Tournament setup
The tournament will be played according to PDGA A-Tier standards, current PDGA and EPT 2023 rules on 02-04.06.2023 at Kōrvemaa Hike & Ski Resort in Aegviidu, Estonia.
Entry fees
Pro Open (MPO): 150 €
Female Pro Open (FPO):150€
If you pay with Paypal, please add +5€ to registration fee.
Players Package
Each participant will receive a player’s package.
Prize money
The prize money for all professional divisions will be at least 80% of net entry fees plus minimum 5000€ of added cash
The top 30% in both professional division will receive prize money.
All prizes will be distributed during award ceremony.
*Please note that the prize amounts are before taxes. 20% of income tax will be deducted from the prizes.
Divisions
Tournament field is limited to 144 players and has two divisions: MPO and FPO.
Field is divided by divisions:
MPO: 120 players
FPO: 24 players
General Rules
European Pro Tour and it’s events are played according to the current PDGA rules. All events are organized as PDGA International A-tier competitions. Refer PDGA International Guide.
European Pro Tour adheres to anti-doping principles.
PDGA membership and CO-test
All players must have a valid PDGA membership. PDGA Certified Official -test must be valid through competition.
Dresscode
PDGA rules 3.04 D is applied in each European Pro Tour event.
Smoking
The use of all tobacco products (tobacco, cigars, pipe, snuff, chewing tobacco, e-tobacco) is prohibited on the course and during the round from the 2 minutes notification until the return of the scorecard.
Protests
Protests about the competition must be made within one day of the publication of the results of the competition. The protest must be submitted by email to Tour manager and event’s Tournament director. Incorrectly reported events results or tour points will be corrected.
Decisions
Event’s Tournament director has got the final decision-making power concerning competition related issues. European Pro Tour’s Tour Manager has got the decision-making power concerning tour related issues.
Format
3 rounds of 18 holes for all players.
1st round will be played by randomly drawed groups, within division.
2nd round will be played ordered by score, within division.
3rd round will be played ordered by score, within division.
Ties
All ties for a divisional first place will be broken right after the final round, by way of playing a sudden death. Tiebreak will be played on holes to be announced during players meeting.
Food & drinks
Available at the course.
Accommodation
Registration Procedure
All players must be current PDGA-members to compete in the tournament. Non-PDGA-members may register during the registration period, but must confirm their membership latest 1 month before the tournament start to be allowed to play.
Registration takes place in Discgolfscene.com! Each player must have a Discgolfscene account to register. Creating an account and using Discgolfscene is free. Create an account here.
Players should make sure that their PDGA number is correct. Discgolfscene checks the rating from the PDGA automatically when a player registers for an event.
Please read the registration guidelines carefully.
Eligibility for divisions
Professional and amateur players can play in a professional division in so far as they meet the gender requirements:
Pro Open (MPO): no limitations.
Female Pro Open (FPO): women only.
Wild Cards
Wild Cards are reserved spots in the tournament and are granted at the discretion of the tournament organizer. The recipient of the wild card gains the right to register to the event – wild cards recipients must still pay the entry fee for the event.
8 spots (4 MPO, 4 FPO) are reserved wild cards at the start of the registration:
Two wild cards for Monday Qualifier winners
Two wild cards for local organization
Two wild cards for European Pro Tour organization
Two wild cards for event main partner
Starting from 1st of May, Tournament Director will hand out the wildcards as described above.
Payment for any assigned wildcards needs to be made by 8th of May. Any wildcards not assigned by that date, will be re-assigned as wildcards to registered players, on a first come, first serve basis.
Waiting list
Upon opening registration, anyone can register, but only those meeting the all requirements (and spots availability) for the current stage will be placed on the players list. Players registering while players field ( = confirmed + registered) is filled, will be placed on waiting list (ordered by registration date), and should not make payment until advised to do so.
Registration start date
The first stage of registration will open on 2nd of January 2023
Registration deadline
The last stage of registration will close on the 1st of May. After this date you need to contact the Tournament Director for inquiries about a possible late registration. In case you get a place, you need to pay an additional late registration fee of 10 EUR (or equivalent in event’s local currency) on top of the normal division entry fee.
Registration process
Spots are reserved by submitting the online registration form.
The spots in all divisions and stages will be assigned according to registration order.
Registration will be done in phases. Your current PDGA rating will decide from what date onward you can register; see table below for minimum rating requirements per division.
