2020 European Tour

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2020 European Tour season
Duration28 November 2019 (2019-11-28) – 13 December 2020 (2020-12-13)
Number of official events38[a]
Most wins2:
South Africa Christiaan Bezuidenhout
United States John Catlin
Denmark Rasmus Højgaard
England Sam Horsfield
Race to DubaiEngland Lee Westwood
Golfer of the YearEngland Lee Westwood
Seve Ballesteros AwardEngland Lee Westwood
Sir Henry Cotton rookie of the yearFinland Sami Välimäki
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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.

The COVID-19 pandemic had a major impact on the season, with many tournaments being rescheduled or cancelled. All four major championships were affected; The Open Championship was cancelled, and the Masters Tournament, U.S. Open and PGA Championship were moved to dates much later in the year.

After a three-month hiatus following the Qatar Masters in early March, the tour resumed with a much changed schedule in July. Two dual-ranking events in Austria were followed by six-tournament stretch in the United Kingdom and three tournaments in Spain and Portugal, with the rescheduled major events starting in late September.

On 13 August, it was announced that Alexander Lévy had become the first European Tour player to return a positive test for COVID-19. He and Romain Wattel, who had been in close contact with Lévy, were withdrawn from the field for the Celtic Classic.[1]

The Race to Dubai was won by Lee Westwood for the third time. He was also named Golfer of the Year for the fourth time,[2] with Sami Välimäki named Rookie of the Year.[3]

Planned changes from previous season[]

Rule changes[]

In order to combat slow play, from the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship onwards, regulations were introduced whereby a player would receive a one-stroke penalty for two bad times during a tournament.[4]

Scheduling changes[]

With the addition of golf at the Olympic Games to the schedule in 2020, the Irish Open was moved to May from its previous date in July in order to avoid a clash with the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, which had already been moved to avoid the Olympics. The Open de France was then scheduled opposite the WGC Invitational, and the British Masters was scheduled opposite the Olympics.[5]

In-season changes[]

Due to the 2019–20 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.[6][7]

