The Order of Merit season is now in full swing and the Tour now swings inland and away from the tough and firm links to a more green and fertile parkland.

The first stop in 2025 is Dunfermline Golf Club and the parkland course at Pitffirane. The tree lined course meanders along slightly undulating fairways offering the players a bit more cushion under foot and a totally different bounce.

EuroDov Reporter has had a look at the form book and the field and presented their predictions for the third OoM event of 2025.

That’s the second event of the season in the bag and the Kinghorn Classic didn’t disappoint. We had firm and fast fairways, super firm greens, enough weather to make it a challenge and a leaderboard that was up and down like an old-fashioned rollercoaster.

5 out of the top 6 players in the Order of Merit Standings held the lead at one point or another, but the man who was standing atop of both in the end was a familiar face in David McColgan.

We caught up with his three closest challengers in Paul Gowens, Richard Mair and Stevie Orr to get their views on proceedings out there.

The drive from St Andrews to Kinghorn is always met with great excitement. The tournament has been won by three players in four years, and the leaderboard is as predictable as the fairway bounce out there.

We had a highly competitive field at St Andrews for the opening event, and we knew that the form of the players would create an exciting atmosphere out on the course.

As ever Kinghorn was buffeted with a gentle breeze, not quite the hurricane conditions of years gone by, and the fairways and greens were baked hard and rolling fast – like really, really, fast!

The drive down the Fife coast from St Andrews to Kinghorn is glorious, and this year it was bathed in brilliant sunshine and just the lightest of breeze. Many a year have we made the trip in driving wind and rain and watched as the players took to the links from the comfort of the locker room.

However, in 2025, the players went to battle on a tough, firm and fast course that was going to test everyone’s game. We had it all as well, chip ins, and chip ins again, late runs up the leaderboard and late collapses as well. But when all was said and done it was a familiar face standing on the 18th green with trophy in hand, and following back-to-back runner-up spots to start the season, David McColgan had claimed back-to-back wins.

The EuroDov Tour enters 2025 on the back of 2 Carnegie Cup wins over the SanWedge Tour.

The Cup has become a marquee event on Tour with players scrambling to make the squad in what is the only event in the year where Tour allegiance is called upon.

After the final qualifying event we had 3 players through the Matchplay, 1 through the Montgomery, 3 through the points qualification and 4 captains picks.

EuroDov Reporter is going to take a deep dive on the 12-man squad in order of their qualification.

Mixed with the excitement of the St Andrews Open and the first event of the 2025 Order of Merit we also had the final qualifying round for the EuroDov Tour team for the 2025 Carnegie Cup.

Captain Andy Love already had Paul Gowens, David McColgan, Stuart Allan, Stuart Sutherland and Alan Duncan on the bus and post St Andrews Open Scott Gowens and Stevie Orr claimed their spots on the team.

With 8 players confirmed all eyes were on Andy Love to see who would get the 4 Captain’s picks and we can bring you the breaking news now.

With the St Andrews Open in the can the Tour makes its way down the Fife coast to the Old Tom Morris design Kinghorn Golf Course.

The Kinghorn Classic has been played at Kinghorn since its inception in 2021 and has been won by three different players in that time. McColgan won the first two tournaments before Stevie Orr set the tournament record with an incredibly 60 and in 2024 Stuart Sutherland built on his maiden win at the St Andrews Open to win two events on the trot.

To say Kinghorn is not the most favoured course on Tour is probably an understatement. We’ve had players flat out refuse to even tee it up choosing to forgo the ranking points rather than endure the round.

The opening weekend of the season feels like Christmas, Easter and any other good thing in life rolled into one.

We were delighted to get out on the course, but it was evident with the buzz around the first tee the players were even more delighted to be out there.

It was a great day for golf, and there were some great scores across the field, but in the end McColgan lifted his third St Andrews Open by 1 shot. But let’s find out what the players thought of the course, the competition and season ahead.

It was a picture-perfect day at the Home of Golf as the Tour dusted off the long winter months and prepared for the 2025 Order of Merit season.

The sun was shining, the links were firm and the greens fast as 12 of the 16-man field arrived on the first tee. David McColgan arrived as the favourite for the St Andrews Open and the James Braid Quaich, but EuroDov Reporter had Paul Gowens and Richard Mair hot on his heels in what is the tightest forecast for an Order of Merit season ever.

As the players stood on the first tee they were shielded by a gentle wind, that would help the players as they headed out to the estuary but would certainly be no help as they looped back round towards the clubhouse.

It is hard not to get excited about the start of the season, it’s even hard not to get excited when you’re blasting Taylor Swift out the speakers at full volume with the windows down and sunglasses on. We’re back…and we’re excited for the season ahead.

