2005 EPD Tour explained

Year:2005
Tour:EPD Tour
Regular Season:
No Of Events:19
Most Wins: Nicolas Meitinger (4)
Honor1:Order of Merit
Honoree1: Nicolas Meitinger
Prevseason:2004
Nextseason:2006

The 2005 EPD Tour, titled as the 2005 Renault EPD Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the ninth season of the EPD Tour, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2005 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
()
Winner
19 Feb Oliva Nova Classic Spain 35,000 Anthony Grenier (2)
6 Apr Jakobsberg Classic Germany 25,000 Marcel Haremza (3)
20 Apr Paderborner Classic Germany 25,000 Andrew Willey (1)
1 May Hassberge Classic Germany 22,500 Matthias Ziegler (3)
11 May Gleidingen Classic Germany 20,000 Nicolas Meitinger (1)
17 May Bad Abbach-Deutenhof Classic Germany 20,000 Marcel Haremza (4)
1 Jun Lich Classic Germany 22,500 Kasper Linnet Jørgensen (1)
8 Jun Baloise Esprit Pro Tour France 18,500 Wolfgang Huget (1)
14 Jun Central German Classic Germany 20,000 Martin Kaymer (a) (1)
28 Jun Coburg Brose Open Germany 30,000 Dennis Küpper (1)
5 Jul Central European Open Germany 20,000 Nicolas Meitinger (2)
18 Jul Barockstadt Schärding Classic Austria 20,000 Matt Green (1)
21 Jul Hohenpähl Classic Germany 15,000 Matthias Ziegler (4)
27 Jul Höslwang Classic Germany 17,500 Nicolas Meitinger (3)
10 Aug Sybrook Classic Netherlands 17,500 Nicolas Meitinger (4)
24 Aug Schloss Meisdorf Classic Germany 15,000 Anthony Grenier (3)
7 Sep Holledau Classic Germany 17,500 Lee Spencer (1)
28 Sep Märkischer Classic Germany 15,000 Anthony Grenier (4)
16 Oct Schönbuch PGA Tour Championship Germany 25,000 Émilien Chamaulte (1)

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros.[2] The top five players on the Order of Merit (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2006 Challenge Tour.[3]

PositionPlayerPrize money ()Status earned
1 20,280 Qualified for Challenge Tour (made cut in Q School)
2 17,272 Promoted to Challenge Tour
3 17,178
4 16,280
5 13,771
6 13,394
7 13,061
8 11,184
9 10,805
10 10,360

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2005 Renault EPD Tour . EPD Tour . German . 28 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091230105232/http://www.renaultepdtour.de:80/ . 30 December 2009.
  2. Web site: Offizielle Jahres-Endrangliste (Order of Merit) 2005 . Official Year-End Ranking (Order of Merit) 2005 . German . EPD Tour . 29 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071027103113/http://www.pga.de/web_epd_de/index_order_2005_4_turniere.php . 27 October 2007.
  3. Web site: Emilien Chamaulte und Dennis Küpper die großen Sieger des Tour-Finales . Emilien Chamaulte and Dennis Küpper the big winners of the Tour finale . German . PGA of Germany . 18 October 2005 . 7 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071027171218/http://www.pga.de/web_epd_de/pdf/meldungen_2005/52-2005.pdf . 27 October 2007.