2024 Tartan Pro Tour

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2024 Tartan Pro Tour season
Duration14 May 2024 (2024-05-14) – 9 October 2024 (2024-10-09)
Number of official events13
Most wins Flag of Scotland.svg Sam Locke (3)
Order of Merit Flag of Scotland.svg Graeme Robertson
2023
2025

The 2024 Tartan Pro Tour, titled as the 2024 Farmfoods Tartan Pro Tour for sponsorships reasons, was the fifth season of the Tartan Pro Tour, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

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Challenge Tour status

In December 2023, it was confirmed that an additional player (two in total) from the Tartan Pro Tour Order of Merit would be awarded Challenge Tour status for the following season. [1]

OWGR inclusion

In May, it was announced that all Tartan Pro Tour events, beginning in May, would receive Official World Golf Ranking points. [2] [3]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2024 season. [4] [5]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(£)
Winner [lower-alpha 1] OWGR
points
16 MayMontrose Links MastersAngus25,000 Flag of Scotland.svg Sam Locke (5)0.70
29 MayPortlethen ClassicAberdeenshire25,000 Flag of Scotland.svg Sam Locke (6)0.56
13 JunCardrona ClassicPeeblesshire25,000 Flag of Scotland.svg Sebastian Sandin (a) (1)0.49
27 JunNewmachar ClassicAberdeenshire25,000 Flag of Scotland.svg Bradley Neil (1)0.54
4 JulSchloss Roxburghe MastersRoxburghshire25,000 Flag of Scotland.svg Darren Howie (1)0.44
12 JulLadybank MastersFife25,000 Flag of Scotland.svg Graeme Robertson (2)0.68
17 JulNairn Dunbar ClassicNairn25,000 Flag of England.svg Nick McCarthy (1)0.63
30 JulBlairgowrie Perthshire MastersPerthshire25,000 Flag of Scotland.svg James Ross (1)0.64
21 AugLeven Links ClassicFife25,000 Flag of England.svg Ben Robinson (1)0.58
5 SepMacDonald Spey Valley MastersMoray25,000 Flag of Scotland.svg Graeme Robertson (3)0.60
18 SepSt Andrews ClassicFife25,000 Flag of Scotland.svg Sam Locke (7)0.64
25 SepGleneagles MastersPerthshire25,000 Flag of Scotland.svg Greg Dalziel (1)0.68
9 OctTrump International Tour ChampionshipAberdeenshire30,000 Flag of Scotland.svg Calum Fyfe (2)0.51

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system. [6] [7] The top two players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2025 Challenge Tour. [7] [8]

PositionPlayerPointsStatus earned
1 Flag of Scotland.svg Graeme Robertson 28,792Promoted to Challenge Tour
2 Flag of Scotland.svg Sam Locke 20,780
3 Flag of Scotland.svg John Henry 13,347
4 Flag of Scotland.svg Calum Fyfe 12,723
5 Flag of Scotland.svg Greg Dalziel 11,606
6 Flag of Scotland.svg John Paterson 11,470
7 Flag of Scotland.svg Kieran Cantley 11,074
8 Flag of England.svg Nick McCarthy 10,103
9 Flag of Scotland.svg Callum Bruce 9,908
10 Flag of Scotland.svg Darren Howie 9,396

Notes

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

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References

  1. Dempster, Martin (13 December 2023). "Paul Lawrie delighted to see Tartan Pro Tour offer two Challenge Tour cards in 2024". The Scotsman. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  2. "Tartan Pro Tour". Official World Golf Ranking. 16 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  3. McEwan, Michael (16 May 2024). "Tartan Pro Tour to receive OWGR points". Bunkered. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  4. "2024 Tournament schedule". Tartan Pro Tour. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  5. tartanprotour [@tartanprotour] (22 December 2023). "Our 2024 Event Schedule" (Tweet). Retrieved 30 January 2024 via Twitter.
  6. "2024 Order of Merit". Tartan Pro Tour. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  7. 1 2 Dempster, Martin (10 October 2024). "'Ready to kick on': In-form Scottish golfer spells out ambitions after big result". The Scotsman. Retrieved 10 October 2024. The second-placed effort saw Robertson clinch top spot in the season-long Order or Merit, having also joined Sam Locke in securing two Challenge Tour cards up for grabs on the circuit... Helped by two title triumphs, Robertson finished the season with more than 28,000 points - 8,000 more than second-placed Sam Locke, with John Henry a further 7,000 points behind in third - as he picked up the Adam Hunter Salver.
  8. tartanprotour [@tartanprotour] (12 October 2024). "Congratulations to @GRobertsonGolf and @samlockegolf on gaining their Challenge Tour cards for next season after finishing 1st and 2nd respectively in our 2024 Order of Merit" (Tweet). Retrieved 12 October 2024 via Twitter.