The field was welcomed with a firm and fast Eden Course, a change from conditions in recent years, and a welcome change at that. However, as the field teed off there was definitely a stiffening wind, that helped for the first three holes, but just waiting to bite back when the players turned.

It was a well fought event, with 6 of the 12 players holding the lead at some point through the day, but when all was said and done it there was a familiar name holding the trophy on the 18th green, yes David McColgan shot a 3-under par 67 to lift his third St Andrews Open, and the first event of the 2025 Order of Merit – we sat down with him to get his thoughts on the day gone by, and the season that lies ahead.

The drive to the North East corner of Fife is as famous as any on the EuroDov Tour. It’s an annual pilgrimage as sacred as any, a return to the Home of Golf.

The EuroDov Tour plays only once a year on this hallowed turf, an homage to the greats of the game and opportunity to write your name in the history of the Tour. 2025 marks the fifth St Andrews Open, and it is the one of only two regular season events on the Order of Merit that have been played at the same venue and the same time of year since it began.

In 2025 15 of the 16 players competing in the Order of Merit will be taking to the links with a total of 8 players with at least 1 OoM victory under their belt. In 2023 and 2024 we had first time winners at St Andrews will we be adding another, or will it be a familiar face again?

EuroDov Reporter has poured over the numbers and brings you their thoughts on who might be lifting the St Andrews Open come the end of play.

As the excitement builds towards the start of the 2025 EuroDov Tour season, all eyes might very well be on the Order of Merit. However, one of the toughest battles on the Tour is undoubtedly going to be fought out in Q-School, the Tour’s second tier season long competition that grants direct access to the Order of Merit for the victor and runner-up.

As the Tour continues to grow – thanks in part to co-sanctioned status with the SanWedge Tour – so too does Q-School and in 2025 we’ll see 6 players teeing it up with the ambition of joining the Order of Merit in 2026.

In 2024 it came down to the very last round to decide the outcome of promotion and EuroDov Reporter has been looking at the field to give their predictions on what might happen come August.

The end of March is always an exciting time on Tour, the EuroDov Cup is in the bag and the excitement levels are building as the first Order of Merit season looms on the horizon.

The drive to St Andrews in April has been accompanied with beautiful sunshine, hurricane winds and driving rain over the years, btu the excitement has never waned as the Tour’s most dedicated players start to plot their way to Scotland’s Golf Coast in August.

EuroDov Reporter has had their say on each individual players chances ahead of the 2025 season but where do the players all line up in their chances of winning the James Braid Quaich come August this year?

Let’s run through the full 16 right now.

Now we are into 2025, thoughts begin to turn to the start of the new season in April and whilst the EuroDov Cup, the season opening event and Major, is the first event of the calendar year, for many the St Andrews Open and the start of the Order of Merit is the signal the season is here.

Next up is Stuart Sutherland.

Sutherland took the Order of Merit and the Tour by storm in 2024. He lifted the first two events of year, St Andrews Open and Kinghorn Classic, as well as closing out the season with his maiden Major at the Montgomery Cup.

Now we are into 2025, thoughts begin to turn to the start of the new season in April and whilst the EuroDov Cup, the season opening event and Major, is the first event of the calendar year, for many the St Andrews Open and the start of the Order of Merit is the signal the season is here.

Next up is Stuart Allan.

Allan has been on the Order of Merit circuit since 2021, he’s won 3 events in 27 appearances with 16 top 5 finishes.

Now we are into 2025, thoughts begin to turn to the start of the new season in April and whilst the EuroDov Cup, the season opening event and Major, is the first event of the calendar year, for many the St Andrews Open and the start of the Order of Merit is the signal the season is here.

Next up is Stevie Orr.

Is there a bigger boom or bust player on Tour than two-time OoM event winner Stevie Orr?

Now we are into 2025, thoughts begin to turn to the start of the new season in April and whilst the EuroDov Cup, the season opening event and Major, is the first event of the calendar year, for many the St Andrews Open and the start of the Order of Merit is the signal the season is here.

Next up is Scott Gowens.

The unlikely winner of the 2024 Q-School Scott Gowens is in the Order of Merit in 2025 all off his own back. He played fantastic golf in 2024 to lift the Q-School plate and he needs to look at those performances and understand he belongs in the OoM.

Now we are into 2025, thoughts begin to turn to the start of the new season in April and whilst the EuroDov Cup, the season opening event and Major, is the first event of the calendar year, for many the St Andrews Open and the start of the Order of Merit is the signal the season is here.

Next up is Richard Mair.

He is the most decorated co-sanctioned player on Tour with three wins. It’s hard to say any player co-sanctioned or not is as steady as Richard.

Now we are into 2025, thoughts begin to turn to the start of the new season in April and whilst the EuroDov Cup, the season opening event and Major, is the first event of the calendar year, for many the St Andrews Open and the start of the Order of Merit is the signal the season is here.

