2008 PGA EuroPro Tour

{{Infobox golf season

| year = 2008

| tour = PGA EuroPro Tour

| regular_season = {{Start date|2008|4|30|df=y}} – {{end date|2008|10|22|df=y}}

| no_of_events = 14

| most_wins = {{flagicon|ENG}} Dale Marmion (2)

| honor1 = Order of Merit

| honoree1 = {{flagicon|IRL}} Noel Fox

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| prevseason = 2007

| nextseason = 2009

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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.{{cite web |url=https://golfbusinessnews.com/news/sponsorship-and-events/pga-europro-tour-has-new-title-sponsor/ |title=PGA EuroPro Tour has new title sponsor |work=Golf Business News |date=18 June 2008 |access-date=8 August 2023}}

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2008 season.{{cite web |url=http://www.pga-tic.com/tic/tmtic.cgi |title=2008 Tournament schedule |publisher=PGA EuroPro Tour |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210133548/http://www.pga-tic.com:80/tic/tmtic.cgi |archive-date=10 December 2008 |accessdate=30 September 2022}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !Date !! Tournament !! Location !! Purse (£) !! Winner{{efn\|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.}}
2 May	Wensum Valley International Open	Norfolk	align=right\|40,000	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Seve Benson (1)
9 May	Sureshot Classic	Hertfordshire	align=right\|40,000	{{flagicon\|IRL}} Brian McElhinney (2)
16 May	Ivobank UK Masters	Northamptonshire	align=right\|40,000	{{flagicon\|IRL}} Alan Murray (1)
23 May	Faithlegg Irish Championship	Ireland	align=right\|40,000	{{flagicon\|IRL}} Noel Fox (1)
20 Jun	Bovey Castle Championship	Devon	align=right\|40,000	{{flagicon\|IRL}} Simon Thornton (1)
27 Jun	Stoke by Nayland Championship	Suffolk	align=right\|40,000	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Nicky Harris (1)
17 Jul	Yes! Classic	Bristol	align=right\|40,000	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Dale Marmion (1)
25 Jul	Oceânico Algarve Championship	Portugal	align=right\|40,000	{{flagicon\|POR}} Ricardo Santos (1)
8 Aug	Selsdon Park Masters	Greater London	align=right\|40,000	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Lloyd Kennedy (2)
15 Aug	Whittlebury Park Classic	Northamptonshire	align=right\|40,000	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Dale Marmion (2)
22 Aug	Partypoker.com Players Championship	East Sussex	align=right\|40,000	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Daniel Gaunt (3)
4 Sep	Brooks Brothers Classic	Essex	align=right\|40,000	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Matt Ford (1)
25 Sep	Ladbrokescasino.com Masters	Spain	align=right\|40,000	{{flagicon\|ENG}} John Parry (1)
22 Oct	Les Bordes Tour Championship	France	align=right\|70,000	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Robert Steele (1)

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Pound sterling.{{cite web |url=http://www.pga-tic.com/tic/tmoom.cgi?oom=03~imp=n~lspos=n~dc=N~bdlink=Y~season=2008~style=12~groupties=Y~pr=Y~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=M~winfocus=Y~ |title=2008 Order of Merit |publisher=PGA EuroPro Tour |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131075821/http://www.pga-tic.com/tic/tmoom.cgi?oom=03~imp=n~lspos=n~dc=N~bdlink=Y~season=2008~style=12~groupties=Y~pr=Y~textout=N~bordersize=1~fontsize=M~winfocus=Y~ |archive-date=31 January 2009 |accessdate=30 September 2022}} The top five players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2009 Challenge Tour.{{cite magazine |title=Robert Steele wins Les Bordes Tour Championship |url=https://www.golfmonthly.com/news/tour-news/robert-steele-wins-les-bordes-tour-championship-21494 |access-date=4 May 2023 |magazine=Golf Monthly |date=24 October 2008}}

class=wikitable !Position !Player !Prize money (£) !Status earned
style="background:#D0F0C0;" \| align=center\|1	{{flagicon\|IRL}} Noel Fox	align=center\|26,897	rowspan=5\|Promoted to Challenge Tour
style="background:#D0F0C0;" \| align=center\|2	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Dale Marmion	align=center\|26,362
style="background:#D0F0C0;" \| align=center\|3	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Lloyd Kennedy	align=center\|25,419
style="background:#D0F0C0;" \| align=center\|4	{{flagicon\|IRL}} Alan Murray	align=center\|25,345
style="background:#D0F0C0;" \| align=center\|5	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Robert Steele	align=center\|24,760
align=center\|6	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Matt Ford	align=center\|23,343
align=center\|7	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Nicky Harris	align=center\|21,079
align=center\|8	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Daniel Gaunt	align=center\|14,925
align=center\|9	{{flagicon\|IRL}} Simon Thornton	align=center\|14,871
align=center\|10	{{flagicon\|ENG}} John Parry	align=center\|13,258

Notes

References

External links

{{official site|https://web.archive.org/web/20221018110214/https://europrotour.com/}}

PGA EuroPro Tour

class=wikitable !Position !Player !Prize money (£) !Status earned
style="background:#D0F0C0;" \| align=center\|1	{{flagicon\|IRL}} Noel Fox	align=center\|26,897	rowspan=5\|Promoted to Challenge Tour
style="background:#D0F0C0;" \| align=center\|2	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Dale Marmion	align=center\|26,362
style="background:#D0F0C0;" \| align=center\|3	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Lloyd Kennedy	align=center\|25,419
style="background:#D0F0C0;" \| align=center\|4	{{flagicon\|IRL}} Alan Murray	align=center\|25,345
style="background:#D0F0C0;" \| align=center\|5	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Robert Steele	align=center\|24,760
align=center\|6	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Matt Ford	align=center\|23,343
align=center\|7	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Nicky Harris	align=center\|21,079
align=center\|8	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Daniel Gaunt	align=center\|14,925
align=center\|9	{{flagicon\|IRL}} Simon Thornton	align=center\|14,871
align=center\|10	{{flagicon\|ENG}} John Parry	align=center\|13,258