The remainder of the schedule was severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • On 14 February, the Maybank Championship in Malaysia and the Volvo China Open were postponed.[8] Sponsors subsequently confirmed that the Maybank Championship had been cancelled.[9]
  • On 6 March, the Magical Kenya Open was postponed.[10]
  • On 11 March, the Hero Indian Open was postponed,[11] and the D+D Real Czech Masters was cancelled.[12]
  • On 13 March, the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play was cancelled.[13]
  • On 17 March, the Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters was postponed.[14]
  • On 19 March, the GolfSixes Cascais was cancelled and the Made in Denmark was postponed.[15] Organisers subsequently confirmed that the Made in Denmark had been cancelled.[16]
  • On 30 March, the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open was postponed.[17]
  • On 6 April, the Trophée Hassan II was postponed and the inaugural Scandinavian Mixed was cancelled.[18] The R&A also announced the cancellation of the Open Championship in 2020, and the seasons other major championships were rescheduled.[19][20]
  • On 16 April, the PGA Tour announced the rescheduling of several tournaments, including the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational.[21]
  • On 17 April, the BMW International Open and Open de France were cancelled, and the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open was postponed.[22]
  • On 1 May, the Omega European Masters was cancelled.[23]
  • On 28 May, the European Tour announced a revamp to the 2020 schedule including a 6-week "UK swing" in July and August, starting with the Betfred British Masters which was brought forward a week, finishing on 25 July. That would be followed by revivals of the English Open and the Wales Open, and three new tournaments: the English Championship, the Celtic Classic, and the UK Championship. In addition to this, four Rolex Series events were given rescheduled dates, with the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open and the BMW PGA Championship being pushed into October, and the Nedbank Golf Challenge and the season-ending DP World Tour Championship, Dubai being played in December.[24] It was also announced that the Porsche European Open had been cancelled.[25]
  • On 15 June, it was announced that both the European Tour and the Challenge Tour would return on 9 July with two consecutive dual-ranking events in Austria: the Austrian Open and the Euram Bank Open.[26]
  • On 3 July, it was announced that the Hero Indian Open had been cancelled.[27]
  • On 7 July, organisers announced the cancellation of the KLM Open.[28]
  • On 8 July, new dates were announced for the postponed Andalucía Masters; the Portugal Masters was also rescheduled, with both tournaments being held during September.[29] Later in the day, it was announced that the 43rd Ryder Cup matches had been postponed until 2021.[30]
  • On 10 July, new dates in November were announced for the Kenya Open, originally scheduled for March.[31] The Challenge Tour's Open de Portugal was also added to the schedule as a dual-ranking event; held in September following the Portugal Masters, the addition created a three event "Iberian Swing" starting with the Andalucía Masters.[32]
  • On 13 July, the cancellation of the Mutuactivos Open de España was announced after suitable dates could not be found in the revised schedule.[33]
  • On 27 July, the cancellation of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship was announced, with organisers citing complexities of accommodating the European Tour's COVID-19 safety plan given the event's scale as an international pro-am and its traditional use of three separate venues.[34][35]
  • On 14 August, the Irish Open was rescheduled to 24–27 September with a change of venue to Galgorm Castle in Northern Ireland and a reduced prize fund, which also meant the loss of its status as a Rolex Series event.[36]
  • On 17 August, it was announced that the previously rescheduled Scottish Open and the BMW PGA Championship had both been forward one week, such that they directly follow the Irish Open and create a second "UK swing".[37]
  • On 28 August, two Rolex Series events, the Turkish Airlines Open and the Nedbank Golf Challenge, were cancelled and a third, the Italian Open, was rescheduled and downgraded. Three new tournaments were also announced, to take place in mid to late October and early November: the Scottish Championship, extending the second UK Swing to four tournaments, and the Cyprus Open and the Cyprus Classic, the first tour events to be held in Cyprus.[38] On 12 October, the Cyprus Classic was renamed as the Cyprus Showdown with a novel elimination-style format.[39]
  • On 1 September, the cancellation of the 2020 edition of the WGC-HSBC Champions due to the COVID-19 pandemic was announced.[40]
  • On 10 September, the Kenya Open was cancelled; it had previously been postponed in March and rescheduled to November.[41]
  • On 16 September, it was announced that the Australian PGA Championship had been postponed, with the tournament provisionally rescheduled for February 2021. As such, it no longer forms part of the 2020 season schedule.[42] On 16 October, it was announced that it had been cancelled.[43]
  • On 20 October, it was announced that the Joburg Open had been added to the calendar; scheduled for the week following the Masters Tournament, it was last held in 2017.[44]
  • On 21 October, the Alfred Dunhill Championship was added to the schedule, creating a "South African Swing"; it was the second edition of the tournament during the 2020 season, the first having been held in November/December 2019.[45]
  • On 22 October, the three-week "South African Swing" was completed with the addition of the South African Open to the schedule; it was the second edition of the tournament during the 2020 season, the first having been held in January.[46]
  • On 9 November, a final adjustment to the schedule was made. The Golf in Dubai Championship was added as the penultimate event of the 2020 schedule, preceding the season ending DP World Tour Championship, Dubai.[47]

Tournament changes[]

  • Format change: the Scandinavian Invitation (formerly the Scandinavian Masters) became the Scandinavian Mixed, 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

Schedule[]

The following table lists official events during the 2020 season.[48]

