The PGA EuroPro Tour is a men's developmental professional golf tour. It was created in 2002 by the merger of two older development tours, the EuroPro Tour and the PGA Mastercard Tour. It is based mainly in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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, with a few events in other countries. Most of the players are British, with others coming from Ireland

Republic of Ireland

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, Continental Europe

Continental Europe

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, Australia

Australia

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, New Zealand

New Zealand

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 and South Africa

South Africa

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.

The purpose of the tour is to provide young professional golfers with a platform to launch a tournament career. In 2005, the total prize money was approximately £1 million. Top prizes were £10,000 in standard events and £20,000 at the tour championship. The leading money winner won just under £55,000. The PGA EuroPro Tour is not lucrative in itself, but it can provide a stepping stone towards the multi-million dollar incomes available at the highest level of golf. The top few finishers on the order of merit win a tour card for the following season on Europe's second tier golf tour, the Challenge Tour

Challenge Tour

The Challenge Tour is the second tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European Tour and as with on the main European Tour and the European Seniors Tour, some of the events are played outside of Europe...

, and also a place at the Stage Two Qualifying School for the European Tour (which is the second stage of three).

Each event on the tour was broadcast in 2006 as a ninety minute highlights package on Sky Sports

Sky Sports

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 in the United Kingdom. However, a new deal has been agreed that will see each programme for the 2007 season last for two hours. The tour is shown in the Golf Channel in the United States, and on several other channels around the world.

Order of Merit winners

Year	Player	Country	Earnings (£ Pound sterling The pound sterling , commonly called the pound, is the official currency of the United Kingdom, its Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, British Antarctic Territory and Tristan da Cunha. It is subdivided into 100 pence... )
2010	Daniel Gaunt Daniel Gaunt (golfer) Daniel Stephen Gaunt is an Australian professional golfer.Gaunt was born in Lancefield, Victoria near Melbourne. His brother Chris is also a professional golfer. He lives in New Malden, England with his wife, Caroline, and two children...		24,700.00
2009	Scott Jamieson Scott Jamieson (golfer) Scott Jamieson is a Scottish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour.-Amateur career:Jamieson was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He spent four years playing amateur golf on a scholarship at Augusta State University in the U.S...		23,492.25
2008	Noel Fox		26,897.48
2007	Graeme Clark		43,688.70
2006	Kevin Harper		29,258.66
2005	Mark Smith		54,877.99
2004	Simon Lilly		37,046.66
2003	Tom Whitehouse Tom Whitehouse Tom Whitehouse is an English professional golfer.Whitehouse was born in Birmingham and turned professional in 2002. He worked his way through the ranks, winning twice on the third tier PGA EuroPro Tour in 2003 as he led the Order of Merit to earn a place on the Challenge Tour for 2004...		34,182.00
2002	Paul McKechnie		32,236.12

See also

• EPD Tour
  EPD Tour
  The EPD Tour is a developmental professional golf tour based in Germany. It is a third level tour, the highest level of men's golf in Europe being the European Tour, and the second level being the Challenge Tour...
  
   - a third level tour based in Germany
• Alps Tour
  Alps Tour
  The Alps Tour is a developmental professional golf tour for men which is sanctioned by the national golf associations of France, Italy, Austria, Switzerland and Morocco. It is a third level tour, the highest level of men's golf in Europe being the European Tour, and the second level being the...
  
   - a third level tour played in several countries including France and Italy
• Gateway Tour
  Gateway Tour
  The Gateway Tour is a third-level men's professional golf tour headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona that runs tournaments in Arizona, California, and Florida. The top level of men's professional golf in the United States is the PGA Tour. The second level is the Nationwide Tour, which is the official...
  
   and NGA Pro Golf Tour
  NGA Pro Golf Tour
  The National Golf Association Pro Golf Tour is a developmental men's professional golf tour in the United States. It includes approximately twenty 72-hole Pro Series events and three 54-hole Qualifying School Prep Series events each year throughout the US South and Midwest. The NGA Pro Golf Tour...
  
   - third level tours in the United States
• Professional golf tours
  Professional golf tours
  Professional golf tours are the means by which otherwise unconnected professional golf tournaments are organised into a regular schedule. There are separate tours for men and women, with each tour being based in a specific geographical region, although some of their tournaments may be held in other...