2020 European Tour
| Duration | 28 November 2019 – 13 December 2020 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 51 (16 postponed or cancelled) |
← 2019 2021 → | |
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.
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.[1]
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.[2]
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
In-season changes
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.[3][4]
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.[5]
- On 6 March, the Magical Kenya Open was postponed.[6]
- On 11 March, the Hero Indian Open was postponed,[7] and the D+D Real Czech Masters was cancelled.[8]
- On 13 March, the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play was cancelled.[9]
- On 17 March, the Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters was postponed.[10]
- On 19 March, the GolfSixes Cascais was cancelled and the Made in Denmark was postponed.[11]
- On 30 March, the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open was postponed.[12]
- On 6 April, the Trophée Hassan II was postponed and the inaugural Scandinavian Mixed was cancelled.[13] The R&A also announced the cancellation of the Open Championship in 2020, and the seasons other major championships were rescheduled.[14][15]
- On 16 April, the PGA Tour announced the rescheduling of several tournaments, including the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational.[16]
- On 17 April, the BMW International Open and Open de France were cancelled, and the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open was postponed.[17]
- On 1 May, the Omega European Masters was cancelled.[18]
- On 28 May, the European Tour announced a revamp to the 2020 schedule including a 6-week "UK swing" in July and August. The first tournament of this swing is to be the Betfred British Masters which has been brought forward a week, finishing on 25 July. Following this will be 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 have been 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.[19] It was also announced that the Porsche European Open had been cancelled.[20]
- 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.[21]
Official events
The following table lists official events for 2019–20.[22]
| Date (R4) |
Tournament | Host country | Winner[a] | OWGR points[23] |
Race to Dubai points |
Purse | Other tours[b] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong Open | Hong Kong | Postponed | 2,000 | $1,500,000 | ASA | |||
| 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 |  Adam Scott (11)
|
20 | 2,000 | A$1,500,000 | ANZ | |
| 12 Jan | South African Open[d] | South Africa |  Branden Grace (9)
|
32 | 2,000 | ZAR17,500,000 | AFR | |
| 19 Jan | Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship | UAE |  Lee Westwood (25)
|
50 | 7,000 | $7,000,000 | Rolex Series event | |
| 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 | |||
| TBD |
Hero Indian Open | India | Postponed | 2,750 | $1,750,000 | ASA | ||
| WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play | United States | Cancelled | – | 9,000 | $10,500,000 | World Golf Championships | ||
| TBD |
Maybank Championship | Malaysia | Postponed | 3,500 | $3,000,000 | ASA | ||
| TBD |
Volvo China Open | China | Postponed | 3,500 | CNY20,000,000 | ASA | ||
| TBD |
Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters | Spain | Postponed | 4,250 | €3,000,000 | |||
| TBD |
Made in Denmark | Denmark | Postponed | 4,250 | €3,000,000 | |||
| TBD |
Dubai Duty Free Irish Open | Ireland | Postponed | 7,000 | $7,000,000 | Rolex Series event | ||
| TBD |
Trophée Hassan II | Morocco | Postponed | 3,500 | €2,500,000 | |||
| Scandinavian Mixed | Sweden | Cancelled | – | 2,750 | €1,500,000 | LET | Field of 78 men and 78 women[g] | |
| BMW International Open | Germany | Cancelled | – | 2,750 | €2,000,000 | |||
| Open de France | France | Cancelled | – | 2,750 | €1,500,000 | |||
| 12 Jul | Austrian Open | Austria | 
|
1,000 | €500,000 | Not played since 2018; dual-ranking event with the Challenge Tour | ||
| 18 Jul | Euram Bank Open | Austria |
|
1,000 | €500,000 | New to European Tour; dual-ranking event with the Challenge Tour | ||
| The Open Championship | England | Cancelled | – | 10,000 | Major championship | |||
| 25 Jul |
Betfred British Masters | England |
|
€1,250,000 | ||||
| 2 Aug |
WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational | United States |
|
$10,500,000 | World Golf Championships | |||
| 2 Aug | English Open | England |
|
€1,000,000 | Not played since 2002 | |||
| 9 Aug |
PGA Championship | United States |
|
100 | $11,000,000 | Major championship | ||
| 9 Aug | English Championship | England |
|
€1,000,000 | New tournament | |||
| 16 Aug | Celtic Classic | Wales |
|
€1,000,000 | New tournament | |||
| 23 Aug | Wales Open | Wales |
|
€1,000,000 | Not played since 2014 | |||
| D+D Real Czech Masters | Czech Republic | Cancelled | – | 2,000 | €1,000,000 | |||
| 30 Aug | UK Championship | England |
|
€1,000,000 | New tournament | |||
| Omega European Masters | Switzerland | Cancelled | – | 3,500 | €2,500,000 | |||
| Porsche European Open | Germany | Cancelled | – | 2,750 | €2,000,000 | |||
| 20 Sep | KLM Open | Netherlands |
|
2,750 | €2,000,000 | |||
| 20 Sep |
U.S. Open | United States |
|
100 | 10,000 | $12,500,000 | Major championship | |
| 4 Oct | Alfred Dunhill Links Championship | Scotland |
|
$5,000,000 | ||||
| 11 Oct |
Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open | Scotland | Rolex Series event | |||||
| 11 Oct | Italian Open | Italy |
|
7,000 | $7,000,000 | Rolex Series event | ||
| 18 Oct |
BMW PGA Championship | England |
|
64 | Flagship event; Rolex Series event | |||
| 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 event | ||
| 15 Nov |
Masters Tournament | United States |
|
100 | 10,000 | $11,500,000 | Major championship | |
| 6 Dec |
Nedbank Golf Challenge | South Africa |
|
AFR | Rolex Series event | |||
| 13 Dec |
DP World Tour Championship, Dubai | UAE |
|
Tour Championship; Rolex Series event |
- ^ 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.
- ^ Several tournaments are hosted under co-sanctioning agreements with other tours: ASA – Asian Tour; ANZ – PGA Tour of Australasia; AFR – Sunshine Tour; LET – Ladies European Tour
- ^ Postponed due to protest violence;[3] rescheduled to January 2020 without European Tour co-sanctioning.[4]
- ^ Sunshine Tour flagship event
- ^ a b c d e f g h Postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
- ^ Ranking points based on finish among men's field only.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Rescheduled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Unofficial events
The following events appear on the schedule, but do not carry official money.
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Winner | OWGR points |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GolfSixes Cascais | Portugal | Cancelled | n/a | Sixteen 2-man teams Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | |
| Olympic men's golf competition | Japan | Postponed | 60-player field Postponed to 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic | ||
| 27 Sep | Ryder Cup | United States |
|
n/a | Two 12-man teams |
Location of tournaments
The tournament locations below represent the original schedule, before any changes due to COVID-19.
    Location of official tournaments of the 2020 European Tour in Europe.  Major Championship Rolex Series event Regular event |
.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
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
|
C A N C E L L E D |
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
References
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- ^ 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.
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