PGA EuroPro Tour events will have World 

Ranking Points on offer from this week

NEWS RELEASE

At its recent meeting at The 144^th Open the Governing Board of the Official World Golf Ranking approved the inclusion of the HotelPlanner.com PGA EuroPro Tour into the OWGR system.

The HotelPlanner.com PGA EuroPro Tour, along with the three other three third-tier satellite tours in Europe, will enter the World Golf Ranking points system from this week, with a minimum level of four points awarded to first place in a 54-hole event.

The winner of the Wealth Design Invitational, to be staged at Hawkstone Park Golf Club this week, will be the first EuroPro champion to earn Official World Golf Ranking points. Players finishing in the top four will all earn points.

The winner of the Clipper Logistics Players Championship at Moor Allerton Golf Club in August, the first 72-hole event to be played on a European Tour third-tier satellite, will earn six OWGR points with the top six golfers all earning OWGR points.