2021 European Tour
Duration | 21 January 2021 | – 21 November 2021
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Number of official events | 40[a] |
Most wins | 3: Collin Morikawa |
Race to Dubai | Collin Morikawa |
Sir Henry Cotton rookie of the year | Matti Schmid |
← 2020 2022 → |
The 2021 European Tour was the 50th season of golf tournaments since the European Tour officially began in 1972 and the 13th and final edition of the Race to Dubai.
Following a heavily disrupted 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a new look to the calendar announced in December 2020, with tournaments being scheduled in groups based on location.[1] The Rolex Series was also reduced to just four tournaments - the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, the Abrdn Scottish Open, the BMW PGA Championship and the season ending DP World Tour Championship, Dubai.[2]
Schedule[]
The following table lists official events during the 2021 season.[3]
Date | Tournament | Host country | Winner[b] | OWGR points[c] |
R2D points |
Purse | Other tours[d] |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
24 Jan | Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship | UAE | Tyrrell Hatton (6) | 48 | 8,000 | $8,000,000 | Rolex Series event | |
31 Jan | Omega Dubai Desert Classic | UAE | Paul Casey (15) | 48 | 4,250 | $3,250,000 | ||
7 Feb | Saudi International | Saudi Arabia | Dustin Johnson (n/a) | 54 | 4,250 | $3,500,000 | ||
28 Feb | WGC-Workday Championship | United States[e] | Collin Morikawa (2) | 74 | 8,000 | $10,500,000 | World Golf Championships | |
Oman Open | Oman | Postponed[6] | – | – | – | |||
14 Mar | Commercial Bank Qatar Masters | Qatar | Antoine Rozner (2) | 24 | 2,000 | $1,500,000 | ||
21 Mar | Magical Kenya Open | Kenya | Justin Harding (2) | 24 | 2,000 | €1,000,000 | ||
26 Mar | Kenya Savannah Classic | Kenya | Daniel van Tonder (1) | 24 | 2,000 | €1,000,000 | ||
28 Mar | WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play | United States | Billy Horschel (1) | 76 | 8,000 | $10,500,000 | World Golf Championships | |
11 Apr | Masters Tournament | United States | Hideki Matsuyama (n/a) | 100 | 10,000 | $11,500,000 | Major championship | |
18 Apr | Austrian Golf Open[f] | Austria | John Catlin (3) | 24 | 2,000 | €1,000,000 | ||
25 Apr | Gran Canaria Lopesan Open | Spain | Garrick Higgo (2) | 24 | 2,750 | €1,500,000 | New tournament | |
2 May[g] |
Tenerife Open | Spain | Dean Burmester (2) | 24 | 2,750 | €1,500,000 | ||
Open de France | France | Cancelled[9] | – | – | – | |||
9 May | Canary Islands Championship[h] | Spain | Garrick Higgo (3) | 24 | 2,750 | €1,500,000 | New tournament | |
15 May | Betfred British Masters | England | Richard Bland (1) | 24 | 3,500 | £1,850,000 | ||
23 May | PGA Championship | United States | Phil Mickelson (n/a) | 100 | 10,000 | $12,000,000 | Major championship | |
30 May | Made in HimmerLand | Denmark | Bernd Wiesberger (8) | 24 | 2,750 | €1,500,000 | ||
7 Jun | Porsche European Open | Germany | Marcus Armitage (1) | 24 | 2,000 | €1,200,000 | ||
13 Jun | Scandinavian Mixed | Sweden | Jonathan Caldwell (1) | 24 | 2,000 | €1,000,000 | LET | Mixed event[i] |
20 Jun | U.S. Open | United States | Jon Rahm (7) | 100 | 10,000 | $12,500,000 | Major championship | |
27 Jun | BMW International Open | Germany | Viktor Hovland (1) | 24 | 2,750 | €1,500,000 | ||
4 Jul | Dubai Duty Free Irish Open | Republic of Ireland | Lucas Herbert (2) | 28 | 4,250 | €3,000,000 | ||
11 Jul | Abrdn Scottish Open | Scotland | Min Woo Lee (2) | 56 | 8,000 | $8,000,000 | Rolex Series event | |
18 Jul | The Open Championship | England | Collin Morikawa (3) | 100 | 10,000 | $11,500,000 | Major championship | |
25 Jul | Cazoo Open | Wales | Nacho Elvira (1) | 24 | 2,000 | €1,250,000 | ||
1 Aug | ISPS Handa World Invitational | Northern Ireland | Daniel Gavins (1) | 24 | 2,000 | $1,500,000 | New to European Tour Opposite the Olympic Games | |
8 Aug | Hero Open | Scotland | Grant Forrest (1) | 24 | 2,000 | €1,250,000 | ||
8 Aug | WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational | United States | Abraham Ancer (1) | 74 | 8,000 | $10,500,000 | World Golf Championships | |
