2023 Tartan Pro Tour Explained

Year:	2023
Tour:	Tartan Pro Tour
Regular Season:	–
No Of Events:	13
Most Wins:	Rhys Thompson (4)
Honor1:	Order of Merit
Honoree1:	Rhys Thompson
Prevseason:	2022
Nextseason:	2024

The 2023 Tartan Pro Tour, titled as the 2023 Farmfoods Tartan Pro Tour for sponsorships reasons, was the fourth season of the Tartan Pro Tour, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

Challenge Tour feeder status

In December 2022, it was announced that the Tartan Pro Tour and the Clutch Pro Tour would become official feeder tours to the Challenge Tour in place of the now-defunct PGA EuroPro Tour. The Tartan Pro Tour would offer Challenge Tour status to the leading player on the Order of Merit.^{[1] [2]}

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2023 season.^[3]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (£)	Winner
3 May	Barassie Links Classic	South Ayrshire	25,000	Craig Lee (1)
12 May	Montrose Links Masters	Angus	25,000	Euan McIntosh (1)
24 May	Fairmont St Andrews	Fife	25,000	Rory Franssen (1)
31 May	Portlethen Classic	Aberdeenshire	25,000	Kieran Cantley (3)
16 Jun	Pollok Open	Glasgow	25,000	Sam Locke (4)
21 Jun	Dundonald Links Classic	East Lothian	25,000	Rhys Thompson (3)
14 Jul	Downfield Masters	Dundee	25,000	Rhys Thompson (4)
19 Jul	Cardrona Classic	Peeblesshire	25,000	Rhys Thompson (5)
23 Aug	Leven Links Classic	Fife	25,000	Graeme Robertson (1)
29 Aug	Blairgowrie Perthshire Masters	Perthshire	25,000	Gregor Graham (a) (1)
8 Sep	Ladybank Masters	Fife	25,000	Calum Fyfe (1)
20 Sep	St Andrews Classic	Fife	25,000	John Henry (2)
27 Sep	Gleneagles Masters	Perthshire	25,000	Rhys Thompson (6)

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Pound sterling.^{[4] [5]} The leading player on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2024 Challenge Tour.^{[5] [6]}

Position	Player	Prize money (£)	Status earned
1		21,958	Promoted to Challenge Tour
2		16,445
3		15,137
4		12,640
5		10,125
6		9,642
7		9,094
8		9,002
9		8,659
10		8,438

Notes and References

1. Web site: Farmfoods Tartan Pro Tour to become Official Feeder Tour to the Challenge Tour . 20 December 2022 . 22 December 2022 . European Tour.
2. Tartan Pro Tour reveals Challenge Tour partnership . Bunkered . Jamie . Hall . 20 December 2022 . 3 February 2023.
3. Web site: 2023 Tournament schedule . Tartan Pro Tour . 3 February 2023.
4. Web site: 2023 Order of Merit . Tartan Pro Tour . 27 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230828153328/https://www.tartanprotour.co.uk/oom . 28 August 2023.
5. Up to the challenge – Rhys Thompson wins Tartan Pro Tour Order of Merit . Northern Golfer . 28 September 2023 . 28 September 2023 . The win, and £4,320 winner's cheque, secured Rhys' position at the top of the order of merit by more than £5,500 – and with it the single Challenge Tour card which was up for grabs on the Tartan Pro Tour this year..
6. Web site: Three players graduate from Clutch Pro Tour and Tartan Pro Tour . European Tour . 19 December 2023 . 31 December 2023.