2017 European Tour

2017 European Tour
Year	2017
Tour	European Tour
Regular season	1 December 2016 – 19 November 2017
No of events	47
Most wins	Sergio García (3)
Honor 1	Race to Dubai
Honoree 1	Tommy Fleetwood
Honor 2	Golfer of the Year
Honoree 2	Sergio García
Honor 3	Players' Player of the Year
Honoree 3	Tommy Fleetwood
Honor 4	Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year
Honoree 4	Jon Rahm
Honor 5	Graduate of the Year
Honoree 5	Dylan Frittelli
Prevseason	2016
Nextseason	2018

The 2017 European Tour was the 46th season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.

Changes for 2017

For the 2017 season, the European Tour created the Rolex Series; a group of selected tournaments with a minimum purse of US$7 million. Seven tournaments were initially announced: the BMW PGA Championship, the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open, the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open, the Italian Open and the three former Final Series events; the Turkish Airlines Open, the Nedbank Golf Challenge and the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai.^[1]^[2] The HNA Open de France was later announced as the eighth Rolex Series event.^[3]

There were changes to membership criteria with the creation of a new "Access List", a season-long money list excluding the Masters Tournament, PGA Championship, the four World Golf Championships and the Rolex Series events. The top three players in the Access List standings would be invited to play in Rolex Series events, and the top 10 players in the Access List final standings not otherwise exempt would gain full European Tour membership for the following season.^[1] There was a corresponding reduction in numbers from the Race to Dubai final standings gaining cards, down from the top 110 to the top 100.^[4]

