2020 European Tour

The 2020 European Tour is the 49th season of golf tournaments since the European Tour officially began in 1972 and the 12th edition of the Race to Dubai.

2020 European Tour season
Duration28 November 2019 – 13 December 2020 (2019-11-28 – 2020-12-13)
Number of official events51 (16 postponed or cancelled)
← 2019
2021 →

The COVID-19 pandemic had a major impact on the season, with many tournaments being rescheduled or cancelled. All four major championships were affected; the Open Championship was cancelled, and the Masters Tournament, U.S. Open and PGA Championship were moved to dates much later in the year.

Planned changes from previous season

Rule changes

In order to combat slow play, from the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship onwards, regulations were introduced whereby a player would receive a one-stroke penalty for two bad times during a tournament.[1]

Scheduling changes

With the addition of golf at the Olympic Games to the schedule in 2020, the Irish Open was moved to May from its previous date in July in order to avoid a clash with the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, which had already been moved to avoid the Olympics. The Open de France was then scheduled opposite the WGC Invitational, and the British Masters was scheduled opposite the Olympics.[2]

Tournament changes
  • Format change: the Scandinavian Invitation (formerly the Scandinavian Masters) became the Scandinavian Mixed, a co-sanctioned event with the Ladies European Tour consisting of a field of 78 men and 78 women.
  • No longer part of the schedule: ISPS Handa World Super 6 Perth, Belgian Knockout

Schedule

In-season changes

Due to the 2019 Hong Kong protests, the Honma Hong Kong Open, originally scheduled for 28 November – 1 December 2019 as a co-sanctioned event with the Asian Tour, was rescheduled for 9–12 January 2020 as an Asian Tour event without European Tour sanctioning.[3][4]

The remainder of the schedule was severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • On 14 February, the Maybank Championship in Malaysia and the Volvo China Open were postponed.[5]
  • On 6 March, the Magical Kenya Open was postponed.[6]
  • On 11 March, the Hero Indian Open was postponed,[7] and the D+D Real Czech Masters was cancelled.[8]
  • On 13 March, the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play was cancelled.[9]
  • On 17 March, the Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters was postponed.[10]
  • On 19 March, the GolfSixes Cascais was cancelled and the Made in Denmark was postponed.[11]
  • On 30 March, the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open was postponed.[12]
  • On 6 April, the Trophée Hassan II was postponed and the inaugural Scandinavian Mixed was cancelled.[13] The R&A also announced the cancellation of the Open Championship in 2020, and the seasons other major championships were rescheduled.[14][15]
  • On 16 April, the PGA Tour announced the rescheduling of several tournaments, including the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational.[16]
  • On 17 April, the BMW International Open and Open de France were cancelled, and the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open was postponed.[17]
  • On 1 May, the Omega European Masters was cancelled.[18]
  • On 28 May, the European Tour announced a revamp to the 2020 schedule including a 6-week "UK swing" in July and August. The first tournament of this swing is to be the Betfred British Masters which has been brought forward a week, finishing on 25 July. Following this will be revivals of the English Open and the Wales Open, and three new tournaments: the English Championship, the Celtic Classic, and the UK Championship. In addition to this, four Rolex Series events have been given rescheduled dates, with the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open and the BMW PGA Championship being pushed into October, and the Nedbank Golf Challenge and the season-ending DP World Tour Championship, Dubai being played in December.[19] It was also announced that the Porsche European Open had been cancelled.[20]
  • On 15 June, it was announced that both the European Tour and the Challenge Tour would return on 9 July with two consecutive dual-ranking events in Austria: the Austrian Open and the Euram Bank Open.[21]

Official events

The following table lists official events for 2019–20.[22]

