The 2019 Pro Golf Tour was the 23rd season of the Pro Golf Tour (formerly the EPD Tour), a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

2019 Pro Golf Tour season
Duration14 January 2019 (2019-01-14) – 1 October 2019 (2019-10-01)
Number of official events21
Most winsFinland Sami Välimäki (4)
Order of MeritGermany Hurly Long
2018
2020

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 2019 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
()
Winner[a] OWGR
points
16 Jan Red Sea Egyptian Classic Egypt 30,000   Hinrich Arkenau (5) 4
22 Jan Red Sea Ain Sokhna Classic Egypt 30,000   Stanislas Gautier (2) 4
4 Feb Open Prestigia Morocco 30,000   Mateusz Gradecki (2) 4
8 Feb Open Casa Green Golf Morocco 30,000   Sami Välimäki (1) 4
14 Feb Open Palmeraie Country Club Morocco 30,000   Kevin Duncan (1) 4
4 Mar Open Madaef Golfs Morocco 30,000   Moritz Lampert (4) 4
8 Mar Open Royal Golf Anfa Mohammedia Morocco 30,000   Édouard Dubois (1) 4
29 Mar Open Ocean Morocco 30,000   James Wilson (1) 4
4 Apr Open Tazegzout Morocco 30,000   Sebastian Heisele (4) 4
10 Apr Open Michlifen Morocco 30,000   Allen John (3) 4
25 Apr Haugschlag NÖ Open Austria 30,000   Jan Cafourek (1) 4
11 May EXTEC Trophy Czech Republic 30,000   Finn Fleer (2) 4
3 Jun KUHN Maßkonfektion Open Germany 30,000   Robbie van West (3) 4
19 Jun Czech Classic Czech Republic 30,000   Vítek Novák (a) (1) 4
27 Jun Polish Open Poland 30,000   Ondřej Lieser (2) 4
2 Jul Leipziger Golf Open Germany 30,000   Dylan Boshart (2) 4
12 Jul Broekpolder International Open Netherlands 30,000   Hubert Tisserand (1) 4
25 Jul Raiffeisen Pro Golf Tour St. Pölten Austria 30,000   Hurly Long (1) 4
17 Aug Starnberg Open Germany 30,000   Sami Välimäki (2) 4
24 Aug EXTEC CzechOne Open Czech Republic 30,000   Sami Välimäki (3) 4
1 Oct Castanea Resort Championship Germany 50,000   Sami Välimäki (4) 4

Order of Merit

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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 (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2020 Challenge Tour.[3][4]

Position Player Points Status earned
1   Hurly Long 28,999 Qualified for Challenge Tour (made cut in Q School)
2   Sami Välimäki 28,427 Qualified for European Tour (Top 25 in Q School)
3   Robbie van West 22,502 Qualified for Challenge Tour (made cut in Q School)
4   Allen John 21,165 Promoted to Challenge Tour
5   Ondřej Lieser 18,553
6   Hinrich Arkenau 17,392
7   Benjamin Rusch 16,504
8   Félix Mory 16,446
9   Finn Fleer 14,893
10   Stanislas Gautier 14,374

Notes

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  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.

References

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  1. ^ "2019 Tournament schedule". Pro Golf Tour. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  2. ^ "2019 Order of Merit". Pro Golf Tour. Archived from the original on 9 December 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  3. ^ Lettenbichler, Matthias (2 October 2019). "Trophies for Sami Välimäki and Hurly Long". Pro Golf Tour. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Satellite stars: Pro Golf Tour". European Tour. 6 January 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
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