Date Tournament Host country Purse R2D
points 		Winner[b] OWGR
points 		Other
tours[c] 		Notes
1 Dec Hong Kong Open Hong Kong – – Removed[d] – ASA
1 Dec Alfred Dunhill Championship South Africa €1,500,000 2,750 Spain Pablo Larrazábal (5) 19 AFR
8 Dec AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open Mauritius €1,000,000 2,000 Denmark Rasmus Højgaard (1) 17 AFR, ASA
22 Dec Australian PGA Championship Australia A$1,500,000 2,000 Australia Adam Scott (11) 20 ANZ
12 Jan South African Open South Africa R17,500,000 2,000 South Africa Branden Grace (9) 32 AFR[e]
19 Jan Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship UAE US$7,000,000 7,000 England Lee Westwood (25) 50 Rolex Series
26 Jan Omega Dubai Desert Classic UAE US$3,250,000 4,250 Australia Lucas Herbert (1) 48
2 Feb Saudi International Saudi Arabia US$3,500,000 4,250 Northern Ireland Graeme McDowell (11) 48
9 Feb ISPS Handa Vic Open Australia A$1,600,000 2,000 Australia Min Woo Lee (1) 20 ANZ
23 Feb WGC-Mexico Championship Mexico US$10,500,000 9,000 United States Patrick Reed (3) 70 World Golf Championship
1 Mar Oman Open Oman US$1,750,000 2,750 Finland Sami Välimäki (1) 24
8 Mar Commercial Bank Qatar Masters Qatar US$1,750,000 2,750 Spain Jorge Campillo (2) 24
22 Mar[f] Hero Indian Open India – – Cancelled – ASA
29 Mar[g] WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play United States – – Cancelled – World Golf Championship
19 Apr[f] Maybank Championship Malaysia – – Cancelled – ASA
26 Apr Volvo China Open China – – Postponed[h] – ASA
24 May[f] Made in Denmark Denmark – – Cancelled ���
7 Jun[f] Trophée Hassan II Morocco – – Cancelled –
14 Jun[g] Scandinavian Mixed Sweden – – Cancelled – LET Mixed event[i]
28 Jun[g] BMW International Open Germany – – Cancelled –
5 Jul[g] Open de France France – – Cancelled –
12 Jul[j] Austrian Open Austria €500,000 1,000 Scotland Marc Warren (4) 18 CHA Not played since 2018
18 Jul[j] Euram Bank Open Austria €500,000 1,000 France Joël Stalter (1) 18 CHA New to European Tour
19 Jul[g] The Open Championship England – – Cancelled – Major championship
25 Jul[k]
2 Aug 		Betfred British Masters England €1,250,000 2,000 Italy Renato Paratore (2) 24
2 Aug[j] Hero Open England €1,000,000 2,000 England Sam Horsfield (1) 24 New tournament
2 Aug[k]
5 Jul 		WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational United States US$10,500,000 9,000 United States Justin Thomas (3) 76 World Golf Championship
9 Aug[j] English Championship England €1,000,000 2,000 England Andy Sullivan (4) 24 New tournament
9 Aug[k]
17 May 		PGA Championship United States US$11,000,000 10,000 United States Collin Morikawa (1) 100 Major championship
16 Aug[j] Celtic Classic Wales €1,000,000 2,000 England Sam Horsfield (2) 24 New tournament
23 Aug[j] ISPS Handa Wales Open Wales €1,000,000 2,000 France Romain Langasque (1) 24 Not played since 2014
23 Aug[g] D+D Real Czech Masters Czech Republic – – Cancelled –
30 Aug[j] ISPS Handa UK Championship England €1,000,000 2,000 Denmark Rasmus Højgaard (2) 24 New tournament
30 Aug[g] Omega European Masters Switzerland – – Cancelled –
6 Sep[k]
3 May 		Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters Spain €1,250,000 2,000 United States John Catlin (1) 24
6 Sep[g] Porsche European Open Germany – – Cancelled –
13 Sep[k]
25 Oct 		Portugal Masters Portugal €1,000,000 2,000 South Africa George Coetzee (5) 24
20 Sep[k]
21 Jun 		U.S. Open United States US$12,500,000 10,000 United States Bryson DeChambeau (2) 100 Major championship
20 Sep[g] KLM Open Netherlands – – Cancelled –
20 Sep[j] Open de Portugal Portugal €500,000 1,000 South Africa Garrick Higgo (1) 18 CHA
27 Sep[k]
31 May 		Dubai Duty Free Irish Open Northern Ireland €1,250,000 2,000 United States John Catlin (2) 24 Rolex Series[l]
4 Oct[k]
12 Jul 		Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open Scotland US$7,000,000 7,000 England Aaron Rai (2) 36 Rolex Series
4 Oct[g] Alfred Dunhill Links Championship Scotland – – Cancelled –
11 Oct[k]
13 Sep 		BMW PGA Championship England US$7,000,000 7,000 England Tyrrell Hatton (5) 64 Flagship event
Rolex Series
18 Oct[g] Mutuactivos Open de España Spain – – Cancelled –
18 Oct[j] Scottish Championship Scotland €1,000,000 2,000 Spain Adrián Otaegui (3) 24 New tournament
25 Oct[k]
11 Oct 		Italian Open Italy €1,000,000 2,000 England Ross McGowan (2) 24 Rolex Series[l]
1 Nov[g] WGC-HSBC Champions China – – Cancelled – World Golf Championship
1 Nov[j] Aphrodite Hills Cyprus Open Cyprus €1,000,000 2,000 England Callum Shinkwin (1) 24 New tournament
8 Nov[g] Turkish Airlines Open Turkey – – Cancelled – Rolex Series
8 Nov[j] Aphrodite Hills Cyprus Showdown Cyprus €1,000,000 2,000 Scotland Robert MacIntyre (1) 24 New tournament
15 Nov[k]
12 Apr 		Masters Tournament United States US$11,500,000 10,000 United States Dustin Johnson (n/a) 100 Major championship
15 Nov[g]
15 Mar 		Magical Kenya Open Kenya – – Cancelled –
22 Nov[j] Joburg Open South Africa R19,500,000 2,000 Denmark Joachim B. Hansen (1) 19 AFR Not played since 2017
29 Nov[j] Alfred Dunhill Championship South Africa R29,000,000 2,750 South Africa Christiaan Bezuidenhout (2) 32 AFR[e]
5 Dec[j] Golf in Dubai Championship UAE US$1,200,000 2,000 France Antoine Rozner (1) 24 New tournament
6 Dec[g]
15 Nov 		Nedbank Golf Challenge South Africa – – Cancelled – AFR Rolex Series
6 Dec[f] Australian PGA Championship Australia – – Cancelled – ANZ
6 Dec[j] South African Open South Africa R19,500,000 2,000 South Africa Christiaan Bezuidenhout (3) 19 AFR
13 Dec[k]
22 Nov 		DP World Tour Championship, Dubai UAE US$8,000,000 12,000 England Matt Fitzpatrick (6) 46 Tour Championship
Rolex Series

