classic Bristol 40,000 England Dale Marmion (1)
25 Jul Oceânico Algarve Championship Portugal 40,000 Portugal Ricardo Santos (1)
8 Aug Selsdon Park Masters Greater London 40,000 England Lloyd Kennedy (2)
15 Aug Whittlebury Park Classic Northamptonshire 40,000 England Dale Marmion (2)
22 Aug Partypoker.com Players Championship East Sussex 40,000 Australia Daniel Gaunt (3)
4 Sep Brooks Brothers Classic Essex 40,000 England Matt Ford (1)
25 Sep Ladbrokescasino.com Masters Spain 40,000 England John Parry (1)
22 Oct Les Bordes Tour Championship France 70,000 England Robert Steele (1)

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Pound sterling.[3] The top five players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2009 Challenge Tour.[4]

Position Player Prize money (£) Status earned
1 Republic of Ireland Noel Fox 26,897 Promoted to Challenge Tour
2 England Dale Marmion 26,362
3 England Lloyd Kennedy 25,419
4 Republic of Ireland Alan Murray 25,345
5 England Robert Steele 24,760
6 England Matt Ford 23,343
7 England Nicky Harris 21,079
8 Australia Daniel Gaunt 14,925
9 Republic of Ireland Simon Thornton 14,871
10 England John Parry 13,258

Notes

  1. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of PGA EuroPro Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the PGA EuroPro Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the Challenge Tour.

References

  1. ^ "PGA EuroPro Tour has new title sponsor". Golf Business News. 18 June 2008. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  2. ^ "2008 Tournament schedule". PGA EuroPro Tour. Archived from the original on 10 December 2008. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  3. ^ "2008 Order of Merit". PGA EuroPro Tour. Archived from the original on 31 January 2009. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Robert Steele wins Les Bordes Tour Championship". Golf Monthly. 24 October 2008. Retrieved 4 May 2023.