2024 Tartan Pro Tour
| Duration | 14 May 2024 – 9 October 2024 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 13 |
| Most wins |  Sam Locke (3) |
| Order of Merit | 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.
Challenge Tour status
[edit]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
[edit]In May, it was announced that all Tartan Pro Tour events, beginning in May, would receive Official World Golf Ranking points.[2][3]
Schedule
[edit]The following table lists official events during the 2024 season.[4][5]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (£) |
Winner[a] | OWGR points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 May | Montrose Links Masters | Angus | 25,000 | Sam Locke (5) |
0.70 |
| 29 May | Portlethen Classic | Aberdeenshire | 25,000 | Sam Locke (6) |
0.56 |
| 13 Jun | Cardrona Classic | Peeblesshire | 25,000 | Sebastian Sandin (a) (1) |
0.49 |
| 27 Jun | Newmachar Classic | Aberdeenshire | 25,000 | Bradley Neil (1) |
0.54 |
| 4 Jul | Schloss Roxburghe Masters | Roxburghshire | 25,000 | Darren Howie (1) |
0.44 |
| 12 Jul | Ladybank Masters | Fife | 25,000 | Graeme Robertson (2) |
0.68 |
| 17 Jul | Nairn Dunbar Classic | Nairn | 25,000 |  Nick McCarthy (1) |
0.63 |
| 30 Jul | Blairgowrie Perthshire Masters | Perthshire | 25,000 | James Ross (1) |
0.64 |
| 21 Aug | Leven Links Classic | Fife | 25,000 | Ben Robinson (1) |
0.58 |
| 5 Sep | MacDonald Spey Valley Masters | Moray | 25,000 | Graeme Robertson (3) |
0.60 |
| 18 Sep | St Andrews Classic | Fife | 25,000 | Sam Locke (7) |
0.64 |
| 25 Sep | Gleneagles Masters | Perthshire | 25,000 | Greg Dalziel (1) |
0.68 |
| 9 Oct | Trump International Tour Championship | Aberdeenshire | 30,000 | Calum Fyfe (2) |
0.51 |
Order of Merit
[edit]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]
| Position | Player | Points | Status earned |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Graeme Robertson |
28,792 | Promoted to Challenge Tour |
| 2 | Sam Locke |
20,780 | |
| 3 | John Henry |
13,347 | |
| 4 | Calum Fyfe |
12,723 | |
| 5 | Greg Dalziel |
11,606 | |
| 6 | John Paterson |
11,470 | |
| 7 | Kieran Cantley |
11,074 | |
| 8 | Nick McCarthy |
10,103 | |
| 9 | Callum Bruce |
9,908 | |
| 10 | Darren Howie |
9,396 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ 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.
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "Tartan Pro Tour". Official World Golf Ranking. 16 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
- ^ McEwan, Michael (16 May 2024). "Tartan Pro Tour to receive OWGR points". Bunkered. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ "2024 Tournament schedule". Tartan Pro Tour. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ tartanprotour [@tartanprotour] (22 December 2023). "Our 2024 Event Schedule" (Tweet). Retrieved 30 January 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ "2024 Order of Merit". Tartan Pro Tour. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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.