The Tartan Pro Tour, currently titled as the Farmfoods Tartan Pro Tour for sponsorships reasons, is a series of developmental

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tournaments played in Scotland. The tour is open to both male and female professionals.

History

The tour was founded and created by 1999 Open Champion

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in 2020. The tour was formed during the

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and was created to give UK-based professionals playing opportunities, especially as the

PGA EuroPro Tour The PGA EuroPro Tour was a men's developmental professional golf tour. It was created in 2002 by the merger of two development tours, the EuroPro Tour and the PGA MasterCard Tour, as the Professional Golfers' Association and Barry Hearn's Matchr ...

had cancelled its 2020 season. In December 2022, it was announced that the Tartan Pro Tour and the Clutch Pro Tour would become official feeder tours to the

Challenge Tour The Challenge Tour, currently titled as the HotelPlanner Tour for sponsorship reasons and also sometimes referred to as the European Challenge Tour, is the second-tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European To ...

in place of the now-defunct PGA EuroPro Tour. The Tartan Pro Tour would offer Challenge Tour status to the leading player on the Order of Merit. In December 2023, it was confirmed that the Challenge Tour cards on offer from the Order of Merit would be increased to two for the 2024 season. For 2025, the top three players on the Order of Merit were given access to the second stage of European Tour Q School, up from two the previous season. In May 2024, it was announced that the tour would be included into the

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with immediate affect, having undergone a 16-month application process. In 2025, the tour was upgraded from a feeder tour to a satellite Tour, which included an automatic promotion to the

for a player who wins three times in a season. Tartan Pro Tour tournaments are 54-hole events with 36-hole cuts to the top 30 plus ties.

Order of Merit winners

References

External links

* {{Men's Professional Golf Tours Professional golf tours Golf in Scotland