2004 EPD Tour

2004 EPD Tour season
Duration26 February 2004 (2004-02-26) – 12 September 2004 (2004-09-12)
Number of official events16
Most winsDenmark Søren Juul (3)
Order of MeritDenmark Søren Juul
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The 2004 EPD Tour, titled as the 2004 Pro Tour Esprit for sponsorship reasons, was the eighth season of the EPD Tour, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2004 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(€)		 Winner[a]
28 Feb Winter Series Germany 50,000 Germany Jochen Lupprian (2)
7 Apr Kempferhof Classic France 25,000 Denmark Søren Juul (2)
21 Apr Jakobsberg Classic Germany 25,000 Sweden Paul Nilbrink (1)
5 May Märkischer Classic Germany 25,000 Germany Christoph Günther (5)
12 May Haus Bey Classic Germany 25,000 Belgium Arnaud Langenaeken (2)
19 May Central German Open Germany 30,000 Germany Richard Porter (3)
25 May Hohenpähl Classic Germany 30,000 Sweden Paul Nilbrink (2)
9 Jun Basler Versicherung Classic France 30,000 United States Peter Bronson (1)
19 Jun Lich Classic Germany 30,000 Germany Michael Thannhäuser (1)
30 Jun Gleidingen Classic Germany 25,000 Germany Tino Schuster (1)
6 Jul Gut Neuenhof Open Germany 30,000 Scotland Ross Bain (1)
13 Jul Velderhof Classic Germany 25,000 Germany Matthias Ziegler (2)
21 Jul Sybrook Classic Netherlands 20,000 United States Peter Bronson (2)
4 Aug Central European Open Germany 30,000 Denmark Søren Juul (3)
10 Aug Schärding Classic Austria 30,000 Germany Tino Schuster (2)
12 Sep Wallonia Pro-Am Belgium 30,000 Denmark Søren Juul (4)

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros.[2][3] The top five players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2005 Challenge Tour.[4]

Position Player Prize money (€) Status earned
1 Denmark Søren Juul 22,750 Promoted to Challenge Tour
2 Belgium Arnaud Langenaeken 14,837
3 Sweden Paul Nilbrink 13,234
4 Denmark John Davies 13,109
5 United States Peter Bronson 13,046
6 Germany Tino Schuster 11,810
7 Scotland Ross Bain 11,658
8 Germany Richard Porter 11,510
9 Netherlands Guido van der Valk 9,580
10 France François Nicolas 9,371

Notes

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

References

  1. ^ "2004 Results". EPD Tour. Archived from the original on 9 August 2004. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Order of Merit after Schärding Classic". EPD Tour. Archived from the original on 18 August 2004. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  3. ^ "EPD Tour Wallonia Pro-Am". golfdata.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  4. ^ Lermark, Michael (12 September 2004). "Sørens totale triumf" [Søren's total triumph]. golfonline.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 27 September 2004. Retrieved 23 May 2023.