2018 European Senior Tour

The 2018 Staysure Tour is the 27th season of the European Senior Tour, the professional golf tour for men aged 50 and above operated by the PGA European Tour. The season is officially called the Staysure Tour after UK-based insurance company Staysure became the Tour's first-ever title sponsor.

Tournament results

The numbers in brackets after the winners' names show the number of career wins they had on the European Senior Tour up to and including that event. This is only shown for players who are members of the tour.

DateTournamentHost countryWinnerNotes
10 Mar Sharjah Senior Golf Masters United Arab Emirates Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant (2)
27 May KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship United States England Paul Broadhurst (5) Senior major championship
3 Jun Shipco Masters Denmark Scotland Colin Montgomerie (9) New tournament
17 Jun Senior Italian Open Italy United States Clark Dennis (3)
1 Jul U.S. Senior Open United States United States David Toms (n/a) Senior major championship
8 Jul Swiss Seniors Open Switzerland France Jean-François Remésy (1)
15 Jul WINSTONgolf Senior Open Germany Wales Stephen Dodd (3)
29 Jul Senior Open Championship Scotland Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez (1) Senior major championship
5 Aug Staysure PGA Seniors Championship England England Philip Golding (5)
19 Aug VTB Russian Open Golf Championship (senior) Russia England David Shacklady (1)
26 Aug Willow Senior Golf Classic England Australia Peter Fowler (6)
2 Sep Travis Perkins Masters England England Paul Streeter (1)
9 Sep European Tour Properties Senior Classic Bulgaria Sweden Magnus Persson Atlevi (2)
16 Sep Scottish Senior Open Scotland Scotland Gary Orr (1)
7 Oct Farmfoods European Senior Masters England Spain Santiago Luna (4)
13 Oct Paris Legends Championship France
1 Dec Costa Blanca Benidorm Senior Golf Masters Spain New tournament
9 Dec MCB Tour Championship – Mauritius Mauritius
16 Dec MCB Tour Championship – Seychelles Seychelles New tournament

For the tour schedule on the European Senior Tour's website, including links to full results, click here.

Qualifying school

The qualifying school was played in Portugal in late January and early February 2018. There were two 36-hole "stage 1" events with the leading players in these events joining a number of exempt players in the 72-hole final stage. As in 2016 and 2017 there were just five qualifying places available for the 2018 season. With 35 exempt players and a minimum field of 72 for the final stage a minimum of 37 qualified for the final stage from the two "stage 1" events.[1] There was a cut after 54 holes with players more than eight shots away from the fifth qualifying place not playing the final round.

The following five players gained their places on the 2018 tour:[2]

#PlayerNotes
1Argentina Rafael Gómez
2England John Kemp (a)
3England Paul Streeter
4England David ShackladyLost playoff in 2017
T5Argentina Mauricio Molina

Molina beat Ángel Franco with a birdie at the second playoff hole.

References

  1. "Record number of entrants set for Staysure Tour Qualifying School". PGA European Tour.
  2. "First-class finish hands Gomez the Staysure Tour Qualifying School title". PGA European Tour. 1 February 2018.
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