Date
(R4)		 Tournament Host country Winner[lower-alpha 1] OWGR
points[23]		 Race to
Dubai points		 Purse Other
tours[lower-alpha 2]		 Notes
1 Dec[lower-alpha 3] Hong Kong Open Hong Kong Postponed 2,000 $1,500,000 ASA
1 Dec Alfred Dunhill Championship South Africa Pablo Larrazábal (5) 19 2,750 €1,500,000 AFR
8 Dec AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open Mauritius Rasmus Højgaard (1) 17 2,000 €1,000,000 AFR, ASA
22 Dec Australian PGA Championship Australia Adam Scott (11) 20 2,000 A$1,500,000 ANZ
12 Jan South African Open[lower-alpha 4] South Africa Branden Grace (9) 32 2,000 ZAR17,500,000 AFR
19 Jan Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship UAE Lee Westwood (25) 50 7,000 $7,000,000 Rolex Series event
26 Jan Omega Dubai Desert Classic UAE Lucas Herbert (1) 48 4,250 $3,250,000
2 Feb Saudi International Saudi Arabia Graeme McDowell (11) 48 4,250 $3,500,000
9 Feb ISPS Handa Vic Open Australia Min Woo Lee (1) 20 2,000 A$1,600,000 ANZ
23 Feb WGC-Mexico Championship Mexico Patrick Reed (3) 70 9,000 $10,500,000 World Golf Championships
1 Mar Oman Open Oman Sami Välimäki (1) 24 2,750 $1,750,000
8 Mar Commercial Bank Qatar Masters Qatar Jorge Campillo (2) 24 2,750 $1,750,000
TBD
15 Mar[lower-alpha 5]		 Magical Kenya Open Kenya Postponed 2,000 €1,100,000
TBD
22 Mar[lower-alpha 5]		 Hero Indian Open India Postponed 2,750 $1,750,000 ASA
29 Mar[lower-alpha 6] WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play United States Cancelled – 9,000 $10,500,000 World Golf Championships
TBD
19 Apr[lower-alpha 5]		 Maybank Championship Malaysia Postponed 3,500 $3,000,000 ASA
TBD
26 Apr[lower-alpha 5]		 Volvo China Open China Postponed 3,500 CNY20,000,000 ASA
TBD
3 May[lower-alpha 5]		 Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters Spain Postponed 4,250 €3,000,000
TBD
24 May[lower-alpha 5]		 Made in Denmark Denmark Postponed 4,250 €3,000,000
TBD
31 May[lower-alpha 5]		 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open Ireland Postponed 7,000 $7,000,000 Rolex Series event
TBD
7 Jun[lower-alpha 5]		 Trophée Hassan II Morocco Postponed 3,500 €2,500,000
14 Jun[lower-alpha 6] Scandinavian Mixed Sweden Cancelled – 2,750 €1,500,000 LET Field of 78 men and 78 women[lower-alpha 7]
28 Jun[lower-alpha 6] BMW International Open Germany Cancelled – 2,750 €2,000,000
5 Jul[lower-alpha 6] Open de France France Cancelled – 2,750 €1,500,000
12 Jul Austrian Open Austria 1,000 €500,000 Not played since 2018; dual-ranking event with the Challenge Tour
18 Jul Euram Bank Open Austria 1,000 €500,000 New to European Tour; dual-ranking event with the Challenge Tour
19 Jul[lower-alpha 6] The Open Championship England Cancelled – 10,000 Major championship
25 Jul
2 Aug[lower-alpha 8]		 Betfred British Masters England €1,250,000
2 Aug
5 Jul[lower-alpha 8]		 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational United States $10,500,000 World Golf Championships
2 Aug English Open England €1,000,000 Not played since 2002
9 Aug
17 May[lower-alpha 8]		 PGA Championship United States 100 $11,000,000 Major championship
9 Aug English Championship England €1,000,000 New tournament
16 Aug Celtic Classic Wales €1,000,000 New tournament
23 Aug Wales Open Wales €1,000,000 Not played since 2014
23 Aug[lower-alpha 6] D+D Real Czech Masters Czech Republic Cancelled – 2,000 €1,000,000
30 Aug UK Championship England €1,000,000 New tournament
30 Aug[lower-alpha 6] Omega European Masters Switzerland Cancelled – 3,500 €2,500,000
6 Sep[lower-alpha 6] Porsche European Open Germany Cancelled – 2,750 €2,000,000
20 Sep KLM Open Netherlands 2,750 €2,000,000
20 Sep
21 Jun[lower-alpha 8]		 U.S. Open United States 100 10,000 $12,500,000 Major championship
4 Oct Alfred Dunhill Links Championship Scotland $5,000,000
11 Oct
12 Jul[lower-alpha 8]		 Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open Scotland Rolex Series event
11 Oct Italian Open Italy 7,000 $7,000,000 Rolex Series event
18 Oct
13 Sep[lower-alpha 8]		 BMW PGA Championship England 64 Flagship event; Rolex Series event
18 Oct Mutuactivos Open de España Spain
25 Oct Portugal Masters Portugal 2,750 €1,500,000
1 Nov WGC-HSBC Champions China 9,000 World Golf Championships
8 Nov Turkish Airlines Open Turkey 9,000 $7,000,000 Rolex Series event
15 Nov
12 Apr[lower-alpha 8]		 Masters Tournament United States 100 10,000 $11,500,000 Major championship
6 Dec
15 Nov[lower-alpha 8]		 Nedbank Golf Challenge South Africa AFR Rolex Series event
13 Dec
22 Nov[lower-alpha 8]		 DP World Tour Championship, Dubai UAE Tour Championship; Rolex Series event
  1. 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.
  2. Several tournaments are hosted under co-sanctioning agreements with other tours: ASA – Asian Tour; ANZ – PGA Tour of Australasia; AFR – Sunshine Tour; LET – Ladies European Tour
  3. Postponed due to protest violence;[3] rescheduled to January 2020 without European Tour co-sanctioning.[4]
  4. Sunshine Tour flagship event
  5. Postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic.
  6. Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
  7. Ranking points based on finish among men's field only.
  8. Rescheduled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Unofficial events

