Tournament Format
Tournament play at EC2008 will last from Thursday, August 28th, to Sunday, August 31st. With two courses, we're able to host 216 players. They will be divided into three pools (groups) and play both courses in turn: 2x72 Open, 1x72 other divisions.
Every player will play at least two rounds on each course. While on Saturday the Open division plays it's semi final (one additional round), the other divisions will go for a 5th round. On Sunday, the top players of each division play their finals.
Fees
- Open, Master, Grandmaster, Senior Grandmaster and Women: EUR 85,-
- Juniors: EUR 55,-
Included so far: Player's Package
Not included: food, accommodation
Divisions
- Open: Open to everyone, no matter what age or gender
- Women: For female players only
- Masters: Players born 1968 or before, regardless of gender
- Grandmasters: Players born 1958 or before, regardless of gender
- Senior Grandmasters: Players born in 1948 or before, regardless of gender
- Juniors: Players born in 1989 or later, regardless of gender
Pro purse / prize money
All divisions but Juniors compete for prize money. All divisions compete for trophys. Prize money is expected to be around EUR 13.000,-
Pro and Amateur status
PDGA rules state that Pros are not eligible for the Junior division. This means, that a player (<19 years) who took money is not allowed to play in Amateur divisions anymore (which include Junior division). The European countries have agreed that all Juniors (<19 years) are allowed to play at the EC08, no matter if they took money before or not. A waiver has been granted by PDGA rules comittee for EC08 only:
"The PDGA hereby grants a limited waiver to the 2008 European DG championships event. European PDGA member players of junior and youth age (born 1989 or later), who have accepted Pro cash at a PDGA Tour event and/or are classified by PDGA as Pro players, may compete in the Junior and Youth divisions at the 2008 ECs. However they may only compete in Pro Open (or Pro Women's) division at all other PDGA sanctioned events, including events in their own and other European countries, and the PDGA World Championships."
Who's allowed to compete EC08?
Please read more about that topic there: Qualification