PRO GOLF TOUR 2020 GOLF STARS of TOMORROW Tournaments Background Golf Courses Players Interviews KRAMSKI DEUTSCHE GOLF LIGA Presented by Audi SAVE the DATE
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PRO GOLF TOUR 2020 GOLF STARS OF TOMORROW Tournaments Background Golf Courses Players Interviews KRAMSKI DEUTSCHE GOLF LIGA presented by Audi SAVE THE DATE Save the date 2020: 1. Matchday 16./17.05. 2. Matchday 30./31.05. 3. Matchday 20./21.06. 4. Matchday 18./19.07. Follow us on 5. Matchday 01./02.08. Final Four 08./09.08. FOREWORD & FACTS essential. It is only possible to run a satellite tour smoothly with the help of the club PRO GOLF TOUR management, the employees and last but not 2020 least the club members. 7 Countries We attach great importance to our players The Pro Golf Tour is going to be a guest in Egypt, Morocco, Austria, making a professional and friendly appear- Germany, Czech Republic, Poland and ance, so we are welcome guests at the clubs. the Netherlands in the 2020 season They are role models and ambassadors for golf at all times during the tournaments. This 20 tournaments Peter Zäh positive image of the Pro Golf Tour and its There are a total of 20 competitions players, Europe's top young talent, is commu- on first-class golf courses on the tour nicated to the outside world with the help of calendar between 14 January and 30 September Development tour the media. When one of our players then also steps onto the major golf sporting scene, as 200 players The Pro Golf Tour 2019 season ended with a Sami Välimäki did on 1 March 2020 with his Up to 200 players from 25 different novelty, with eight players from our satellite Oman Open win, we offer our partners a nations are appearing at the tour advancing to the European Challenge counter and marketing value for their Pro Golf Tour 2020 tournaments Tour at the end of the year. This has never commitment, which ensures that the Pro Golf happened before. Thanks to strong perfor- Tour can remain the attractive tournament 645,000 euro prize money mances by our players Hurly Long, Sami series it has developed into over recent years. 30,000 euro will be distributed at Välimäki and Robbie van West at the I would like to thank everyone who has played each of 17 Order of Merit tournaments, European Tour Qualifying School, where a major part in this – our members, partners 40,000 euro at the Huatech Trophy by EXTEC and as much as 45,000 euro at everyone made the cut and Sami Välimäki and fans of the Pro Golf Tour. the Leipziger Golf Open. The season's even managed to cash in his ticket to final, the Castanea Resort Champion- Europe's elite league, three more players With kind regards, Peter Zäh ship, is traditionally endowed with were allowed to move up to the Challenge 50,000 euro Tour. This confirms that we are on the right track with the Pro Golf Tour. Anyone who 5 promotion spots achieves well here, is obviously well equipped The Top 5 of the final Order of Merit for sporting challenges to come. for the year qualify for the European Pro Golf Tour Managing Director Challenge Tour 2021 We are always trying to improve the standard of play on our tour. High-quality courses, a tournament calendar that is just as extensive as it is balanced, as well as the professional handling of our events on site and in the back office contribute to the success of the tour and the players. The Pro Golf Tour is a development tour. The aim is to promote young talent and offer them the best possible conditions to successfully turn their passion into a career. We can only guarantee these factors with the support of long-standing partners such as the Associa- tion du Trophée Hassan II de Golf in Morocco, LEAGUE CLIMBERS the PGA of Germany and the German Golf Association as well as Langer Sport Marke- The Top 5 in the final Pro Golf Tour Order of Merit 2019 (from ting GmbH and our sponsors. The support of left): Ondrej Lieser, Sami Välimäki, COVER PHOTO: SAMI VÄLIMÄKI (FINLAND), FOUR-TIME-WINNER OF THE 2019 PRO GOLF TOUR SEASON. GOLFSUPPORT.NL the golf clubs where we are guests is Hurly Long (overall winner), Robbie van West, Allen John BACKGROUND Pro Golf Tour: a stage for the "GOLF STARS OF TOMORROW" The Pro Golf Tour will be in its 24th season in 2020. It is considered to be a superb spring- board for a tour player's career. Young profes- sionals from all over Europe will compete in 20 Castanea Resort Championship season tournaments this year. Adendorf As an official satellite tour of the European Tour, the Pro Golf Tour (PGT) provides an opportunity to also count for