Tournament changes

New tournaments: GolfSixes.
Returning tournaments (not part of the 2016 season): Hong Kong Open, Sicilian Open, Andalucía Masters, Open de Portugal.
No longer part of the schedule: True Thailand Classic, King's Cup, AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open (due to date change from May to December; returned for the 2018 season).
Format change: the Perth International became the ISPS Handa World Super 6 Perth, with the top-24 players after 54-hole stroke play competing in a 6-hole knockout match play tournament on the final day.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2017 season.^[5]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse	Winner^[a]	OWGR points	Other tours^[b]	Notes
4 Dec	Australian PGA Championship	Australia	A$1,500,000	Harold Varner III (1)	22	ANZ
4 Dec	Alfred Dunhill Championship	South Africa	€1,200,000	Brandon Stone (2)	32	AFR^[c]
11 Dec	UBS Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong	US$2,000,000	Sam Brazel (1)	32	ASA
15 Jan	BMW SA Open	South Africa	R15,000,000	Graeme Storm (2)	26	AFR
22 Jan	Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship	UAE	US$2,700,000	Tommy Fleetwood (2)	50
29 Jan	Commercial Bank Qatar Masters	Qatar	US$2,500,000	Wang Jeung-hun (3)	32
5 Feb	Omega Dubai Desert Classic	UAE	US$2,650,000	Sergio García (12)	46
12 Feb	Maybank Championship	Malaysia	US$3,000,000	Fabrizio Zanotti (2)	36	ASA
19 Feb	ISPS Handa World Super 6 Perth	Australia	A$1,750,000	Brett Rumford (6)	23	ANZ, ASA
26 Feb	Joburg Open	South Africa	R16,500,000	Darren Fichardt (5)	19	AFR
5 Mar	Tshwane Open	South Africa	R16,500,000	Dean Burmester (1)	19	AFR
5 Mar	WGC-Mexico Championship	Mexico	US$9,750,000	Dustin Johnson (n/a)	76		World Golf Championship
12 Mar	Hero Indian Open	India	US$1,750,000	Shiv Chawrasia (4)	21	ASA
26 Mar	WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play	United States	US$9,750,000	Dustin Johnson (n/a)	74		World Golf Championship
9 Apr	Masters Tournament	United States	US$11,000,000	Sergio García (13)	100		Major championship
16 Apr	Trophée Hassan II	Morocco	€2,500,000	Edoardo Molinari (3)	24
23 Apr	Shenzhen International	China	US$2,800,000	Bernd Wiesberger (4)	26
30 Apr	Volvo China Open	China	CN¥20,000,000	Alexander Lévy (4)	24	ONE
14 May	Open de Portugal	Portugal	€500,000	Matt Wallace (1)	18	CHA
21 May	Rocco Forte Open	Italy	€1,000,000	Álvaro Quirós (7)	24
28 May	BMW PGA Championship	England	US$7,000,000	Alex Norén (9)	64		Flagship event^[d]
4 Jun	Nordea Masters	Sweden	€1,500,000	Renato Paratore (1)	32
11 Jun	Lyoness Open	Austria	€1,000,000	Dylan Frittelli (1)	24
18 Jun	U.S. Open	United States	US$12,000,000	Brooks Koepka (2)	100		Major championship
25 Jun	BMW International Open	Germany	€2,000,000	Andrés Romero (2)	32
2 Jul	HNA Open de France	France	US$7,000,000	Tommy Fleetwood (3)	46		Rolex Series
9 Jul	Dubai Duty Free Irish Open	Northern Ireland	US$7,000,000	Jon Rahm (1)	48		Rolex Series
16 Jul	Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open	Scotland	US$7,000,000	Rafa Cabrera-Bello (3)	50		Rolex Series
23 Jul	The Open Championship	England	US$10,250,000	Jordan Spieth (n/a)	100		Major championship
30 Jul	Porsche European Open	Germany	€2,000,000	Jordan Smith (1)	24
6 Aug	WGC-Bridgestone Invitational	United States	US$9,750,000	Hideki Matsuyama (n/a)	76		World Golf Championship
13 Aug	PGA Championship	United States	US$10,500,000	Justin Thomas (1)	100		Major championship
20 Aug	Fiji International	Fiji	A$1,500,000	Jason Norris (1)	15	ANZ, ASA
20 Aug	Saltire Energy Paul Lawrie Match Play	Germany	€1,000,000	Adrián Otaegui (1)	24		Limited-field event
27 Aug	Made in Denmark	Denmark	€1,800,000	Julian Suri (1)	24
3 Sep	D+D Real Czech Masters	Czech Republic	€1,000,000	Haydn Porteous (2)	24
10 Sep	Omega European Masters	Switzerland	€2,700,000	Matt Fitzpatrick (4)	32	ASA
17 Sep	KLM Open	Netherlands	€1,800,000	Romain Wattel (1)	24
24 Sep	Portugal Masters	Portugal	€2,000,000	Lucas Bjerregaard (1)	24
1 Oct	British Masters	England	£3,000,000	Paul Dunne (1)	38
8 Oct	Alfred Dunhill Links Championship	Scotland	US$5,000,000	Tyrrell Hatton (2)	34		Pro-Am
15 Oct	Italian Open	Italy	US$7,000,000	Tyrrell Hatton (3)	42		Rolex Series
22 Oct	Andalucía Valderrama Masters	Spain	€2,000,000	Sergio García (14)	24
29 Oct	WGC-HSBC Champions	China	US$9,750,000	Justin Rose (9)	64		World Golf Championship
5 Nov	Turkish Airlines Open	Turkey	US$7,000,000	Justin Rose (10)	40		Rolex Series Limited-field event
12 Nov	Nedbank Golf Challenge	South Africa	US$7,500,000	Branden Grace (8)	44		Rolex Series Limited-field event
19 Nov	DP World Tour Championship, Dubai	UAE	US$8,000,000	Jon Rahm (2)	50		Tour Championship^[d]

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	Winners	OWGR points	Notes
7 May	GolfSixes	England	€1,000,000	Lucas Bjerregaard and Thorbjørn Olesen	n/a	New tournament Team event

Race to Dubai

The Race to Dubai was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.^[6]^[7]

