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2006 EPD Tour

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2006 EPD Tour season
Duration8 February 2006 (2006-02-08) – 3 October 2006 (2006-10-03)
Number of official events18
Most winsGermany Martin Kaymer (5)
Order of MeritGermany Martin Kaymer
2005
2007

The 2006 EPD Tour, titled as the 2006 Renault EPD Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 10th season of the EPD Tour, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 2006 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
()
Winner[a]
10 Feb Real de Faula Classic Spain 20,000 Netherlands Robin Swane (1)
17 Feb Oliva Nova Classic Spain 30,000 Spain Carlos Aguilar (1)
5 Apr Kempferhof Classic Germany 20,000 Germany Richard Treis (1)
12 Apr Jakobsberg Classic Germany 20,000 Denmark Mark Schytter (1)
26 Apr Paderborn Classic Germany 20,000 Netherlands John Bleys (1)
10 May Gleidingen Classic Germany 20,000 Germany Patrick Niederdrenk (1)
24 May Haus Bey Classic Germany 20,000 Denmark Lasse Jensen (1)
1 Jun Friedberg Classic Germany 20,000 Germany Martin Kaymer (2)
14 Jun Licher Classic Germany 20,000 Germany Marcel Haremza (5)
22 Jun Habsburg Classic Germany 20,000 Germany Martin Kaymer (3)
27 Jun Sierra Classic Poland 20,000 Germany Ralf Geilenberg (1)
4 Jul Coburg Brose Open Germany 26,000 Germany Martin Kaymer (4)
12 Jul Gut Winterbrock Classic Germany 20,000 Germany Martin Kaymer (5)
26 Jul Augsburg Classic Germany 20,000 Netherlands John Bleys (2)
17 Aug Hockenberg Classic Germany 20,000 Germany Martin Kaymer (6)
24 Aug Sybrook Classic Netherlands 20,000 Netherlands Robin Swane (2)
24 Sep Schönbuch Open Germany 20,000 Germany Benjamin Miarka (1)
3 Oct Job AG EPD Championship Germany 25,000 Germany Manuel Kempe (1)

Order of Merit

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The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros.[2] The top five players on the Order of Merit (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2007 Challenge Tour.[3]

Position Player Prize money () Status earned
1 Germany Martin Kaymer 26,664 Promoted to European Tour (Top 15 of Challenge Tour Rankings)
2 Netherlands Robin Swane 17,416 Promoted to Challenge Tour
3 Germany Benjamin Miarka 15,196
4 Germany Manuel Kempe 15,073
5 Denmark Lasse Jensen 14,154
6 Germany Richard Treis 13,467
7 England Matt Green 12,842
8 Denmark Mark Schytter 12,498
9 Netherlands John Bleys 11,434
10 France Émilien Chamaulte 10,812

Notes

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  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

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  1. ^ "2006 Renault EPD Tour" (in German). EPD Tour. Archived from the original on 30 December 2009. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  2. ^ "2006 Order of Merit" (in German). PGA of Germany. Archived from the original on 10 December 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  3. ^ "EPD Tour-Finale 2006 auf "Praforst-Golfplatz": Doppel-Triumph für Manuel Kempe" [EPD Tour Final 2006 on "Praforst-Golfplatz": Double triumph for Manuel Kempe]. Osthessen News (in German). 4 October 2006. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
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