Duration | 21 January 2021 | – 21 November 2021
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Number of official events | 40[a] |
Most wins | Collin Morikawa (3) |
Race to Dubai | Collin Morikawa |
Player of the Year | Jon Rahm |
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year | Matti Schmid |
← 2020 2022 → |
The 2021 European Tour was the 50th season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.
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]
The following table lists official events during the 2021 season.[3]
Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse | R2D points |
Winner[b] | OWGR points |
Other tours[c] |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
24 Jan | Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship | UAE | US$8,000,000 | 8,000 | Tyrrell Hatton (6) | 48 | Rolex Series | |
31 Jan | Omega Dubai Desert Classic | UAE | US$3,250,000 | 4,250 | Paul Casey (15) | 48 | ||
7 Feb | Saudi International | Saudi Arabia | US$3,500,000 | 4,250 | Dustin Johnson (n/a) | 54 | ||
28 Feb | WGC-Workday Championship | United States[d] | US$10,500,000 | 8,000 | Collin Morikawa (2) | 74 | World Golf Championship | |
Oman Open | Oman | – | – | Postponed[5] | – | |||
14 Mar | Commercial Bank Qatar Masters | Qatar | US$1,500,000 | 2,000 | Antoine Rozner (2) | 24 | ||
21 Mar | Magical Kenya Open | Kenya | €1,000,000 | 2,000 | Justin Harding (2) | 24 | ||
26 Mar | Kenya Savannah Classic | Kenya | €1,000,000 | 2,000 | Daniel van Tonder (1) | 24 | New tournament | |
28 Mar | WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play | United States | US$10,500,000 | 8,000 | Billy Horschel (1) | 76 | World Golf Championship | |
11 Apr | Masters Tournament | United States | US$11,500,000 | 10,000 | Hideki Matsuyama (n/a) | 100 | Major championship | |
18 Apr[e] | Austrian Golf Open | Austria | €1,000,000 | 2,000 | John Catlin (3) | 24 | ||
25 Apr | Gran Canaria Lopesan Open | Spain | €1,500,000 | 2,750 | Garrick Higgo (2) | 24 | New tournament | |
2 May[f] |
Tenerife Open | Spain | €1,500,000 | 2,750 | Dean Burmester (2) | 24 | ||
Open de France | France | – | – | Cancelled[8] | – | |||
9 May[g] | Canary Islands Championship | Spain | €1,500,000 | 2,750 | Garrick Higgo (3) | 24 | New tournament | |
15 May | Betfred British Masters | England | £1,850,000 | 3,500 | Richard Bland (1) | 24 | ||
23 May | PGA Championship | United States | US$12,000,000 | 10,000 | Phil Mickelson (n/a) | 100 | Major championship | |
30 May | Made in HimmerLand | Denmark | €1,500,000 | 2,750 | Bernd Wiesberger (8) | 24 | ||
7 Jun | Porsche European Open | Germany | €1,200,000 | 2,000 | Marcus Armitage (1) | 24 | ||
13 Jun | Scandinavian Mixed | Sweden | €1,000,000 | 2,000 | Jonathan Caldwell (1) | 24 | LET | Mixed event[h] |
20 Jun | U.S. Open | United States | US$12,500,000 | 10,000 | Jon Rahm (7) | 100 | Major championship | |
27 Jun | BMW International Open | Germany | €1,500,000 | 2,750 | Viktor Hovland (1) | 24 | ||
4 Jul | Dubai Duty Free Irish Open | Ireland | €3,000,000 | 4,250 | Lucas Herbert (2) | 28 | ||
11 Jul | Abrdn Scottish Open | Scotland | US$8,000,000 | 8,000 | Min Woo Lee (2) | 56 | Rolex Series | |
18 Jul | The Open Championship | England | US$11,500,000 | 10,000 | Collin Morikawa (3) | 100 | Major championship | |
25 Jul | Cazoo Open | Wales | €1,250,000 | 2,000 | Nacho Elvira (1) | 24 | ||
1 Aug | ISPS Handa World Invitational | Northern Ireland | US$1,500,000 | 2,000 | Daniel Gavins (1) | 24 | New to European Tour | |
8 Aug | Hero Open | Scotland | €1,250,000 | 2,000 | Grant Forrest (1) | 24 | ||
8 Aug | WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational | United States | US$10,500,000 | 8,000 | Abraham Ancer (1) | 74 | World Golf Championship | |
15 Aug | Cazoo Classic | England | €1,250,000 | 2,000 | Calum Hill (1) | 24 | ||
22 Aug | D+D Real Czech Masters | Czech Republic | €1,000,000 | 2,000 | Johannes Veerman (1) | 24 | ||
29 Aug | Omega European Masters | Switzerland | €2,000,000 | 2,750 | Rasmus Højgaard (3) | 24 | ||
5 Sep | DS Automobiles Italian Open | Italy | €3,000,000 | 4,250 | Nicolai Højgaard (1) | 28 | ||
12 Sep | BMW PGA Championship | England | US$8,000,000 | 8,000 | Billy Horschel (2) | 64 | Flagship event[i] | |
19 Sep | Dutch Open | Netherlands | €1,000,000 | 2,000 | Kristoffer Broberg (2) | 24 | ||
3 Oct | Alfred Dunhill Links Championship | Scotland | US$5,000,000 | 5,500 | Danny Willett (8) | 30 | Pro-Am | |
10 Oct | Acciona Open de España | Spain | €1,500,000 | 2,750 | Rafa Cabrera-Bello (4) | 24 | ||
17 Oct | Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters | Spain | €3,000,000 | 4,250 | Matt Fitzpatrick (7) | 30 | ||
Trophée Hassan II | Morocco | – | – | Cancelled[10] | – | |||
24 Oct[j] | Mallorca Golf Open | Spain | €1,000,000 | 2,000 | Jeff Winther (1) | 24 | New tournament | |
Hero Indian Open | India | – | – | Cancelled[12] | – | ASA | ||
WGC-HSBC Champions | China | – | – | Cancelled[13] | – | World Golf Championship | ||
Volvo China Open | China | – | – | Removed[k] | – | |||
7 Nov[l] |
Portugal Masters | Portugal | €1,500,000 | 2,750 | Thomas Pieters (5) | 24 | ||
Nedbank Golf Challenge | South Africa | – | – | Cancelled[15] | – | AFR | ||
14 Nov | Aviv Dubai Championship | UAE | US$1,500,000 | 2,000 | Joachim B. Hansen (2) | 24 | ||
21 Nov | DP World Tour Championship, Dubai | UAE | US$9,000,000 | 12,000 | Collin Morikawa (4) | 46 | Tour Championship[i] |
The following events were sanctioned by the European Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse | Winner(s) | OWGR points |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 Aug | Olympic Games | Japan | n/a | Xander Schauffele | 50 | Limited-field event |
26 Sep | Ryder Cup | United States | n/a | Team USA | n/a | Team event |
The Race to Dubai was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[16][17]
Pos. | Player | Majors | WGCs | Rolex Series | Top 10s in other ET events | Total pts |
Tmts | Money | ||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mas | PGA | USO | Opn | WGC Wrk |
WGC MP |
WGC Inv |
WGC Cha |
Abu | Sco | BMW PGA |
DPW TC |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Reg. (€m) |
Bon. ($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 | |||||||||||||
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 |
Award | Winner | Ref. |
---|---|---|
Player of the Year (Seve Ballesteros Award) | Jon Rahm | [18] |
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year | Matti Schmid | [19] |