Confirmed spot
Provided for a player in the registered players list (not in the waiting list), and whose payment is made before the end of the stage where registration was made in, a reserved spot can be confirmed.
Withdrawals and refunds
PDGA rules on how to handle withdrawals and refunds can be found here: PDGA competition manual section 1.03.
Ratings thresholds
| Stage | MPO | FPO |
| Stage 1 | 1000+ | 920+ |
| Stage 2 | 980+ | 900+ |
| Stage 3 | 960+ | 880+ |
| Stage 4 | 940+ | 860+ | Stage 5 | 920+ | 840+ | Stage 6 | 900+ | 820+ | Stage 7 | ALL | ALL |
To avoid confusion, here’s an example of how to read the table.
Four MPO players: X with rating 1025, Y with rating 1000, Z with rating 969 and Q with rating 918.
During Stage 1 player X and Y are allowed to register, players Z and Q are not.
During Stage 2 player X, Y and Z are allowed to register, player Q is not.
During Stage 3 players X, Y, Z and Q are all allowed to register.
Registration Conditions
Stage 1 = Registration phase 1 (2nd – 16th of January), to begin on a date announced by the TD. Only Stage 1 players who qualify for Stage 1 in the table above may register. Payments for all players registering during Stage 1 must be received by the end of Stage 1. Any registering players whose payment is not received by the end of Stage 1 will be removed from the registered players list. If the event is filled before the end of Stage 1, all players registering after this time will put on a waiting list in the order they registered.
Stage 2 = Registration phase 2 (16th – 30th of January ), to begin on a date announced by the TD. Only Stage 1 and Stage 2 players who qualify for Stage 2 in the table above may register. Payments for all players registering during Stage 2 must be received by the end of Stage 2. Any registering players whose payment is not received by the end of Stage 2 will be removed from the registered players list. If the event is filled before the end of Stage 2, all players registering after this time will put on a waiting list in the order they registered.
Stage 3 = Registration phase 3 (30th of January – 20th of February), to begin on a date announced by the TD. Only Stage 1, Stage 2 and Stage 3 players who qualify for Stage 3 in the table above may register. Payments for all players registering during Stage 3 must be received by the end of Stage 3. Any registering players whose payment is not received by the end of Stage 3 will be removed from the registered players list. If the event is filled before the end of Stage 3, all players registering after this time will put on a waiting list in the order they registered.
Stage 4 = Registration phase 4 (20th of February – 13th of March), to begin on a date announced by the TD. Only Stage 1, Stage 2, Stage 3 and Stage 4 players who qualify for Stage 4 in the table above may register. Payments for all players registering during Stage 4 must be received by the end of Stage 4. Any registering players whose payment is not received by the end of Stage 4 will be removed from the registered players list. If the event is filled before the end of Stage 4, all players registering after this time will put on a waiting list in the order they registered.
Stage 5 = Registration phase 5 (13th of March – 3rd of April), to begin on a date announced by the TD. Only Stage 1, Stage 2, Stage 3, Stage 4 and Stage 5 players who qualify for Stage 5 in the table above may register. Payments for all players registering during Stage 5 must be received by the end of Stage 5. Any registering players whose payment is not received by the end of Stage 5 will be removed from the registered players list. If the event is filled before the end of Stage 5, all players registering after this time will put on a waiting list in the order they registered.
Stage 6 = Registration phase 6 (3rd of April – 24th of April), to begin on a date announced by the TD. Only Stage 1, Stage 2, Stage 3, Stage 4, Stage 5 and Stage 6 players who qualify for Stage 6 in the table above may register. Payments for all players registering during Stage 6 must be received by the end of Stage 6. Any registering players whose payment is not received by the end of Stage 6 will be removed from the registered players list. If the event is filled before the end of Stage 6, all players registering after this time will put on a waiting list in the order they registered.
Stage 7 = Registration phase 7 (24th of April – 1st of May), all players who have active PDGA membership will qualify for Stage 7 and may register. Payments for all players registering during Stage 7 must be received by the end of Stage 7. Any registering players whose payment is not received by the end of Stage 7 will be removed from the registered players list. If the event is filled before the end of Stage 7 all players registering after this time will put on a waiting list in the order in which they registered. If there are remaining spots available in FPO, those will be offered to MPO players on the waiting list in the order players registered.