The 2021 Pro Golf Tour was the 25th season of the Pro Golf Tour (formerly the EPD Tour), a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

2021 Pro Golf Tour season
Duration13 April 2021 (2021-04-13) – 6 October 2021 (2021-10-06)
Number of official events13
Most winsGermany Nick Bachem (2)
France Mathieu Decottignies-Lafon (2)
Order of MeritFrance Mathieu Decottignies-Lafon
2020
2022

Schedule edit

The following table lists official events during the 2021 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
()
Winner[a] OWGR
points
15 Apr Red Sea Egyptian Classic Egypt 30,000   Mateusz Gradecki (3) 4
20 Apr Red Sea Ain Sokhna Classic Egypt 30,000   Nick Bachem (a) (2) 4
30 Apr Haugschlag NÖ Open Austria 30,000   Marco Iten (3) 4
29 May NewGiza Pyramids Challenge Egypt 30,000   Mathieu Decottignies-Lafon (5) 4
3 Jun Dreamlands Pyramids Classic Egypt 30,000   Tomás Gouveia (1) 4
2 Jul Gradi Polish Open Poland 30,000   Nick Bachem (a) (3) 4
8 Jul Karolinka Golf Park Matchplay Poland 30,000   Peter Valášek (1) 4
22 Jul Raiffeisen Pro Golf Tour St. Pölten Austria 30,000   Robert Foley (a) (1) 4
9 Aug Wolf Open Germany 30,000   Mathieu Decottignies-Lafon (6) 4
18 Aug Starnberg Open Germany 30,000   Michael Hirmer (2) 4
29 Aug Altepro Trophy Czech Republic 30,000   Philipp Mejow (5) 4
4 Sep FaberExposize Gelpenberg Open Netherlands 30,000   Freddy Schott (1) 4
6 Oct Castanea Resort Championship Germany 50,000   Timo Vahlenkamp (1) 4

Order of Merit edit

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 2022 Challenge Tour.[3]

Position Player Points Status earned
1   Mathieu Decottignies-Lafon 17,977 Promoted to Challenge Tour
2   Robert Foley 16,472
3   Nick Bachem 14,979
4   Tomás Gouveia 14,162
5   Timo Vahlenkamp 13,562
6   Marco Iten 10,887
7   Christian Bräunig 9,149
8   Jannik de Bruyn 9,018
9   Finn Fleer 8,996
10   Benedict Staben 8,765

Notes edit

  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 edit

  1. ^ "2021 Tournament schedule". Pro Golf Tour. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  2. ^ "2021 Order of Merit". Pro Golf Tour. Archived from the original on 9 December 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Decottignies-Lafon tops Pro Golf Tour Rankings". European Tour. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2023.

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