2005 PGA EuroPro Tour

2005 PGA EuroPro Tour season
Duration27 April 2005 (2005-04-27) – 26 November 2005 (2005-11-26)
Number of official events19
Most winsEngland Simon Robinson (3)
Order of MeritEngland Mark Smith
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The 2005 PGA EuroPro Tour was the fourth season of the PGA EuroPro Tour, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2005 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(£)		 Winner[a]
29 Apr Partypoker.com Classic Norfolk 45,000 England Andrew Marshall (1)
13 May Kronenbourg Classic East Lothian 40,000 Australia John Wade (2)
20 May Upplands Classic Bristol 40,000 Australia John Wade (3)
27 May Pokermillion.com Championship Northamptonshire 40,000 England Rob McGuirk (1)
11 Jun Sky Sports International Hertfordshire 40,000 England Michael Welch (1)
17 Jun Swallow Challenge Surrey 40,000 England Phil Worthington (1)
25 Jun Doncaster Open South Yorkshire 40,000 Scotland Lee Rhind (1)
30 Jun Stoke by Nayland Club International Open Essex 40,000 England Paul Curry (1)
7 Jul Marriott Sprowston Manor Open Norfolk 40,000 England David Fisher (1)
22 Jul Swallow Suffolk Open Suffolk 40,000 England Simon Robinson (1)
29 Jul Oakley International Open Derbyshire 40,000 England Simon Robinson (2)
5 Aug Peugeot International West Yorkshire 40,000 Australia Daniel Gaunt (1)
19 Aug China Fleet International Open Cornwall 40,000 England Andrew Willey (1)
27 Aug Pokermillion.com Classic Greater London 40,000 Wales Richard Johnson (1)
2 Sep Golf Pages Classic Cheshire 40,000 England Simon Robinson (3)
9 Sep Barclays European Masters Portugal €100,000 Portugal Antonio Sobrinho (2)
17 Sep Whittlebury Park International Open Northamptonshire 40,000 England Mark Smith (2)
30 Sep Ufford Park Classic Suffolk 40,000 England Rob McGuirk (2)
26 Nov Oceânico Tour Championship Portugal 75,000 England Mark Smith (3)

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 2006 Challenge Tour.

Position Player Prize money (£) Status earned
1 England Mark Smith 54,878 Promoted to Challenge Tour
2 Australia Daniel Gaunt 38,093
3 England Simon Robinson 36,595
4 Australia John Wade 30,695
5 England Rob McGuirk 30,610
6 England Graeme Clark 23,112
7 England Phil Worthington 22,328
8 England Andrew Willey 20,645
9 Netherlands Inder van Weerelt 19,831 Qualified for Challenge Tour (made cut in Q School)
10 Scotland Lee Rhind 18,993

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. ^ "2005 Tournament schedule". PGA EuroPro Tour. Archived from the original on 9 September 2005. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  2. ^ "2005 Tournaments". PGA EuroPro Tour. Archived from the original on 26 September 2005. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  3. ^ "2005 Order of Merit". PGA EuroPro Tour. Archived from the original on 24 December 2005. Retrieved 1 October 2022.