Year: | 2008 |
Tour: | EPD Tour |
Regular Season: | – |
No Of Events: | 20 |
Most Wins: | James Ruth (3) |
Honor1: | Order of Merit |
Honoree1: | James Ruth |
Prevseason: | 2007 |
Nextseason: | 2009 |
The 2008 EPD Tour, titled as the 2008 Renault EPD Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 12th season of the EPD Tour, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.
The following table lists official events during the 2008 season.[1] [2]
Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse (€) | Winner | |
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23 Jan | Siren Classic | Turkey | 25,000 | Damian Ulrich (1) | |
30 Jan | Sueno Classic | Turkey | 25,000 | Christoph Günther (7) | |
6 Feb | Gloria Classic | Turkey | 25,000 | Max Kramer (3) | |
16 Apr | Hofgut Scheibenhardt Classic | Germany | 20,000 | Dennis Küpper (3) | |
30 Apr | Sempachersee Classic | Switzerland | 20,000 | Clemens Prader (1) | |
7 May | Nová Amerika Classic | Czech Republic | 20,000 | Marcel Haremza (6) | |
16 May | Drei Thermen Golfresort Baden Württemberg Open | Germany | 30,000 | Benjamin Ludwig (1) | |
21 May | Augsburg Classic | Germany | 20,000 | Richard Porter (4) | |
29 May | Wörthsee Classic | Germany | 20,000 | Daniel Froreich (1) | |
11 Jun | Licher Classic | Germany | 20,000 | Christoph Günther (8) | |
25 Jun | Bad Griesbach Classic | Germany | 20,000 | Phillip Drost (1) | |
1 Jul | Coburg Brose Open | Germany | 25,000 | James Ruth (3) | |
10 Jul | OTP Private Bank Central European Golf Classic | Germany | 20,000 | Nicolas Meitinger (5) | |
16 Jul | Bohemia Franzensbad Classic | Germany | 20,000 | Nicolas Meitinger (6) | |
30 Jul | Heidelberg Lobenfeld Classic | Germany | 20,000 | Max Kramer (4) | |
13 Aug | Harderwold Classic | Netherlands | 20,000 | James Ruth (4) | |
19 Aug | Preis des Hardenberg GolfResort | Germany | 30,000 | James Ruth (5) | |
27 Aug | Stolper Heide Classic | Germany | 20,000 | Fredrick Månsson (2) | |
21 Sep | Schönbuch Open | Germany | 20,000 | Dennis Küpper (4) | |
5 Oct | JOB AG EPD Championship | Germany | 30,000 | Tobias Dier (1) |
The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros.[3] The top five players on the Order of Merit (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2009 Challenge Tour.[4]
Position | Player | Prize money (€) | Status earned | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 23,441 | Promoted to Challenge Tour | ||
2 | 23,008 | |||
3 | 21,040 | Qualified for Challenge Tour (made cut in Q School) | ||
4 | 18,801 | Promoted to Challenge Tour | ||
5 | 17,798 | Qualified for Challenge Tour (made cut in Q School) | ||
6 | 13,766 | Promoted to Challenge Tour | ||
7 | 12,923 | |||
8 | 11,967 | |||
9 | 11,804 | |||
10 | 11,436 |