the world golf ranking. "This recogni- instantly qualify for the European Challenge Tour. tion of the sporting importance of our tour also That means: anyone who occupies one of the top underlines its presence at all levels and its positive rankings in the Pro Golf Tour Order of Merit at the international reputation," says Peter Zäh, Pro Golf end of the season can play on the Challenge Tour Tour Managing Director. As operators of the tour, the following year. The tournament series’ results Langer Sport Marketing GmbH and PGA of Germany are placing themselves effectively on the stage of tournament golf in Europe. „ The Pro Golf Tour is a "Golf Stars of Tomorrow" is the tour slogan, as superb tour for young young, ambitious talented professionals tee off here who have made it their goal to be the golf professionals: the season starts stars of tomorrow. The tour’s trademarks are early in the year, you can play almost excellent courses, flawless organisation and all year round, and you compete on high-calibre sport. Up to 200 players from 25 great golf courses! This is a very good different nations tee off at the tournaments. opportunity to start a career as a tour The PGT is based in Diedorf on the shareholder player. Anyone who makes it into the Langer Sport Marketing GmbH's premises. A top 5 here is definitely well prepared competent team of staff is working at the for the challenges that lie ahead. For events: a tournament director, referees and me, 2019 was an outstanding year to tour assistants, together with those responsible gain confidence and to march Sami Välimäki at the host club and the voluntary helpers, through to the European Tour." ensure the implementation of all events. PGT four-time winner 2019 & Finland Oman Open Champion2020 CLIMBING TO THE TOP HURLY LONG "Good courses and commit- From PGT to the ted people make this tour European Tour The Pro Golf Tour is one of four official satellite stand out." tours for the European Tour alongside the PGA EuroPro Tour, the Alps Tour and the Nordic League. The Top 5 in the year’s final ranking are authorised to tee off on the European Challenge Tour the following season. The tour's Hurly, how do you remember the top players are also exempt from Stage I of the 2019 Pro Golf Tour season? European Tour Qualifying School. Very positively! Not just because I played well and consistently but also because the people behind this tour and also those who ultimately run the tournaments on TOP 15 TOP 25 site are really very committed and Overall winner 2019 nice. They all organise the tour really well and us players accord- FINAL ingly have the chance to prepare STAGE EUROPEAN ourselves on good courses at every wise and a place I would never TOUR EUROPEAN STAGE 2 tournament for what we hope will have travelled to without the Pro CHALLENGE QUALIFYING await us one day on the European Golf Tour. It was fantastic fun! TOUR SCHOOL Tour or the PGA Tour. I was also STAGE 1 very surprised about the quality of What makes the tour special? the courses we played on. Almost Good organisation and good all of the golf courses were excel- courses. And quite honestly: that's TOP 5 lent and in superb condition. really all a tour for young profes- TOP 6 sionals needs to be successful. Which was the best tournament of the 2019 season for you? Is the PGT a good stage for the I enjoyed the Raiffeisen Pro Golf "Golf Stars of Tomorrow"? Tour St. Pölten in Austria most, Definitely! Because the whole where I celebrated my first victory. package is spot on! Other tours I played very well there and it was can't compete with the quality of really nice to play a slightly easier the courses we have the honour of course and score suitably low. But I playing on during the Pro Golf Tour also felt the Michlifen Open in season. They are well maintained PRO GOLF TOUR QUALIFYING SCHOOL Morocco was something really without exception and also pose a special! First of all, you don't real sporting challenge. You can't expect snow in Africa. It was so allow for any really poor strokes on cool! The ball flew very far at that this tour. You have to consistently altitude and the whole course is make really good shots from the simply sensational. A course I tee to the green to be among the AMATEURS would never have heard of other- leaders. 2020 SEASON 20 tournaments in At the beginning of seven countries September, club August: the PGT will be a guest at the DGC de manager Franz Gelpenberg in the Netherlands for the first time After the spring events in Egypt and Morocco, Wittmann junior from 21 to 23 August.