2021 European Tour
| Duration | 21 January 2021 – 21 November 2021 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 40 (3 postponed) |
← 2020 2022 → | |
The 2021 European Tour is the 50th season of golf tournaments since the European Tour officially began in 1972 and the 13th 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 Aberdeen Standard Investments 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]
- ^ 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; ANZ – PGA Tour of Australasia; AFR – Sunshine Tour; CHA – Challenge Tour (dual-ranking); LET – Ladies European Tour; LPGA – LPGA 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 postponement of the Open de France.[9]
- ^ Ranking points based on finish among men's field only.
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 | 
|
60-player field | |
| 26 Sep | Ryder Cup | United States |
|
n/a | Two 12-man teams |
Location of tournaments
      Location of tournaments in Europe.  Major championship Flagship event Rolex Series event Regular event |
.svg)     Location of tournaments outside Europe. Major championship World Golf Championships Rolex Series event Regular event Unofficial event
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Race to Dubai points leaders
Top 10 players in the Race to Dubai standings through 30 May (Made in HimmerLand):[11]
| 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 | 5 | Regular (€) |
Bonus ($) | |||||||||||
| 1 |  Billy Horschel
|
T50 47 |
T23 102 |
T2 596 |
1st 1335 |
• | 2,080 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 |  Tyrrell Hatton
|
T18 124 |
T38 67 |
T22 85 |
T56 26 |
1st 1335 |
T6 119 |
1,803 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Collin Morikawa
|
T18 124 |
T8 181 |
1st 1335 |
T56 26 |
• | 1,675 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Will Zalatoris
|
2nd 1113 |
T8 181 |
T22 85 |
T28 64 |
• | 1,443 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Paul Casey
|
T26 92 |
T4 394 |
• | T28 64 |
• | 1st 710 |
1,323 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 |  Louis Oosthuizen
|
T26 92 |
T2 870 |
T6 240 |
T61 22 |
• | 1,224 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 |  Jason Scrivener
|
• | T23 102 |
T41 52 |
• | 2nd 889 |
T3 142 |
1,212 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Garrick Higgo
|
• | T64 23 |
• | • | CUT 0 |
T4 85 |
1st 460 |
T8 59 |
1st 460 |
1,134 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 |  Guido Migliozzi
|
• | • | • | • | CUT 0 |
T2 149 |
2nd 389 |
2nd 305 |
989 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 |  Viktor Hovland
|
T21 111 |
T30 81 |
T2 596 |
T42 41 |
• | T6 119 |
949 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
See also
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.
- ^ "Tenerife Championship added to 2021 schedule". European Tour. 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ Stafford, Ali (7 April 2021). "European Tour: Open de France postponed at Le Golf National due to Covid-19 restrictions". Sky Sports. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ "Rankings – Race to Dubai". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 30 May 2021.