The phrase "a former tour" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a tour that has taken place in the past, often in contexts related to travel, performances, or exhibitions.
Example: "The band is currently on their latest tour, but they still reminisce about a former tour that took them across Europe."
Alternatives: "an earlier tour" or "a previous tour".
Her mother, a former tour player, was her coach — and still is.
In 1999, the Italian star Marco Pantani, a former Tour de France and Giro winner, was still racing.
Don't necessarily take the word of a former Tour champion like Greg LeMond, who has criticized Armstrong in recent days.
"His feet are turned straight out," says Ty Murray, a bull-riding legend and a former tour president.
The ambiguities perhaps capture well what some call France's "Raymond Poulidor syndrome," after a former Tour de France cyclist who never won a race but never gave up.
Assessing Woods's state of mind Friday, the Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee, a former tour player, said he believed Woods was "emotionally and psychologically bankrupt".
As a former tour-guide at Mormon historic sites, I have encountered more than one fundamentalist Mormon family in which the strutting husband seems to regard his flock of servile wives like glorified property.
Doyle, an Australian former tour player based in Austin, Tex., worked with Harrison part time for most of 2011 and took over full-time duties last November.
He has written and translated many articles and is also a blogger and former tour guide.
Ten Broeck, a 53-year-old former tour regular, shot an even-par 70 before toting Jesper Parnevik's bag.
"If you're in a band that's still running on the fumes of the 80's and playing at small venues, then you may be dealing with people at those places who have limited experience working with different production requirements," said Ashley Kahn, an author and former tour manager for Britney Spears and Paul Simon.
