2008 PGA EuroPro Tour

The 2008 PGA EuroPro Tour, titled as the 2008 Ivobank PGA EuroPro Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the seventh season of the PGA EuroPro Tour, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

2008 PGA EuroPro Tour season

Duration	30 April 2008 (2008-04-30) – 22 October 2008 (2008-10-22)
Number of official events	14
Most wins	Dale Marmion (2)
Order of Merit	Noel Fox
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Ivobank title sponsorship

In June, it was announced that the tour had signed a title sponsorship agreement with online banking service Ivobank, being renamed as the Ivobank PGA EuroPro Tour.^[1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2008 season.^[2]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (£)	Winner[a]
2 May	Wensum Valley International Open	Norfolk	40,000	Seve Benson (1)
9 May	Sureshot Classic	Hertfordshire	40,000	Brian McElhinney (2)
16 May	Ivobank UK Masters	Northamptonshire	40,000	Alan Murray (1)
23 May	Faithlegg Irish Championship	Ireland	40,000	Noel Fox (1)
20 Jun	Bovey Castle Championship	Devon	40,000	Simon Thornton (1)
27 Jun	Stoke by Nayland Championship	Suffolk	40,000	Nicky Harris (1)
17 Jul	Yes! Classic	Bristol	40,000	Dale Marmion (1)
25 Jul	Oceânico Algarve Championship	Portugal	40,000	Ricardo Santos (1)
8 Aug	Selsdon Park Masters	Greater London	40,000	Lloyd Kennedy (2)
15 Aug	Whittlebury Park Classic	Northamptonshire	40,000	Dale Marmion (2)
22 Aug	Partypoker.com Players Championship	East Sussex	40,000	Daniel Gaunt (3)
4 Sep	Brooks Brothers Classic	Essex	40,000	Matt Ford (1)
25 Sep	Ladbrokescasino.com Masters	Spain	40,000	John Parry (1)
22 Oct	Les Bordes Tour Championship	France	70,000	Robert Steele (1)

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Pound sterling.^[3] The top five players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2009 Challenge Tour.^[4]

Position	Player	Prize money (£)	Status earned
1	Noel Fox	26,897	Promoted to Challenge Tour
2	Dale Marmion	26,362
3	Lloyd Kennedy	25,419
4	Alan Murray	25,345
5	Robert Steele	24,760
6	Matt Ford	23,343
7	Nicky Harris	21,079
8	Daniel Gaunt	14,925
9	Simon Thornton	14,871
10	John Parry	13,258

Notes

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