Golf tour season
The 2018 European Senior Tour, titled as the 2018 Staysure Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 27th season of the European Senior Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe for men aged 50 and over.
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2018 season.[2]
Date
|
Tournament
|
Host country
|
Purse (€)
|
Winner[a]
|
Notes
|
10 Mar |
Sharjah Senior Golf Masters |
UAE |
US$425,000 |
Thaworn Wiratchant (2) |
|
27 May |
KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship |
United States |
US$3,250,000 |
Paul Broadhurst (5) |
Senior major championship
|
3 Jun |
Shipco Masters |
Denmark |
350,000 |
Colin Montgomerie (9) |
New tournament
|
17 Jun |
Senior Italian Open |
Italy |
300,000 |
Clark Dennis (3) |
|
1 Jul |
U.S. Senior Open |
United States |
US$4,000,000 |
David Toms (n/a) |
Senior major championship[b]
|
8 Jul |
Swiss Seniors Open |
Switzerland |
320,000 |
Jean-François Remésy (1) |
|
15 Jul |
WINSTONgolf Senior Open |
Germany |
350,000 |
Stephen Dodd (3) |
|
29 Jul |
The Senior Open Championship |
Scotland |
US$2,000,000 |
Miguel Ángel Jiménez (1) |
Senior major championship
|
5 Aug |
Staysure PGA Seniors Championship |
England |
£400,000 |
Philip Golding (5) |
|
19 Aug |
VTB Russian Open Golf Championship |
Russia |
US$500,000 |
David Shacklady (1) |
|
26 Aug |
Willow Senior Golf Classic |
England |
£370,000 |
Peter Fowler (6) |
|
2 Sep |
Travis Perkins Masters |
England |
£380,000 |
Paul Streeter (1) |
|
9 Sep |
European Tour Properties Senior Classic |
Bulgaria |
250,000 |
Magnus Persson Atlevi (2) |
|
16 Sep |
Scottish Senior Open |
Scotland |
£250,000 |
Gary Orr (1) |
|
7 Oct |
Farmfoods European Senior Masters |
England |
200,000 |
Santiago Luna (4) |
|
13 Oct |
Paris Legends Championship |
France |
300,000 |
Gary Orr (2) |
|
1 Dec |
Costa Blanca Benidorm Senior Golf Masters |
Spain |
300,000 |
Paul Streeter (2) |
New tournament
|
9 Dec |
MCB Tour Championship (Mauritius) |
Mauritius |
450,000 |
Clark Dennis (4) |
Tour Championship
|
16 Dec |
MCB Tour Championship (Seychelles) |
Seychelles |
US$300,000 |
Roger Chapman (3)
|
Order of Merit
The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros.[3][4]