Unofficial events[]

The following events were sanctioned by the European Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date Tournament Host country Purse Winner OWGR
points 		Notes
10 May[g] GolfSixes Cascais Portugal €1,000,000 Cancelled n/a Sixteen 2-man teams
2 Aug[m] Olympic Games Japan n/a Postponed –
27 Sep[m] Ryder Cup United States n/a Postponed n/a Two 12-man teams

Location of tournaments[]

The tournament locations below represent the original schedule, before any changes due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Race to Dubai[]

Final top 10 players in the Race to Dubai standings:[50]

Pos. Player Majors WGCs Rolex Series Top 10s in other ET events Total
pts 		Tmts Money
Opn PGA USO Mas WGC
Mex 		WGC
MP 		WGC
Inv 		WGC
Cha 		Abu Sco BMW
PGA 		Tur Ned DPW
TC 		1 2 3 Reg.
(€m) 		Bon.
($k)[51]
1 England Westwood C
A
N
C
E
L
L
E
D		 • T13
151		 T38
69 		T22
99		 C
A
N
C
E
L
L
E
D		 • C
A
N
C
E
L
L
E
D 		1st
1165		 T19
80		 T18
88		 C
A
N
C
E
L
L
E
D		 C
A
N
C
E
L
L
E
D		 2nd
1335 		T10
33		 3,128 15 2.3 500
2 England Fitzpatrick CUT
0		 CUT
0		 T46
54 		T37
63		 T6
226 		T2
523		 T42
41		 T7
180		 1st
2000


