2023 Pro Golf Tour

2023 Pro Golf Tour season
Duration14 March 2023 (2023-03-14) – 6 October 2023 (2023-10-06)
Number of official events14
Most winsGermany Christian Bräunig (2)
France Andoni Etchenique (2)
Slovenia Žan Luka Štirn (2)
Germany Timo Vahlenkamp (2)
Order of MeritGermany Timo Vahlenkamp
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The 2023 Pro Golf Tour was the 27th season of the Pro Golf Tour (formerly the EPD Tour), a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2023 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(€)		 Winner[a] OWGR
points		 Other
tours[b]
16 Mar Red Sea Ain Sokhna Classic Egypt 30,000 Germany Christian Bräunig (1) 0.43
21 Mar Red Sea Egyptian Classic Egypt 30,000 France Clément Guichard (1) 0.44
6 Apr Little Venice Red Sea Open Egypt 30,000 Portugal Pedro Lencart (1) 0.41
11 Apr Ein Bay Red Sea Open Egypt 30,000 France Andoni Etchenique (1) 0.42
28 Apr Haugschlag NÖ Open Austria 30,000 Slovenia Žan Luka Štirn (1) 0.61
31 May Riedhof Open Germany 30,000 Slovakia Tadeáš Teťák (1) 0.52
21 Jun Tenerife Pro Golf Open Spain 30,000 Netherlands Lars Keunen (n/a) 0.67 ALP
7 Jul Gradi Polish Open Poland 30,000 France Thomas Elissalde (1) 0.49
19 Jul Cuber Open Germany 30,000 Germany Christian Bräunig (2) 0.52
27 Jul Raiffeisen Pro Golf Tour St. Pölten Austria 30,000 Germany Nicklas Staub (1) 0.57
19 Aug Stippelberg Open Netherlands 30,000 Slovenia Žan Luka Štirn (2) 0.55
26 Aug Staan Open Netherlands 30,000 France Andoni Etchenique (2) 0.58
2 Sep FaberExposize Gelpenberg Open Netherlands 30,000 Germany Timo Vahlenkamp (2) 0.58
6 Oct Castanea Resort Championship Germany 50,000 Germany Timo Vahlenkamp (3) 0.38

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[2] The top five players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2024 Challenge Tour.[3][4]

Position Player Points Status earned
1 Germany Timo Vahlenkamp 21,490 Promoted to Challenge Tour
2 France Andoni Etchenique 21,382
3 France Clément Guichard 19,390
4 Germany Christian Bräunig 15,982
5 Slovenia Žan Luka Štirn 15,827
6 Slovakia Tadeáš Teťák 12,369
7 Netherlands Mike Toorop 12,138
8 Wales Owen Edwards 11,767
9 France Antoine Pouguet 10,120
10 Finland Alex Hietala 10,045

Notes

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

References

  1. ^ "2023 Tournament schedule". Pro Golf Tour. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  2. ^ "2023 Order of Merit". Pro Golf Tour. Archived from the original on 7 October 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  3. ^ Dillenburg, Daniel (6 October 2023). "Castanea expert Vahlenkamp wins season finale". Pro Golf Tour. Retrieved 6 October 2023. In addition to Vahlenkamp, other players were allowed to celebrate. Two-time season winner Andoni Etchenique on France finished second overall and will thus play on the Challenge Tour in 2024, as will compatriot Clement Guichard, Christian Bräunig (Germany) and Zan Luka Stirn (Slovenia). They all start there in category 13b.
  4. ^ "Vahlenkamp leads five from Pro Golf Tour to Challenge Tour". European Tour. 7 December 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.