2020 European Tour
The 2020 European Tour is the 49th season of golf tournaments since the European Tour officially began in 1972 and the 12th edition of the Race to Dubai.
Changes from previous season[edit]
Schedule[edit]
With the addition of golf at the Olympic Games to the schedule in 2020, the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open was moved from its usual July spot to May in order to avoid a clash with the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational.
Due to the 2019 Hong Kong protests, the Honma Hong Kong Open, originally scheduled for 28 November – 1 December 2019 as a co-sanctioned event with the Asian Tour, was rescheduled for 9–12 January 2020 as an Asian Tour event without European Tour sanctioning.[1][2]
A decision was made by the European Tour in February 2020 that the Maybank Championship in Malaysia and the Volvo China Open would be postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak. These events are planned to take place later on in the schedule.[3]
Events[edit]
New: UK Event - TBC by European Tour, The Scandinavian Mixed replaces the Scandinavian Invitation as a co-sanctioned event with the Ladies European Tour; consisting of a field of 78 men and 78 women.
No longer part of the schedule: ISPS Handa World Super 6 Perth, Belgian Knockout
Removed for the 2020 season only: Honma Hong Kong Open
Slow play rules[edit]
From the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship onwards, new regulations were introduced which result in a player receiving a one-stroke penalty if he has two bad times in a tournament.[4]
Schedule[edit]
Official events[edit]
The following table lists official events for 2019–20.[5]
| Date (R4) |
Tournament | Host country | Winner | OWGR points |
Race to Dubai points |
Purse | Co-sanction | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong Open | Hong Kong | Postponed | 2,000 | $1,500,000 | ASA | Postponed due to protest violence; rescheduled to January 2020 without European Tour co-sanctioning.[1][2] | ||
| 1 Dec | Alfred Dunhill Championship | South Africa |  Pablo Larrazábal (5)
|
19 | 2,750 | €1,500,000 | AFR | |
| 8 Dec | AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open | Mauritius |  Rasmus Højgaard (1)
|
17 | 2,000 | €1,000,000 | AFR, ASA | |
| 22 Dec | Australian PGA Championship | Australia | .svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_(converted).svg.png){kind=small} Adam Scott (11)
|
20 | 2,000 | A$1,500,000 | ANZ | |
| 12 Jan | South African Open | South Africa |  Branden Grace (9)
|
32 | 2,000 | ZAR17,500,000 | AFR | Sunshine Tour flagship event |
| 19 Jan | Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship | UAE |  Lee Westwood (25)
|
50 | 7,000 | $7,000,000 | Rolex Series | |
| 26 Jan | Omega Dubai Desert Classic | UAE | Lucas Herbert (1)
|
48 | 4,250 | $3,250,000 | ||
| 2 Feb | Saudi International | Saudi Arabia |  Graeme McDowell (11)
|
48 | 4,250 | $3,500,000 | ||
| 9 Feb | ISPS Handa Vic Open | Australia | Min Woo Lee (1)
|
20 | 2,000 | A$1,600,000 | ANZ | |
| 23 Feb | WGC-Mexico Championship | Mexico |  Patrick Reed (3)
|
70 | 9,000 | $10,500,000 | World Golf Championships | |
| 1 Mar | Oman Open | Oman |  Sami Välimäki (1)
|
24 | 2,750 | $1,750,000 | ||
| 8 Mar | Commercial Bank Qatar Masters | Qatar | Jorge Campillo (2)
|
24 | 2,750 | $1,750,000 | ||
| TBD |
Magical Kenya Open | Kenya | Postponed | 2,000 | €1,100,000 | Postponed due to 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic[6] | ||
| TBD |
Hero Indian Open | India | Postponed | 2,750 | $1,750,000 | ASA | Postponed due to 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic[7] | |
| WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play | United States | Cancelled | 9,000 | $10,500,000 | World Golf Championships; Cancelled due to 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic | |||
| TBD |
Masters Tournament | United States | Postponed | 100 | 10,000 | $11,500,000 | Major championship; Postponed due to 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic | |
| TBD |
Maybank Championship | Malaysia | Postponed | 3,500 | $3,000,000 | ASA | Postponed due to 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic | |
| TBD |
Volvo China Open | China | Postponed | 3,500 | CNY20,000,000 | ASA | Postponed due to 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic | |
| TBD |
Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters | Spain | Postponed | 4,250 | €3,000,000 | Postponed due to 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic | ||
| TBD |
PGA Championship | United States | Postponed | 100 | 10,000 | $11,000,000 | Major championship; Postponed due to 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic | |
| 24 May | Made in Denmark | Denmark | 
|
4,250 | €3,000,000 | |||
| 31 May | Dubai Duty Free Irish Open | Ireland |
|
7,000 | $7,000,000 | Rolex Series | ||
| 7 Jun | Trophée Hassan II | Morocco |
|
3,500 | €2,500,000 | |||
| 14 Jun | Scandinavian Mixed | Sweden |
|
2,750 | €1,500,000 | LET | Field of 78 men and 78 women Ranking points based on finish among men. | |
| 21 Jun | U.S. Open | United States |
|
100 | 10,000 | $12,500,000 | Major championship | |
| 28 Jun | BMW International Open | Germany |
|
2,750 | €2,000,000 | |||
