The 2011 European Tour was the 40th season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.
| Duration | 9 December 2010 – 11 December 2011 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 52 |
| Most wins |  Thomas Bjørn (3) Luke Donald (3) |
| Race to Dubai | Luke Donald |
| Golfer of the Year | Luke Donald |
| Players' Player of the Year | Luke Donald |
| Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year | Tom Lewis |
← 2010 2012 → | |
Schedule edit
The following table lists official events during the 2011 season.[1][2]
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse | Winner[a] | OWGR points |
Other tours[b] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Dec | Alfred Dunhill Championship | South Africa | €1,000,000 |  Pablo Martín (3)
|
20 | AFR | |
| 19 Dec | South African Open Championship | South Africa | €1,000,000 |  Ernie Els (26)
|
32 | AFR[c] | |
| 9 Jan | Africa Open | South Africa | €1,000,000 | Louis Oosthuizen (3)
|
22 | AFR | |
| 16 Jan | Joburg Open | South Africa | €1,300,000 | Charl Schwartzel (6)
|
20 | AFR | |
| 23 Jan | Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship | UAE | US$2,700,000 |  Martin Kaymer (9)
|
56 | ||
| 30 Jan | Volvo Golf Champions | Bahrain | €1,700,000 | Paul Casey (11)
|
38 | New tournament | |
| 6 Feb | Commercialbank Qatar Masters | Qatar | US$2,500,000 | Thomas Bjørn (11)
|
50 | ||
| 13 Feb | Omega Dubai Desert Classic | UAE | US$2,500,000 | Álvaro Quirós (5)
|
50 | ||
| 20 Feb | Avantha Masters | India | €1,800,000 |  Shiv Chawrasia (2)
|
20 | ASA | |
| 27 Feb | WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship | United States | US$8,500,000 | Luke Donald (4)
|
76 | World Golf Championship | |
| 13 Mar | WGC-Cadillac Championship | United States | US$8,500,000 |  Nick Watney (n/a)
|
74 | World Golf Championship | |
| 21 Mar | Sicilian Open | Italy | €1,000,000 |  Raphaël Jacquelin (3)
|
24 | New tournament | |
| 27 Mar | Open de Andalucía de Golf | Spain | €1,000,000 |  Paul Lawrie (6)
|
24 | ||
| 3 Apr | Trophée Hassan II | Morocco | €1,500,000 | David Horsey (2)
|
24 | ||
| 10 Apr | Masters Tournament | United States | US$8,000,000 | Charl Schwartzel (7)
|
100 | Major championship | |
| 17 Apr | Maybank Malaysian Open | Malaysia | US$2,500,000 |  Matteo Manassero (2)
|
42 | ASA | |
| 24 Apr | Volvo China Open | China | CN¥20,000,000 |  Nicolas Colsaerts (1)
|
28 | ONE | |
| 1 May | Ballantine's Championship | South Korea | €2,205,000 | Lee Westwood (21)
|
42 | ASA, KOR | |
| 8 May | Open de España | Spain | €2,000,000 | Thomas Aiken (1)
|
24 | ||
| 15 May | Iberdrola Open | Spain | €1,000,000 |  Darren Clarke (13)
|
24 | ||
| 22 May | Volvo World Match Play Championship | Spain | €3,400,000 | Ian Poulter (11)
|
52 | Limited-field event | |
| 22 May | Madeira Islands Open | Portugal | €700,000 | Michael Hoey (2)
|
18 | CHA | |
| 29 May | BMW PGA Championship | England | €4,500,000 | Luke Donald (5)
|
64 | Flagship event | |
| 5 Jun | Saab Wales Open | Wales | £1,800,000 |  Alex Norén (2)
|
30 | ||
| 12 Jun | BMW Italian Open | Italy | €1,500,000 | Robert Rock (1)
|
24 | ||
| 19 Jun | U.S. Open | United States | US$7,850,000 | Rory McIlroy (2)
|
100 | Major championship | |
| 19 Jun | Saint-Omer Open | France | €600,000 |  Matthew Zions (1)
|
18 | CHA | |
| 26 Jun | BMW International Open | Germany | €2,000,000 | Pablo Larrazábal (2)
|
38 | ||
| 3 Jul | Alstom Open de France | France | €3,000,000 | Thomas Levet (6)
|
40 | ||
| 10 Jul | Barclays Scottish Open | Scotland | £3,000,000 | Luke Donald (6)
|
52 | ||
| 17 Jul | The Open Championship | England | £5,000,000 | Darren Clarke (14)
|
100 | Major championship | |
| 24 Jul | Nordea Masters | Sweden | €1,500,000 | Alex Norén (3)
|
24 | ||
| 31 Jul | Irish Open | Ireland | €1,500,000 | Simon Dyson (5)
|
