2018 Pro Golf Tour

The 2018 Pro Golf Tour was the 22nd season of the Pro Golf Tour (formerly the EPD Tour), a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

2018 Pro Golf Tour season

Duration	15 January 2018 (2018-01-15) – 25 September 2018 (2018-09-25)
Number of official events	20[a]
Most wins	Mathieu Decottignies-Lafon (2)
Order of Merit	Craig Howie
← 2017 2019 →

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2018 season.^[1]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (€)	Winner[b]	OWGR points
17 Jan	Red Sea Egyptian Classic	Egypt	30,000	Michael Hirmer (a) (1)	4
23 Jan	Red Sea Ain Sokhna Classic	Egypt	30,000	Jeremy Paul (1)	4
5 Feb	Open Prestigia	Morocco	30,000	Liam Johnston (1)	4
9 Feb	Open Casa Green Golf	Morocco	30,000	Julien de Poyen (1)	4
26 Feb	Open Madaef	Morocco	30,000	Robbie van West (2)	4
2 Mar	Open Palmeraie Country Club	Morocco	–	Cancelled[2]	–
26 Mar	Open Ocean	Morocco	30,000	Benjamin Rusch (4)	4
30 Mar	Open Tazegzout	Morocco	30,000	Romain Bechu (2)	4
5 Apr	Open Royal Golf Anfa Mohammedia	Morocco	30,000	Max Kramer (9)	4
26 Apr	Haugschlag NÖ Open	Austria	30,000	Mathieu Decottignies-Lafon (3)	4
12 May	EXTEC Trophy	Czech Republic	30,000	Richard Jouven (1)	4
31 May	Raiffeisen Pro Golf Tour St. Pölten	Austria	30,000	Allen John (a) (2)	4
18 Jun	McNeill Open	Germany	30,000	Hinrich Arkenau (4)	4
26 Jun	Polish Open	Poland	30,000	Mathieu Decottignies-Lafon (4)	4
6 Jul	Broekpolder International Open	Netherlands	30,000	Nicolas Maheut (1)	4
13 Jul	Gut Bissenmoor Classic	Germany	30,000	Maximilian Laier (2)	4
20 Jul	Zell am See – Kaprun Open	Austria	30,000	Ondřej Lieser (1)	4
7 Aug	Leipziger Golf Open	Germany	30,000	Craig Howie (1)	4
17 Aug	Starnberg Open	Germany	30,000	Daniel Wünsche (6)	4
5 Sep	New Golf Club Matchplay Championship	Germany	30,000	Mateusz Gradecki (1)	4
25 Sep	Castanea Resort Championship	Germany	50,000	Jonas Kölbing (1)	4

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.^[3] The top five players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2019 Challenge Tour.^[4][5]

Position	Player	Points	Status earned
1	Craig Howie	23,481	Promoted to Challenge Tour
2	Jonas Kölbing	22,236
3	Mathieu Decottignies-Lafon	20,816
4	Chris Robb	18,942
5	Mateusz Gradecki	18,369
6	Benjamin Rusch	17,816
7	Hinrich Arkenau	17,028
8	Ondřej Lieser	15,719
9	Julien de Poyen	14,649
10	Chris Maclean	12,667

Notes

1. One further tournament was scheduled but was cancelled.
2. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Pro Golf Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Pro Golf Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the Challenge Tour.