2004 EPD Tour

2004 EPD Tour season

Duration	26 February 2004 (2004-02-26) – 12 September 2004 (2004-09-12)
Number of official events	16
Most wins	Søren Juul (3)
Order of Merit	Søren Juul
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The 2004 EPD Tour, titled as the 2004 Pro Tour Esprit for sponsorship reasons, was the eighth season of the EPD Tour, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2004 season. ^[1]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (€)	Winner [lower-alpha 1]
28 Feb	Winter Series	Germany	50,000	Jochen Lupprian (2)
7 Apr	Kempferhof Classic	France	25,000	Søren Juul (2)
21 Apr	Jakobsberg Classic	Germany	25,000	Paul Nilbrink (1)
5 May	Märkischer Classic	Germany	25,000	Christoph Günther (5)
12 May	Haus Bey Classic	Germany	25,000	Arnaud Langenaeken (2)
19 May	Central German Open	Germany	30,000	Richard Porter (3)
25 May	Hohenpähl Classic	Germany	30,000	Paul Nilbrink (2)
9 Jun	Basler Versicherung Classic	France	30,000	Peter Bronson (1)
19 Jun	Lich Classic	Germany	30,000	Michael Thannhäuser (1)
30 Jun	Gleidingen Classic	Germany	25,000	Tino Schuster (1)
6 Jul	Gut Neuenhof Open	Germany	30,000	Ross Bain (1)
13 Jul	Velderhof Classic	Germany	25,000	Matthias Ziegler (2)
21 Jul	Sybrook Classic	Netherlands	20,000	Peter Bronson (2)
4 Aug	Central European Open	Germany	30,000	Søren Juul (3)
10 Aug	Schärding Classic	Austria	30,000	Tino Schuster (2)
12 Sep	Wallonia Pro-Am	Belgium	30,000	Søren Juul (4)

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros. ^{[2] [3]} The top five players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2005 Challenge Tour. ^[4]

Position	Player	Prize money (€)	Status earned
1	Søren Juul	22,750	Promoted to Challenge Tour
2	Arnaud Langenaeken	14,837
3	Paul Nilbrink	13,234
4	John Davies	13,109
5	Peter Bronson	13,046
6	Tino Schuster	11,810
7	Ross Bain	11,658
8	Richard Porter	11,510
9	Guido van der Valk	9,580
10	François Nicolas	9,371

Notes

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

References

1. "2004 Results". EPD Tour. Archived from the original on 9 August 2004. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
2. "Order of Merit after Schärding Classic". EPD Tour. Archived from the original on 18 August 2004. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
3. "EPD Tour Wallonia Pro-Am". golfdata.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 23 October 2022.
4. Lermark, Michael (12 September 2004). "Sørens totale triumf" [Søren's total triumph]. golfonline.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 27 September 2004. Retrieved 23 May 2023.

External links

• Official website