3,110 10 3.5 300
3 United States Reed T13
151		 T13
151		 T10
185 		1st
1500		 T47
48 		• • T3
394		 T3
676 		3,104 8 3.0 200
4 England Fleetwood T29
89		 CUT
0		 T19
119 		T18
110		 T35
63 		T2
523		 2nd
780		 T13
103		 T10
215 		T3
113		 2,183 11 1.7 150
5 United States Morikawa 1st
1665		 CUT
0		 T44
61 		T42
53		 T20
103 		• • • T10
215 		2,097 6 1.9 100
6 France Perez T22
105		 CUT
0		 T46
54 		T53
34		 T65
22 		T2
523		 T14
99		 2nd
780		 7th
359 		2,073 14 1.6
7 South Africa Bezuidenhout CUT
0		 55th
40		 T38
69 		T29
75		 T20
103 		T59
21		 CUT
0		 T40
46		 T14
157 		2nd
472		 1st
460		 1st
335 		1,875 17 1.1
8 England Rai • • • • • CUT
0		 1st
1165		 CUT
0		 T51
53 		T10
35		 2nd
222		 3rd
125 		1,741 17 1.3
9 England Hatton CUT
0		 CUT
0		 CUT
0 		T6
270		 T69
18 		• • 1st
1165		 T8
284 		1,737 7 1.4
10 South Africa Oosthuizen T33
79		 3rd
627		 T23
110 		T51
41		 T6
226 		5th
297		 • • • 2nd
222
1,646 8 1.6

UK Swing Order of Merit[]

With the return of the European Tour after the COVID-19 hiatus and as part of the new Golf for Good initiative – which underpinned all events for the remainder of the 2020 season – a mini Order of Merit ran for all six events in the "UK Swing", with the top ten players sharing an additional £250,000 to donate to charities of their choice.[52] The top ten, not otherwise exempt, from the standings of the UK Swing Order of Merit after the first five events received entry into the 2020 U.S. Open.[53]

Final UK Swing Order of Merit standings.[52]

Pos. Player Event Total
pts 		Tmts Donation
(£)
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Denmark Rasmus Højgaard 2nd
222 		T6
56 		3rd
125 		• • 1st
335 		738 4 60,000
2 England Sam Horsfield T10
36 		1st
335 		CUT
0 		1st
335 		T44
10 		• 716 5 50,000
3 England Andy Sullivan T4
85 		T41
12 		1st
335 		T47
9 		• T9
42 		483 5 40,000
4 Belgium Thomas Detry CUT
0 		2nd
222 		T56
7 		2nd
222 		• • 451 4 30,000
5 Italy Renato Paratore 1st
335 		T28
18 		T34
14 		CUT
0 		T27
17 		• 384 5 20,000
6 France Romain Langasque T53
7 		T57
6 		T26
18 		• 1st
335 		CUT
0 		367 5 10,000
7 Finland Sami Välimäki CUT
0 		• • T6
56 		2nd
222 		• 278 3
8 Spain Adrián Otaegui T35
15 		CUT
0 		2nd
222 		T14
27 		T37
14 		• 277 5
9 South Africa Justin Walters CUT
0 		CUT
0 		CUT
0 		T39
13 		CUT
0 		2nd
222 		235 6
10 England Matthew Jordan T17
25 		CUT
0 		CUT
0 		T47
9 		T3
113 		T19
23 		170 6

The leading players in the points standings following the ISPS Handa Wales Open, who qualified for 2020 U.S. Open, were as follows:

Awards[]

Award Winner Ref.
European Tour Golfer of the Year England Lee Westwood [2]
The Seve Ballesteros Award England Lee Westwood [54]
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year Finland Sami Välimäki [3]

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ A further twenty-two tournaments were scheduled but they were either cancelled, postponed or otherwise removed from the schedule.
  2. ^ The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names show the number of official career wins they had on the European Tour up to and including that event. Totals are only shown for members of the European Tour and are inclusive of the three United States-based major championships which were included on the schedule for the first time in 1998, with earlier editions having retrospectively been recognised as official tour wins. Victories in "Approved Special Events" are not recognised as official tour wins.
  3. ^ AFR − Sunshine Tour; ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; ASA − Asian Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour; LET − Ladies European Tour.
  4. ^ Postponed due to protest violence;[6] rescheduled to January 2020 without European Tour co-sanctioning.[7]
  5. ^ a b Sunshine Tour flagship event
  6. ^ a b c d e Initially postponed and then later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  8. ^ Originally postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic; rescheduled to December 2020 as a China Tour event.[49]
  9. ^ Field of 78 men and 78 women playing from different sets of tees. Tour ranking and world ranking points based on finish among men's field only.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Tournament added to the schedule as part of changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  12. ^ a b Tournament had Rolex Series event status removed following rescheduling with reduced prize money.
  13. ^ a b Postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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