Pos.	rowspan="2";\| Player	Majors				WGCs				Rolex Series								Top 10s in other ET events				Tmts	Points and money^[e]
Pos.	Mas	USO	Opn	PGA	WGC Mex	WGC MP	WGC Inv	WGC Cha	BMW PGA	Fra	Ire	Sco	Ita	Tur	Ned	DPW TC	1	2	3	4	Reg. points	Tmts	Bon. ($)	Total points
1	Fleetwood	CUT	4th	T27	T61	2nd	T39	T28	T20	CUT	1st	T10	•	T6	T23	T10	T21	T3	1st	2nd	T6	24	4,316,566	1,250,000	5,420,530
2	Rose	2nd	CUT	T54	CUT	T38	•	T63	1st	T12	•	T4	•	•	1st	•	T4					12	4,252,135	750,000	4,921,062
3	Rahm	T27	CUT	T44	T58	T3	2nd	T28	T36	•	T10	1st	•	T15	•	•	1st					13	4,040,202	600,000	4,602,281
4	García	1st	T21	T37	CUT	T12	T30	T39	•	•	•	•	•	T30	•	•	T4	1st	1st			13	3,457,467	500,000	3,906,072
5	Hatton	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	T10	T17	T36	T11	T30	CUT	CUT	CUT	1st	T16	T19	T8	T3	T3	T8	1st	21	2,879,918	400,000	3,237,346
6	R. Fisher	T41	CUT	T44	CUT	T3	T5	T44	T58	T9	T7	•	T35	T2	•	T34	T17	T3	T6	2nd		23	2,631,633	350,000	2,942,728
7	Cabrera-Bello	•	T42	T4	CUT	T38	T17	72nd	T5	•	•	CUT	1st	•	•	T42	T21	2nd	T6	T5		19	2,481,527	325,000	2,770,297
8	Norén	CUT	CUT	T6	T67	T55	T5	T28	T31	1st	T10	•	CUT	T38	•	T12	T45	T6				20	2,218,368	300,000	2,483,867
9	F. Molinari	T33	CUT	CUT	T2	T20	T58	T24	T46	2nd	T38	•	•	T6	•	T27	T17					13	2,037,707	275,000	2,282,706
10	Grace	T27	T50	T6	CUT	T32	T39	T28	T15	T9	•	•	T15	•	•	1st	T31					15	2,030,137	250,000	2,252,135

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Golfer of the Year	Sergio García	^[8]
Players' Player of the Year (Seve Ballesteros Award)	Tommy Fleetwood	^[9]
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year	Jon Rahm	^[10]
Graduate of the Year	Dylan Frittelli	^[11]

Notes

^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of European Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for European Tour members.
^ AFR − Sunshine Tour; ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; ASA − Asian Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour; ONE − OneAsia Tour.
^ Sunshine Tour flagship event
^ Also a Rolex Series tournament.
^ In addition to tournament prize money, the top 10 point scorers received a share of a $5m bonus pool.^[12]

References

^ "European Tour announces Rolex Series, overhaul of top events". ESPN. Associated Press. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
^ "European Tour launches the Rolex Series". European Tour. 15 November 2016.
^ "HNA Group named title sponsor of the Open de France". European Tour. 9 January 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
^ "New Access List to go alongside European Tour's Race to Dubai". Sky Sports. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
^ "2017 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
^ "2017 Race to Dubai". European Tour. 19 November 2017. Archived 23 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
^ Murray, Ewan (19 November 2017). "Tommy Fleetwood wins Race to Dubai after Jon Rahm’s DP World Tour victory". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
^ "Sergio Garcia named European Tour Golfer of the Year". Sky Sports. 7 December 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
^ "Tommy Fleetwood wins Seve Ballesteros Award". Today's Golfer. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
^ "Jon Rahm named European Tour's Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year". Sky Sports. 14 November 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
^ "Dylan Frittelli wins European Tour Graduate of the Year award". Golf Business News. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
^ Ballengee, Ryan (14 November 2017). "2017 Race to Dubai bonus pool, purse, winner's share, prize money payout". Golf News Net. Retrieved 24 September 2024.

External links

Official website