15 Aug | Cazoo Classic | England | Calum Hill (1) | 24 | 2,000 | €1,250,000 | Not played since 2002 | |
22 Aug | D+D Real Czech Masters | Czech Republic | Johannes Veerman (1) | 24 | 2,000 | €1,000,000 | ||
29 Aug | Omega European Masters | Switzerland | Rasmus Højgaard (3) | 24 | 2,750 | €2,000,000 | ||
5 Sep | DS Automobiles Italian Open | Italy | Nicolai Højgaard (1) | 28 | 4,250 | €3,000,000 | ||
12 Sep | BMW PGA Championship | England | Billy Horschel (2) | 64 | 8,000 | $8,000,000 | Flagship event; Rolex Series event | |
19 Sep | Dutch Open | Netherlands | Kristoffer Broberg (2) | 24 | 2,000 | €1,000,000 | ||
3 Oct | Alfred Dunhill Links Championship | Scotland | Danny Willett (8) | 30 | 5,500 | $5,000,000 | ||
10 Oct | Acciona Open de España | Spain | Rafa Cabrera-Bello (4) | 24 | 2,750 | €1,500,000 | ||
17 Oct | Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters | Spain | Matt Fitzpatrick (7) | 30 | 4,250 | €3,000,000 | ||
Trophée Hassan II | Morocco | Cancelled[11] | – | – | – | |||
24 Oct | Mallorca Golf Open[j] | Spain | Jeff Winther (1) | 24 | 2,000 | €1,000,000 | New tournament | |
Hero Indian Open | India | Cancelled[13] | – | – | – | ASA | ||
WGC-HSBC Champions | China | Cancelled[14] | – | – | – | World Golf Championships | ||
Volvo China Open | China | Removed[k] | – | – | – | |||
7 Nov |
Portugal Masters[l] | Portugal | Thomas Pieters (5) | 24 | 2,750 | €1,500,000 | ||
Nedbank Golf Challenge | South Africa | Cancelled[16] | – | – | – | AFR | ||
14 Nov | Aviv Dubai Championship | UAE | Joachim B. Hansen (2) | 24 | 2,000 | $1,500,000 | ||
21 Nov | DP World Tour Championship, Dubai | UAE | Collin Morikawa (4) | 46 | 12,000 | $9,000,000 | Tour Championship; Rolex Series event |
Unofficial events[]
The following table lists unofficial events during the 2021 season.
Date | Tournament | Host country | Winner | OWGR points |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 Aug | Olympic Games | Japan | Xander Schauffele | 50 | 60-player field |
26 Sep | Ryder Cup | United States | Team USA | n/a | Two 12-man teams |
Location of tournaments[]
Race to Dubai points leaders[]
Final top 10 players in the Race to Dubai standings:[17]
Pos. | Player | Majors | WGCs | Rolex Series | Top 10s in other ET events | Total pts |
Tmts | Money | ||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mas | PGA | USO | Opn | Wrk | MP | Inv | Cha | Abu | Sco | BMW | Dub | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Reg. (€m) |
Bon. ($m) | |||||||||||
1 | Morikawa | T18 124 |
T8 181 |
T4 425 |
1st 1665 |
1st 1335 |
T56 26 |
T26 77 |
C A N C E L L E D |
• | T71 15 |
• | 1st 2000 |
5,856 | 10 | 6.8 | 2.0 | |||||||||||
2 | Horschel | T50 47 |
T23 102 |
CUT 0 |
T53 37 |
T2 596 |
1st 1335 |
T17 98 |
• | T54 29 |
1st 1335 |
T32 96 |
3,716 | 11 | 3.7 | 1.2 | ||||||||||||
3 | Rahm | T5 387 |
T8 181 |
1st 1665 |
T3 564 |
T32 66 |
T5 265 |
• | • | 7th 240 |
• | • | 3,403 | 9 | 3.6 | (0.7)[m] | ||||||||||||
4 | Fitzpatrick | T34 77 |
T23 102 |
T55 37 |
T26 93 |
T11 138 |
T18 90 |
T57 26 |
CUT 0 |
T2 695 |
T20 91 |
T2 1044 |
1st 710 |
3,157 | 14 | 2.5 | 0.6 | |||||||||||
5 | Hatton | T18 124 |
T38 67 |
CUT 0 |
CUT 0 |
T22 85 |
T56 26 |
T17 98 |
1st 1335 |
T18 93 |
CUT 0 |
T16 156 |
T6 119 |
T2 479 |
2,628 | 14 | 2.1 | 0.5 | ||||||||||
6 | M. W. Lee | • | • | • | CUT 0 |
T28 73 |
• | 62nd 22 |
CUT 0 |
1st 1335 |
CUT 0 |
T16 156 |
T2 369 |
T8 59 |
T4 79 |
2,343 | 21 | 1.8 | ||||||||||
7 | Casey | T26 92 |
T4 394 |
T7 221 |
T15 138 |
• | T28 64 |
T5 286 |
• | • | • | T9 218 |
1st 710 |
6th 70 |
2,272 | 11 | 1.8 | |||||||||||
8 | N. Højgaard | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | T20 91 |
T4 555 |
T7 46 |
T4 100 |
1st 710 |
T2 205 |
1,954 | 22 | 1.2 | |||||||||
9 | MacIntyre | T12 152 |
T49 45 |
T35 74 |
T8 214 |
T61 22 |
T9 138 |
T15 115 |
T16 98 |
T18 93 |
CUT 0 |
T4 555 |
3rd 266 |
T8 79 |
1,951 | 19 | 1.5 | |||||||||||
10 | Ancer | T26 92 |
T8 181 |
CUT 0 |
T59 28 |
T18 98 |
T18 90 |
1st 1335 |
• | • | • | T27 112 |
1,950 | 10 | 2.1 |
Awards[]
Award | Winner | Ref. |
---|---|---|
