2005 EPD Tour

2005 EPD Tour season
Duration17 February 2005 (2005-02-17) – 16 October 2005 (2005-10-16)
Number of official events19
Most winsGermany Nicolas Meitinger (4)
Order of MeritGermany Nicolas Meitinger
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The 2005 EPD Tour, titled as the 2005 Renault EPD Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the ninth season of the EPD Tour, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2005 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(€)		 Winner[a]
19 Feb Oliva Nova Classic Spain 35,000 France Anthony Grenier (2)
6 Apr Jakobsberg Classic Germany 25,000 Germany Marcel Haremza (3)
20 Apr Paderborner Classic Germany 25,000 England Andrew Willey (1)
1 May Hassberge Classic Germany 22,500 Germany Matthias Ziegler (3)
11 May Gleidingen Classic Germany 20,000 Germany Nicolas Meitinger (1)
17 May Bad Abbach-Deutenhof Classic Germany 20,000 Germany Marcel Haremza (4)
1 Jun Lich Classic Germany 22,500 Denmark Kasper Linnet Jørgensen (1)
8 Jun Baloise Esprit Pro Tour France 18,500 Germany Wolfgang Huget (1)
14 Jun Central German Classic Germany 20,000 Germany Martin Kaymer (a) (1)
28 Jun Coburg Brose Open Germany 30,000 Germany Dennis Küpper (1)
5 Jul Central European Open Germany 20,000 Germany Nicolas Meitinger (2)
18 Jul Barockstadt Schärding Classic Austria 20,000 England Matt Green (1)
21 Jul Hohenpähl Classic Germany 15,000 Germany Matthias Ziegler (4)
27 Jul Höslwang Classic Germany 17,500 Germany Nicolas Meitinger (3)
10 Aug Sybrook Classic Netherlands 17,500 Germany Nicolas Meitinger (4)
24 Aug Schloss Meisdorf Classic Germany 15,000 France Anthony Grenier (3)
7 Sep Holledau Classic Germany 17,500 England Lee Spencer (1)
28 Sep Märkischer Classic Germany 15,000 France Anthony Grenier (4)
16 Oct Schönbuch PGA Tour Championship Germany 25,000 France Émilien Chamaulte (1)

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros.[2] The top five players on the Order of Merit (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2006 Challenge Tour.[3]

Position Player Prize money (€) Status earned
1 Germany Nicolas Meitinger 20,280 Qualified for Challenge Tour (made cut in Q School)
2 Germany Marcel Haremza 17,272 Promoted to Challenge Tour
3 France Anthony Grenier 17,178
4 Germany Wolfgang Huget 16,280
5 Germany Dennis Küpper 13,771
6 Denmark Kasper Linnet Jørgensen 13,394
7 Netherlands John Bleys 13,061
8 England Andrew Willey 11,184
9 Germany Patrick Niederdrenk 10,805
10 Germany Matthias Ziegler 10,360

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. ^ "2005 Renault EPD Tour" (in German). EPD Tour. Archived from the original on 30 December 2009. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Offizielle Jahres-Endrangliste (Order of Merit) 2005" [Official Year-End Ranking (Order of Merit) 2005] (in German). EPD Tour. Archived from the original on 27 October 2007. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Emilien Chamaulte und Dennis Küpper die großen Sieger des Tour-Finales" [Emilien Chamaulte and Dennis Küpper the big winners of the Tour finale] (PDF) (in German). PGA of Germany. 18 October 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 October 2007. Retrieved 7 April 2023.