28 | ||
| 7 Aug | WGC-Bridgestone Invitational | United States | US$8,500,000 | Adam Scott (8)
|
76 | World Golf Championship | |
| 14 Aug | PGA Championship | United States | US$8,000,000 | Keegan Bradley (n/a)
|
100 | Major championship | |
| 21 Aug | Czech Open | Czech Republic | €1,500,000 | Oliver Fisher (1)
|
24 | ||
| 28 Aug | Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles | Scotland | £1,400,000 | Thomas Bjørn (12)
|
24 | ||
| 4 Sep | Omega European Masters | Switzerland | €2,000,000 | Thomas Bjørn (13)
|
44 | ASA | |
| 11 Sep | KLM Open | Netherlands | €1,800,000 | Simon Dyson (6)
|
40 | ||
| 25 Sep | Austrian Golf Open | Austria | €1,000,000 | Kenneth Ferrie (3)
|
24 | ||
| 2 Oct | Alfred Dunhill Links Championship | Scotland | US$5,000,000 | Michael Hoey (3)
|
54 | Pro-Am | |
| 9 Oct | Bankia Madrid Masters | Spain | €1,000,000 | Lee Slattery (1)
|
28 | ||
| 16 Oct | Portugal Masters | Portugal | €2,500,000 | Tom Lewis (1)
|
34 | ||
| 23 Oct | Castelló Masters | Spain | €2,000,000 | Sergio García (9)
|
24 | ||
| 30 Oct | Andalucía Masters | Spain | €3,000,000 | Sergio García (10)
|
38 | ||
| 6 Nov | WGC-HSBC Champions | China | US$7,000,000 | Martin Kaymer (10)
|
62 | World Golf Championship | |
| 14 Nov | Barclays Singapore Open | Singapore | US$6,000,000 | Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (5)
|
46 | ASA | |
| 20 Nov | Iskandar Johor Open | Malaysia | US$2,000,000 |  Joost Luiten (1)
|
24 | ASA | New to European Tour |
| 20 Nov | Alfred Dunhill Championship | South Africa | €1,000,000 | Garth Mulroy (1)
|
20 | AFR | |
| 27 Nov | SA Open Championship | South Africa | €1,000,000 | Hennie Otto (2)
|
32 | AFR[c] | |
| 4 Dec | UBS Hong Kong Open | Hong Kong | US$2,750,000 | Rory McIlroy (3)
|
38 | ASA | |
| 11 Dec | Dubai World Championship | UAE | US$7,500,000 | Álvaro Quirós (6)
|
58 | Tour Championship |
Unofficial events edit
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Sep | Vivendi Seve Trophy | France | n/a |   Team GB&I
|
n/a | Team event |
| 27 Nov | Omega Mission Hills World Cup | China | US$7,500,000 | Matt Kuchar and Gary Woodland
|
n/a | Team event |
Location of tournaments edit
    Location of official tournaments of the 2011 European Tour in Europe.  Major Championship Flagship event Regular event |
.svg)    Location of official tournaments of the 2011 European Tour outside Europe. Major Championship World Golf Championship Tour Championship Regular event
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Race to Dubai edit
The Race to Dubai was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros.[3][4][5][6]
| Pos. | Player | Majors | WGCs | Principal events | Top 10s in other ET events | Tmts | Money | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mas | USO | Opn | PGA | WGC MP |
WGC Cad |
WGC Inv |
WGC Cha |
BMW PGA |
Dub | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Reg. (€) |
Bon. ($) |
Total (€) | |||||||||
| 1 | Donald
|
T4 | T45 | CUT | T8 | 1st | T6 | T2 | • | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | T9 | 13 | 4,216,226 | 1,500,000 | 5,323,400 | |||||||||||
| 2 | McIlroy
|
T15 | 1st | T25 | T64 | T17 | T10 | T6 | T4 | T24 | T11 | 2nd | T10 | 3rd | T9 | T3 | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 19 | 3,171,787 | 1,125,000 | 4,002,168 | ||||||
| 3 | Kaymer
|
CUT | T39 | T12 | CUT | 2nd | T24 | T29 | 1st | T31 | T11 | 1st | T9 | T3 | 4th | 2nd | T8 | 22 | 2,935,446 | 750,000 | 3,489,033 | ||||||||
| 4 | Schwartzel
|
1st | T9 | T16 | T12 | T17 | T24 | T53 | T4 | CUT | 5th | T2 | 4th | T4 | 1st | T8 | T5 | T9 | 18 | 2,486,959 | 600,000 | 2,929,829 | |||||||
| 5 | Westwood
|
T11 | T3 | CUT | T8 | T17 | T18 | T9 | T29 | 2nd | 1st | T9 | T6 | 5th | 19 | 2,052,090 | 525,000 | 2,439,601 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Quirós
