2017 European Tour
The 2017 European Tour was the ninth edition of the Race to Dubai and the 46th season of golf tournaments since the European Tour officially began in 1972.
| Duration | 1 December 2016 – 19 November 2017 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 47 |
| Most wins | 3: Sergio García |
| Race to Dubai |  Tommy Fleetwood |
| Golfer of the Year | Sergio García |
| Seve Ballesteros Award | Tommy Fleetwood |
| Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year | Jon Rahm |
← 2016 2018 → | |
England's Tommy Fleetwood won the Race to Dubai. Spanish golfers collected the annual awards; Golfer of the Year was Sergio García, who won his first major, and Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year was Jon Rahm
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 Irish Open, the Scottish Open, the Italian Open and the three Final Series events – the Turkish Airlines Open, the Nedbank Golf Challenge and the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai.[1][2] The 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 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[lower-alpha 1] | OWGR points |
Other tours[lower-alpha 2] |
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[lower-alpha 3] | |
| 11 Dec | UBS Hong Kong Open | Hong Kong | US$2,000,000 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 Rolex Series | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| 12 Nov | Nedbank Golf Challenge | South Africa | US$7,500,000 | Branden Grace (8) |
44 | Rolex Series | |
| 19 Nov | DP World Tour Championship, Dubai | UAE | US$8,000,000 | Jon Rahm (2) |
50 | Tour Championship Rolex Series |
Unofficial events
The following events were sanctioned by the European Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse | Winners | OWGR points |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 May | GolfSixes | England | €1,000,000 | Lucas Bjerregaard and Thorbjørn Olesen |
n/a | New tournament |
Location of tournaments
    Location of official tournaments of the 2017 European Tour in Europe. Major Championship Rolex Series event Regular event |
.svg.png.webp)    Location of official tournaments of the 2017 European Tour outside Europe. Major Championship World Golf Championship Rolex Series event Regular event
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Race to Dubai
Since 2009, the European Tour's money list has been known as the "Race to Dubai". It is based on money earned during the season, calculated in euro and converted into points (1 euro = 1 point). Earnings from tournaments awarding prize money in other currencies were converted at the exchange rate available the week of the event.
Final top 10 players in the Race to Dubai standings:[6][7]
| Pos. | Player | Majors | WGCs | Rolex Series | Top 10s in other ET events | Tmts | Points and money | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mas | USO | Opn | PGA | Mex | MP | Inv | Cha | BMW PGA |
Fra | Ire | Sco | Ita | Tur | Ned | DPW TC |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Regular points |
Bonus pool ($) |
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 |
|---|---|
| European Tour Golfer of the Year | Sergio García |
| The Seve Ballesteros Award | Tommy Fleetwood |
| Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year | Jon Rahm |
Golfer of the Month
The winners of the European Tour Golfer of the Month award:
| Month | Player |
|---|---|
| January | Graeme Storm |
| February | Sergio García |
| March | Shiv Chawrasia |
| April | Sergio García |
| May | Alex Norén |
| June | Renato Paratore |
| July | Jon Rahm |
| August | Julian Suri |
| September | Lucas Bjerregaard |
| October | Justin Rose |
Notes
- The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names show the number of official career wins they had on the European Tour up to and including that event. Totals are only shown for members of the European Tour 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. Victories in "Approved Special Events" are not recognised as official tour wins.
- AFR − Sunshine Tour; ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; ASA − Asian Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour; ONE − OneAsia Tour.
- Sunshine Tour flagship event
References
- "European Tour announces Rolex Series, overhaul of top events". ESPN. Associated Press. 15 November 2016.
- "European Tour launches the Rolex Series". PGA European Tour. 15 November 2016.
- "HNA Group named title sponsor of the Open de France". PGA European Tour. 9 January 2017.
- "New Access List to go alongside European Tour's Race to Dubai". Sky Sports. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- "2017 European Tour Schedule". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
- "Race to Dubai Rankings". PGA European Tour. 19 November 2017. Archived from the original on 23 November 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- "Race to Dubai Rankings 2017". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 15 February 2021.