PGA EuroPro Tour#Order of Merit winners

{{Short description|Golf tour in Europe}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox sports league

| title = PGA EuroPro Tour

| current_season =

| last_season =

| logo = PGA EuroPro Tour logo.png

| pixels = 150px

| caption =

| formerly = {{nowrap|Golfcatcher PGA EuroPro Tour
HotelPlanner.com PGA EuroPro Tour
888poker.com PGA EuroPro Tour
Ivobank PGA EuroPro Tour
Matchroom Sport PGA EuroPro Tour}}

| sport = Golf

| founded = 2002

| fame =

| motto =

| inaugural = 2002

| teams =

| countries = Based in the United Kingdom{{efn|Schedules also included events in Cyprus, Egypt, France, the Republic of Ireland, the Isle of Man, Portugal and Spain.}}

| venue =

| champion =

| most_champs = Tournament wins:
{{flagicon|ENG}} Billy Hemstock (6)

| qualification =

| folded = 2022

| website = http://www.europrotour.com/

| ceo = Daniel Godding

| director = Eddie Hearn

| TV = Sky Sports
DAZN
Eleven Sports
Fox Australia

| related_comps =

| Founder = Barry Hearn

}}

The PGA EuroPro Tour was a men's developmental professional golf tour. It was created in 2002 by the merger of two development tours, the EuroPro Tour and the PGA MasterCard Tour,{{cite web |url=http://www.pga.info/EuroproTour/40868021.htm |title=About the PGA Europro Tour |publisher=The Professional Golfers' Association |access-date=2008-11-20 |df=dmy-all |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725092547/http://pga.info/EuroproTour/40868021.htm |archive-date=2008-07-25 |url-status=dead }} as the Professional Golfers' Association and Barry Hearn's Matchroom Sport joined forces.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001715/20020624/443/0031 |title=Brady's confidence high on the Europro Tour |newspaper=Irish Independent |date=24 June 2002 |page=Golfer 3 |via=British Newspaper Archive |access-date=7 August 2020 |url-access=subscription}}

The PGA EuroPro Tour provided professional golfers with an entry point to a career in tournament golf. The top five finishers on the Order of Merit won a tour card for the following season on Europe's second-tier golf tour, the Challenge Tour, and a place at the second stage of the European Tour Qualifying School. Since July 2015, Official World Golf Ranking points were awarded, with four points given to the winner of a tournament.{{cite web |url=http://www.owgr.com/news/2015/july/press-release |title=OWGR Board Announce Inclusion of New Tours |publisher=Official World Golf Ranking |date=15 July 2015 |access-date=7 April 2023 |quote=Each Tour will enter the OWGR system with a minimum level of 4 first place points for 54 hole tournaments and 6 first place points for 72 hole tournaments. Inclusion will commence with the tournaments to be played during OWGR Week 30 – Week ending Sunday 26th July 2015.}}

The tour was based mainly in the United Kingdom, with a few events in other countries. Most of the players were British, with others coming from the Republic of Ireland, Continental Europe and farther afield. In 2020, the total prize money was due to rise to €1 million.{{cite web |url=http://www.europrotour.com/europro-tour-news/uks-biggest-tour-back-with-bigger-prize-funds/ |title=The UK's biggest Tour is back with bigger prize funds |publisher=PGA EuroPro Tour |date=2 July 2020 |access-date=4 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707084726/http://www.europrotour.com/europro-tour-news/uks-biggest-tour-back-with-bigger-prize-funds/ |archive-date=7 July 2020}} However the season was eventually cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web |url=https://www.golfmagic.com/golf-news/pga-europro-tour-cancels-its-entire-season-due-coronavirus |title=PGA EuroPro Tour cancels its entire season due to coronavirus |website=GolfMagic |first=Andy |last=Roberts |date=17 March 2020 |access-date=7 August 2020}}

Prize funds were around £50,000 each. The winner's share was £12,500.{{cite web |url=https://europro.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/europro21/schedule/index.htm |title=2021 PGA EuroPro Tour |publisher=PGA EuroPro Tour |access-date=4 May 2023}} The Tour Championship has a £127,500 prize fund with £25,000 going to the winner.

In September 2022, the tour announced that it would cease operating at the end of the 2022 season.{{cite web |url=https://europrotour.com/europro-tour-news/pga-europro-tour-final-season/ |title=PGA EuroPro Tour Final Season |publisher=PGA EuroPro Tour |date=28 September 2022 |access-date=28 September 2022}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.nationalclubgolfer.com/news/pga-europro-tour-to-fold-after-more-than-two-decades/ |title=PGA EuroPro Tour to fold after more than two decades |magazine=National Club Golfer |first=George |last=Cooper |date=28 September 2022 |access-date=28 September 2022}}