2004 EPD Tour

2004 EPD Tour season
Duration26 February 2004 (2004-02-26) – 12 September 2004 (2004-09-12)
Number of official events16
Most winsDenmark Søren Juul (3)
Order of MeritDenmark Søren Juul
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The 2004 EPD Tour, titled as the 2004 Pro Tour Esprit for sponsorship reasons, was the eighth season of the EPD Tour, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2004 season.

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(€)		Winner
28 FebWinter SeriesGermany50,000Germany Jochen Lupprian (2)
7 AprKempferhof ClassicFrance25,000Denmark Søren Juul (2)
21 AprJakobsberg ClassicGermany25,000Sweden Paul Nilbrink (1)
5 MayMärkischer ClassicGermany25,000Germany Christoph Günther (5)
12 MayHaus Bey ClassicGermany25,000Belgium Arnaud Langenaeken (2)
19 MayCentral German OpenGermany30,000Germany Richard Porter (3)
25 MayHohenpähl ClassicGermany30,000Sweden Paul Nilbrink (2)
9 JunBasler Versicherung ClassicFrance30,000United States Peter Bronson (1)
19 JunLich ClassicGermany30,000Germany Michael Thannhäuser (1)
30 JunGleidingen ClassicGermany25,000Germany Tino Schuster (1)
6 JulGut Neuenhof OpenGermany30,000Scotland Ross Bain (1)
13 JulVelderhof ClassicGermany25,000Germany Matthias Ziegler (2)
21 JulSybrook ClassicNetherlands20,000United States Peter Bronson (2)
4 AugCentral European OpenGermany30,000Denmark Søren Juul (3)
10 AugSchärding ClassicAustria30,000Germany Tino Schuster (2)
12 SepWallonia Pro-AmBelgium30,000Denmark Søren Juul (4)

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros. The top five players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2005 Challenge Tour.

Position Player Prize money (€) Status earned
1Denmark Søren Juul22,750Promoted to Challenge Tour
2Belgium Arnaud Langenaeken14,837
3Sweden Paul Nilbrink13,234
4Denmark John Davies13,109
5United States Peter Bronson13,046
6Germany Tino Schuster11,810
7Scotland Ross Bain11,658
8Germany Richard Porter11,510
9Netherlands Guido van der Valk9,580
10France François Nicolas9,371

Notes

  1. ↑ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of EPD Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the EPD Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the Challenge Tour.

References

  1. ↑ "2004 Results". EPD Tour. Archived from the original on 9 August 2004. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  2. ↑ "Order of Merit after Schärding Classic". EPD Tour. Archived from the original on 18 August 2004. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "EPD Tour Wallonia Pro-Am". golfdata.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  4. ↑ Lermark, Michael (12 September 2004). "Sørens totale triumf" [Søren's total triumph]. golfonline.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 27 September 2004. Retrieved 23 May 2023.