Order of Merit Honours
The year long order of Merit was first played for in 2021.
The 8 stage event is competed for over 7 tournaments, with players awarded points based on their respective finishing places in each tournament and the winner of the Order of Merit is the player with the most accumulated points over the entire season.
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Throughout the season players will have the chance to win individual Tour Events and etch their name in the history of the EuroDov Tour. Below are the Honours available in the Order of Merit.
Order of Merit Events
Players have the chance to win 6 18 hole events and 1 36 hole event throughout the Order of merit Season. The winner of the event will take home the Silver Salver and most importantly 1000 points in the Order of Merit race.
Should players be tied 1st at the end of 18 holes a 9 hole countback will be used to determine the winner of the event (6 hole, 3 hole and final hole countback will also be used if needed). However any ties in the tournament will see points halved between players.
Harry Vardon Trophy
The Harry Vardon Trophy is awarded to the best average net scored over the 8 18 hole rounds played in the Order of Merit.
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Named after one third of the Great Triumvirate, Harry Vardon, he won 6 Open Championships (the most of the the three players) a record that still stands today. He also won the US Open in 1900 and was runner up in 1913 & 1920.
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He was classed as the first golfing superstar since Old Tom Morris and was the first golfing superstar in the age of mass produced news. He won 48 tournaments and played in the first match at Gleneagles between GB & USA which is classed as the first Ryder Cup.
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He is was and is still considered as one of the most consistent golfers and is the Father of the Vardon Grip, or as most know it now the over-lapping grip standard amongst golfers today.
James Braid Quaich
The James Braid Quaich is awarded to the overall winner of the Order of Merit.
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James Braid was born in Elie, Fife, and was one third of the Great triumvirate. Between 1894-1914 the three players combined won 16 out of the 21 Opens contested. Braid won 5 in 9 years and finished second in 3 of the other 4.
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Until Harrington won the Open back to back in 07/08 Braid was the last European player to do it in 1905/06.
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After his playing days he was a renowned architect and is credited as the Father of the 'dogleg' hole. He designed or re-routed over 411 courses in the UK his most famous being the King's and Queen's courses at Gleneagles which he designed from scratch.
Inchkeith Trophy
Inchkeith Island sits exactly halfway between the two shorelines of Fife and Edinburgh and for years was the site of constant struggle by invading armies and navies. Now an abandoned island it sits prominently in the Forth and can be seen from Kinghorn, Burntisland and Aberdour home of the Kinghorn Classic, Dodhead Invitational & The Mearns Castle Memorial events respectively.
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Introduced in 2022 the Inchkeith Trophy will be awarded to the player with the best aggregate score over these three events (usually held April, May and June respectively.)