| 5 Jul | Open de France | France |
|
2,750 | €1,500,000 | |||
| 5 Jul | WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational | United States |
|
9,000 | $10,500,000 | World Golf Championships | ||
| 12 Jul | Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open | Scotland |
|
7,000 | $7,000,000 | Rolex Series | ||
| 19 Jul | The Open Championship | England |
|
100 | 10,000 | Major championship | ||
| 2 Aug | Betfred British Masters | England |
|
3,500 | $2,500,000 | |||
| 9 Aug | UK Event | tbc |
|
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| D+D Real Czech Masters | Czech Republic | Cancelled | 2,000 | €1,000,000 | Cancelled due to 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic[8] | |||
| 30 Aug | Omega European Masters | Switzerland |
|
3,500 | €2,500,000 | |||
| 6 Sep | Porsche European Open | Germany |
|
2,750 | €2,000,000 | |||
| 13 Sep | BMW PGA Championship | England |
|
64 | 7,000 | $7,000,000 | Flagship event Rolex Series | |
| 20 Sep | KLM Open | Netherlands |
|
2,750 | €2,000,000 | |||
| 4 Oct | Alfred Dunhill Links Championship | Scotland |
|
$5,000,000 | ||||
| 11 Oct | Italian Open | Italy |
|
7,000 | $7,000,000 | Rolex Series | ||
| 18 Oct | Mutuactivos Open de España | Spain |
|
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| 25 Oct | Portugal Masters | Portugal |
|
2,750 | €1,500,000 | |||
| 1 Nov | WGC-HSBC Champions | China |
|
9,000 | World Golf Championships | |||
| 8 Nov | Turkish Airlines Open | Turkey |
|
9,000 | $7,000,000 | Rolex Series | ||
| 15 Nov | Nedbank Golf Challenge | South Africa |
|
10,000 | $7,500,000 | Rolex Series | ||
| 22 Nov | DP World Tour Championship, Dubai | UAE |
|
12,000 | $8,000,000 | Tour Championship Rolex Series |
ASA = Asian Tour; ANZ = PGA Tour of Australasia; AFR = Sunshine Tour; LET = Ladies European Tour
Unofficial events[edit]
The following events appear on the schedule, but do not carry official money.
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Winner | OWGR points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 May | GolfSixes Cascais | Portugal | n/a | |
| 2 Aug | Olympic men's golf competition | Japan |
|
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| 27 Sep | Ryder Cup | United States |
|
n/a |
Location of tournaments[edit]
    Location of official tournaments of the 2020 European Tour in Europe.  Major Championship Rolex Series event Regular event
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.svg)    Location of official tournaments of the 2020 European Tour outside Europe. Major Championship World Golf Championship Rolex Series event Regular event
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Race to Dubai points leaders[edit]
Current Race to Dubai standings of top 10 players (through 2020 Qatar Masters):
| Pos. | Player | Majors | World Golf Ch. | Rolex Series | Top 10s in other ET events | Total pts |
Tmts | Money | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mas | PGA | USO | Opn | Mex | MP | Inv | Cha | Abu | Ire | Sco | PGA | Ita | Tur | Ned | Dub | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Regular (€) |
Bonus ($) | |||||||
| 1 | Patrick Reed
|
1st 1500 |
C A N C E L L E D |
• | 1,500 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Lee Westwood
|
T22 99 |
1st 1165 |
1,282 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Lucas Herbert
|
T58 30 |
T67 16 |
1st 710 |
830 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Graeme McDowell
|
T69 18 |
• | 1st 710 |
728 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Tommy Fleetwood
|
T18 110 |
T2 523 |
702 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Erik van Rooyen
|
T3 508 |
T12 108 |
667 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 |  Victor Perez
|
T53 34 |
T2 523 |
639 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout
|
T29 75 |
T59 21 |
2nd 472 |
637 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Branden Grace
|
T42 53 |
T17 89 |
T3 142 |
1st 335 |
618 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Pablo Larrazábal
|
64th 23 |
CUT 0 |
1st 460 |
T7 64 |
618 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Statement on the Hong Kong Open". PGA European Tour. 20 November 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
- ^ a b "Hong Kong Open rescheduled for January 2020". ESPN. 6 December 2019.
- ^ "Statement on the Maybank Championship and Volvo China Open". PGA European Tour. 14 February 2020.
- ^ Lavner, Ryan (22 January 2020). "Here's early evidence the Euro Tour's new pace-of-play policy works". Golf Channel. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ "The 2020 European Tour schedule". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
- ^ Gray, Will (6 March 2020). "European Tour cancels Kenya Open over coronavirus". Golf Channel. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ "Joint Statement on the Hero Indian Open". European Tour. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ^ ČTK (11 March 2020). "Golfové Czech Masters se letos neuskuteční. Pořadatelé akci s velkým předstihem odvolali" [Golf Czech Masters will not take place this year. The organizers cancelled the event long in advance]. iRozhlas.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 11 March 2020.