Next up is Paul Gowens.

Well what do we say about Gowens, he’s a three time Order of Merit winner, a Harry Vardon Trophy winner and the winner of the Inchkeith Cup.

Now we are into 2025, thoughts begin to turn to the start of the new season in April and whilst the EuroDov Cup, the season opening event and Major, is the first event of the calendar year, for many the St Andrews Open and the start of the Order of Merit is the signal the season is here.

Next up is Kevin Brannan.

Brannan is one of the originals, playing the inaugural season in 2021. He saw out the 2024 season on the medical exemption list following a broken wrist, that saw him miss the Lochgelly-Forrester Open and the Tour Champs.

Now we are into 2025, thoughts begin to turn to the start of the new season in April and whilst the EuroDov Cup, the season opening event and Major, is the first event of the calendar year, for many the St Andrews Open and the start of the Order of Merit is the signal the season is here.

Next up is Joel Morrison.

Morrison makes his third appearance in the Order of Merit. He debuted in 2023 and recorded a respectable 8th place finish; his 2024 campaign was significantly curtailed making just four appearances and as such finished the season 14th.

We were just about finished drying out our undies as the players departed the 18th Green at Los Naranjos Golf Club at the conclusion of the 2025 EuroDov Cup.

It was three rounds, all markedly different in preparation, weather and challenge, but the field as ever had embraced it and put on a great show. Over the three days we had 5 different leaders , and final round that saw massive leads overturned, and players vying for the trophy right to the very last.

There was a certain degree of déjà vu as Gowens and McColgan battled it out down the 18th hole, and there was a huge degree of déjà vu when all was said and done and McColgan stood victorious for the 5th time in the EuroDov Cup.

The From the Locker Room Team rolled out of bed at an ungodly hour, jumped in the van and headed for Glasgow airport, the promise of sun and salubrious locker rooms replacing the cold, dark and dank winter locker rooms of West Fife was like a Siren’s Call.

How wrong we were…after 3 and half hours cooped up on a plane we arrived in Marbella to torrential rain, courses closed and players like drowned rats as they left the course. But, like the professionals we are, we hid in the locker room and stayed out of the rain, but we still brought you a review of the 2025 EuroDov Cup from start to finish.

It’s March, which means it’s time for the EuroDov Cup, which means the 2025 EuroDov Tour season is just around the corner.

It’s been a long, dark, cold, and did I mention long winter and after 197 days the Tour is back with the traditional season opening Major.

Now that the From the Locker Room team have brought you the breaking news of the EuroDov Tour’s newest tournament in 2025, let’s break down what it means as The Championships join the tournament rota.
Firstly, we’ve got 3 new tournaments, let’s look at them one by one.

It’s been a fairly quiet offseason for the team at From the Locker Room, there hasn’t been too much action to cover with courses frozen or flooded since the start of the year, so we were delighted when we got the call from EuroDov HQ to come down and have a chat.

It’s always a delight arriving at HQ but it's not often you are granted a sit down with the Secretary, and we’ve come to learn, when you are, it’s because something big is about to be announced. So, we all sat up, stiffened our backs and leaned in for the reveal.

Jim returns in 2025 after having to cut his season short in 2024 due to health issues. I think it’s an understatement to say that everyone is delighted to have him back and he is one of a few players who people are always happy to see on their tee time.

His laid-back approach to the game and his compete for fun makes him the perfect partner to walk the course with and to have him back on Tour is fantastic.

EuroDov Reporter has taken time to sit down and look at each individual player and assess their prospects ahead of 2025. So, sit back, and enjoy their reviews.

Next man up is 2024 Q-School graduate Greig Baxter.

Baxter joined the Tour in 2017 and has lifted two accolades in his time on Tour, the inaugural Anstruther Medal in 2021 but more importantly the 2019 EuroDov Cup in Cascais. He’s a seasoned competition golfer who knows how to handle himself around a course. In the Order of Merit he has considerable knowledge of Kinghorn, Burntisland and Canmore golf courses where he played his off-Tour golf for a number of years.

EuroDov Reporter has taken time to sit down and look at each individual player and assess their prospects ahead of 2025. So, sit back, and enjoy their reviews.

Denis Duncan is the sixth player to go under the spotlight.

Duncan is one of the original seven players who played in the 2021 Order of Merit and has racked up 25 appearances.

uroDov Reporter has taken time to sit down and look at each individual player and assess their prospects ahead of 2025. So, sit back, and enjoy their reviews.

Next up is David McColgan.

McColgan’s stats are off the charts when it comes to the Order of Merit, and the Tour in general. He’s won 10 Order of Merit events in 4 season, 4 James Braid Quaich’s, 3 Harry Vardon trophy’s and 1 Inchkeith Cup.