|
T27 | T54 | CUT | CUT | T33 | T64 | T53 | T49 | T18 | 1st | T8 | 2nd | 1st | T5 | T7 | 23 | 1,927,090 | 450,000 | 2,259,242 | |||||||||
| 7 | A. Hansen
|
CUT | • | T22 | T3 | T33 | T3 | T29 | T11 | T18 | T44 | T2 | 2nd | T2 | 22 | 1,769,893 | 412,500 | 2,074,366 | |||||||||||
| 8 | García
|
T35 | T7 | T9 | T12 | • | • | T53 | • | • | T11 | T9 | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 13 | 1,685,930 | 375,000 | 1,962,723 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Bjørn
|
• | • | 4th | CUT | • | • | T68 | T42 | • | T29 | 1st | 1st | 1st | T8 | 23 | 1,565,001 | 337,500 | 1,814,115 | ||||||||||
| 10 | Dyson
|
• | • | T9 | T51 | • | • | T33 | T16 | 3rd | T46 | T5 | 7th | T5 | 1st | 1st | T9 | 29 | 1,473,344 | 300,000 | 1,694,779 | ||||||||
| 11 | Clarke
|
• | • | 1st | CUT | • | • | T68 | T38 | T45 | 57th | T8 | 1st | 22 | 1,396,659 | 262,500 | 1,590,415 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Jiménez
|
T27 | CUT | T25 | T64 | T5 | T55 | 72nd | T38 | CUT | T44 | T2 | 2nd | T9 | 2nd | 29 | 1,390,539 | 243,750 | 1,570,454 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Hanson
|
CUT | T7 | CUT | T64 | T33 | T55 | T21 | T33 | T18 | 4th | T2 | 9th | T4 | T10 | T9 | T6 | T10 | 3rd | 24 | 1,334,514 | 225,000 | 1,500,590 | ||||||
| 14 | Norén
|
• | T51 | CUT | T34 | • | • | T53 | T49 | CUT | T37 | T8 | T4 | T5 | 1st | 1st | T9 | T3 | 28 | 1,274,018 | 206,250 | 1,427,643 | |||||||
| 15 | Oosthuizen
|
CUT | T9 | T54 | CUT | T33 | T18 | T37 | T7 | CUT | T6 | 3rd | 1st | T5 | T3 | T8 | 22 | 1,270,730 | 187,500 | 1,409,126 | |||||||||
Win
Top 10
Made cut
Missed cut
• Did not play
Awards edit
| Award | Winner | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| Golfer of the Year | Luke Donald |
[7] |
| Players' Player of the Year | Luke Donald |
[8] |
| Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year | Tom Lewis |
[9] |
See also edit
Notes edit
- ^ 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 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.
- ^ AFR − Sunshine Tour; ASA − Asian Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour; KOR − Korean Tour; ONE − OneAsia Tour.
- ^ a b Sunshine Tour flagship event
References edit
- ^ "2011 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
- ^ "European Tour unveils 2011 Race to Dubai schedule". BBC Sport. 28 November 2010. Archived from the original on 2 December 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
- ^ "The European Tour Race to Dubai Ranking". Worldwide Golf. No. 130. Worldwide Sporting Publications. October 2011. p. 53. Retrieved 9 February 2021 – via Issuu.
- ^ "European Tour Race to Dubai". European Tour. 11 December 2011. Archived from the original on 14 December 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ "Golf-European Tour Race to Dubai final money list". Reuters. 12 December 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ "Donald makes golf history with Race to Dubai success". CNN. 11 December 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
- ^ Garrod, Mark (15 December 2011). "Luke Donald named European Tour Golfer of the Year". The Independent. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
- ^ "Players' Awards Dinner launches BMW week". European Tour. 22 May 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
Luke Donald, of course, scooped the biggest haul of the night, though, in recognition of a magnificent and prolifically successful 2011 season, as Germany's Martin Kaymer awarded his Ryder Cup team mate with the Harry Vardon Trophy as the 2011 European Number One, the Golfer of the Year Award, and the Players' Player Award as voted for by Donald's contemporaries.
- ^ "Open star Tom Lewis wins rookie prize". BBC Sport. 19 December 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2023.