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.
| Duration | 1 December 2016 – 19 November 2017 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 47 |
| Most wins |  Sergio García (3) |
| Race to Dubai |  Tommy Fleetwood |
| Golfer of the Year | Sergio García |
| Players' Player of the Year | Tommy Fleetwood |
| Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year | Jon Rahm |
| Graduate of the Year |  Dylan Frittelli |
← 2016 2018 → | |
Changes for 2017 edit
For the 2017 season, the European Tour created the Rolex Series; a group of selected tournaments with a minimum purse of US$7,000,000. 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 edit
- 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 edit
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$8,000,000 | Jon Rahm (2)
|
50 | Tour Championship[d] |
Unofficial events edit
The following events were sanctioned by the European Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse | Winners | OWGR points |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 May | GolfSixes | England | €1,000,000 | Lucas Bjerregaard and Thorbjørn Olesen
|
n/a | New tournament Team event |
Location of tournaments edit
    Location of official tournaments of the 2017 European Tour in Europe.  Major Championship Rolex Series event Regular event |
.svg)    Location of official tournaments of the 2017 European Tour outside Europe. Major Championship World Golf Championship Rolex Series event Regular event
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Race to Dubai edit
The Race to Dubai was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[6][7]
| Pos. | Player | Majors | WGCs | Rolex Series | Top 10s in other ET events | Tmts | Points and money | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mas | USO | Opn | PGA | WGC Mex |
WGC MP |
WGC Inv |
WGC Cha |
BMW PGA |
Fra | Ire | Sco | Ita | Tur | Ned | DPW TC |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Reg. points |
Bon. ($) |
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 | ||||||||||
Win
Top 10
Made cut
Missed cut
• Did not play
Awards edit
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.
- ^ AFR − Sunshine Tour; ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; ASA − Asian Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour; ONE − OneAsia Tour.
- ^ Sunshine Tour flagship event
- ^ a b Also a Rolex Series tournament.
References edit
- ^ a b "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 from the original on 23 November 2017. 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.