Montrose Golf Links has been included in a stellar line-up of courses for the PGA EuroPro Tour’s 2015 season.
Players will compete for a £50,000 prize purse at the historic Angus course in front of the Sky Sports cameras for the third successive year.
European golf’s third-tier tour’s regular season begins May 13-15 at Celtic Manor with 15 events, plus a season-ending Tour Championship.
David May, chairman of the Montrose Golf Links marketing committee, said: “The classic links golf course at Montrose has again attracted high-profile, national events and this year is no exception.
“For their third year, the EuroPro Tour comes to the historic links and this event is given widespread coverage on Sky TV and is shown across the world.”
The HotelPlanner.com PGA EuroPro Tour is Europe’s leading development tour and the European Tour’s satellite in the UK and Ireland.
It offers direct access to the Challenge Tour through the final Order of Merit, with the top five golfers at the end of the season to be awarded a category.
During 2015, players will compete for more than £800,000 in prize money.
Tour chairman Barry Hearn said: “Of the European Tour satellites, we paid out the highest average prize fund per event in 2014 and that is set to increase with this huge boost for Europe’s best up-and-coming golfers.
“As a development tour, one of our primary objectives is to support the best young players as they seek to become stars of the future on the European Tour.
“The EuroPro Tour gives players a great chance to gain experience of life on tour, especially in front of the Sky Sports cameras, and we are delighted to be able to further support our members financially with this big boost to the prize fund.”
Based on 50 players making the cut, the minimum prize fund for every tournament is £46,735. This will increase in line with the number of ties who also make the 36-hole cut.
Any surplus from £50,000 will be added to the prize fund for the tour championship, which will begin at £60,000.
Montrose Golf Links will also welcome a new event to its medal course, with the Ladies Tartan Tour on April 6 and 7.