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year | Matti Schmid | [18] |
See also[]
- 2021 in golf
- 2021 Challenge Tour
- 2021 European Senior Tour
- 2021 Ladies European Tour
- 2020–21 PGA Tour
- 2021–22 PGA Tour
Notes[]
- ^ A further seven tournaments were scheduled but they were either cancelled, postponed or otherwise removed from the schedule.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Except for the major championships, which have fixed points allocations, points listed for tournaments that have not been completed are official projections based on the expected field and/or minimum points allocations. Final allocations are usually published the day after completion of all tournaments eligible for ranking points that week.[4]
- ^ Several tournaments are hosted under co-sanctioning agreements with other tours: ASA − Asian Tour; AFR − Sunshine Tour; LET − Ladies European Tour.
- ^ Moved from Mexico due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]
- ^ Added to the schedule following the postponement of the Portugal Masters.[7]
- ^ Rescheduled following the postponement of the Portugal Masters.[8]
- ^ Added to the schedule following the cancellation of the Open de France.[10]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Event added to the schedule in September in place of the Trophée Hassan II, which was cancelled earlier in the year.[12]
- ^ Event will proceed as a sole-sanctioned China Tour event.[12]
- ^ Postponed from April to November due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8][12][15]
- ^ By missing the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai, Rahm was not eligible for the bonus pool.
References[]
- ^ Carter, Iain (15 December 2020). "European Tour: 18 tournaments return to 2021 schedule". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ "Rolex Series reduced to 4 golf events for 2021 European Tour". ESPN. Associated Press. 15 December 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ "European Tour Schedule". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ "Events | European Tour | 2021". Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ Schupak, Adam (14 January 2021). "WGC-Mexico Championship moves to The Concession in Florida due to COVID-19 concerns". Golfweek. USA Today. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ "European Tour's Oman Open postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic". ESPN. Associated Press. 29 January 2021.
- ^ "Austrian Golf Open added to 2021 European Tour schedule". European Tour. 23 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
- ^ a b Stafford, Ali (19 March 2021). "European Tour: Portugal Masters to be postponed and replaced with new event due to Covid-19". Sky Sports. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ Stafford, Ali (4 November 2021). "European Tour: Open de France returns to Le Golf National in 2022". European Tour. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- ^ "Tenerife Championship added to 2021 schedule". European Tour. 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ "European Tour statement on the Trophée Hassan II". European Tour. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ a b c "China Open removed, Portugal Masters added to European Tour". AP News. Associated Press. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ "Indian Open golf cancelled due to COVID, once again". Olympics. 3 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- ^ Harig, Bob (31 August 2021). "PGA may ban fans for 'Brooksy' taunts in wake of Bryson Dechambeau-Brooks Koepka drama". ESPN.
- ^ "Portugal Masters added to 2021 European Tour schedule". European Tour. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- ^ "Nedbank Golf Challenge cancelled for second year in a row". News24. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "Rankings – Race to Dubai". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
- ^ "Matti Schmid wins Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year Award". Gulf News. 7 December 2021.
External links[]
- European Tour seasons
- 2021 in golf