2023 Pro Golf Tour Explained

Year:	2023
Tour:	Pro Golf Tour
Regular Season:	–
No Of Events:	14
Most Wins:	Christian Bräunig (2) Andoni Etchenique (2) Žan Luka Štirn (2) Timo Vahlenkamp (2)
Honor1:	Order of Merit
Honoree1:	Timo Vahlenkamp
Prevseason:	2022
Nextseason:	2024

The 2023 Pro Golf Tour was the 27th season of the Pro Golf Tour (formerly the EPD Tour), a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2023 season.^[1]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (€)	Winner	OWGR points	Other tours
16 Mar	Red Sea Ain Sokhna Classic	Egypt	30,000	Christian Bräunig (1)	0.43
21 Mar	Red Sea Egyptian Classic	Egypt	30,000	Clément Guichard (1)	0.44
6 Apr	Little Venice Red Sea Open	Egypt	30,000	Pedro Lencart (1)	0.41
11 Apr	Ein Bay Red Sea Open	Egypt	30,000	Andoni Etchenique (1)	0.42
28 Apr		Austria	30,000	Žan Luka Štirn (1)	0.61
31 May	Riedhof Open	Germany	30,000	Tadeáš Teťák (1)	0.52
21 Jun	Tenerife Pro Golf Open	Spain	30,000	Lars Keunen (n/a)	0.67	ALP
7 Jul		Poland	30,000	Thomas Elissalde (1)	0.49
19 Jul	Cuber Open	Germany	30,000	Christian Bräunig (2)	0.52
27 Jul	Raiffeisen Pro Golf Tour St. Pölten	Austria	30,000	Nicklas Staub (1)	0.57
19 Aug	Stippelberg Open	Netherlands	30,000	Žan Luka Štirn (2)	0.55
26 Aug	Staan Open	Netherlands	30,000	Andoni Etchenique (2)	0.58
2 Sep	FaberExposize Gelpenberg Open	Netherlands	30,000	Timo Vahlenkamp (2)	0.58
6 Oct	Castanea Resort Championship	Germany	50,000	Timo Vahlenkamp (3)	0.38

Order of Merit

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 2024 Challenge Tour.^[3] ^[4]

Position	Points	Status earned
1	21,490	Promoted to Challenge Tour
2	21,382
3	19,390
4	15,982
5	15,827
6	12,369
7	12,138
8	11,767
9	10,120
10	10,045

Notes and References

Web site: 2023 Tournament schedule . Pro Golf Tour . 30 December 2022.
Web site: 2023 Order of Merit . Pro Golf Tour . 6 October 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231007063647/https://www.progolftour.de/order-of-merit . 7 October 2023.
Web site: Castanea expert Vahlenkamp wins season finale . Pro Golf Tour . Daniel . Dillenburg . 6 October 2023 . 6 October 2023 . In addition to Vahlenkamp, other players were allowed to celebrate. Two-time season winner Andoni Etchenique on France finished second overall and will thus play on the Challenge Tour in 2024, as will compatriot Clement Guichard, Christian Bräunig (Germany) and Zan Luka Stirn (Slovenia). They all start there in category 13b..
Web site: Vahlenkamp leads five from Pro Golf Tour to Challenge Tour . European Tour . 7 December 2023 . 7 December 2023.