The following events appear on the schedule, but do not carry official money.

Date Tournament Host country Winner OWGR
points		 Notes
10 May GolfSixes Cascais Portugal Cancelled n/a Sixteen 2-man teams
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Aug 2 Olympic men's golf competition Japan Postponed 60-player field
Postponed to 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic
27 Sep Ryder Cup United States n/a Two 12-man teams

Location of tournaments

The tournament locations below represent the original schedule, before any changes due to COVID-19.

Race to Dubai points leaders

Current Race to Dubai standings of top 10 players (through 2020 Qatar Masters):

Pos. Player Majors World Golf Ch. Rolex Series Top 10s in other ET events Total
pts 		Tmts Money
Mas PGA USO Opn Mex MP Inv Cha Abu Ire Sco PGA Ita Tur Ned Dub 1 2 3 4 5 Regular
(€) 		Bonus
($)
1 Patrick Reed


C
A
N
C
E
L
L
E
D 		1st
1500		C
A
N
C
E
L
L
E
D

•






 1,500 2
2 Lee Westwood


T22
99

1st
1165






 1,282 4
3 Lucas Herbert


T58
30

T67
16






1st
710
 830 6
4 Graeme McDowell


T69
18

•






1st
710		 728 3
5 Tommy Fleetwood


T18
110

T2
523






 702 3
6 Erik van Rooyen


T3
508

T12
108








 667 5
7 Victor Perez


T53
34

T2
523






 639 4
8 Christiaan Bezuidenhout


T29
75

T59
21






2nd
472
 637 7
9 Branden Grace


T42
53

T17
89






T3
142		1st
335		 618 4
10 Pablo Larrazábal


64th
23

CUT
0






1st
460		T7
64		 618 7

See also

References
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  2. Heath, Elliott (2 October 2019). "2020 European Tour Schedule Revealed". Golf Monthly. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  3. "Statement on the Hong Kong Open". PGA European Tour. 20 November 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  4. "Hong Kong Open rescheduled for January 2020". ESPN. 6 December 2019.
  5. "Statement on the Maybank Championship and Volvo China Open". PGA European Tour. 14 February 2020.
  6. Gray, Will (6 March 2020). "European Tour cancels Kenya Open over coronavirus". Golf Channel. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  7. "Joint Statement on the Hero Indian Open". European Tour. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  8. ČTK (11 March 2020). "Golfové Czech Masters se letos neuskuteční. Pořadatelé akci s velkým předstihem odvolali" [Golf Czech Masters will not take place this year. The organizers cancelled the event long in advance]. iRozhlas.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  9. Harig, Bob (13 March 2020). "PGA Tour cancels Players Championship after first round". ESPN. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  10. Gray, Will (17 March 2020). "European Tour postpones Andalucia Masters over COVID-19 concerns". Golf Channel. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  11. "European Tour cancels GolfSixes, postpones Made in Denmark". Golf Channel. 19 March 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  12. "Irish Open: Mount Juliet European Tour event postponed because of coronavirus". BBC Sport. 30 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  13. Stafford, Ali (6 April 2020). "Coronavirus: European Tour cancels inaugural Scandinavian Mixed". Sky Sports. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  14. "The Open cancelled; Masters, US Open & US PGA Championship rescheduled". BBC Sport. 6 April 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  15. Jackson, Keith (6 April 2020). "The 149th Open cancelled for this year and will return to Sandwich in 2021". Sky Sports. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  16. "PGA TOUR announces schedule adjustments for remainder of 2019-20 FedExCup season, releases fall portion of 2020-21 PGA TOUR Regular Season schedule". PGA Tour. 16 April 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  17. "A message from European Tour Chief Executive Keith Pelley". European Tour. 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  18. "European Tour: Omega European Masters cancelled". Sky Sports. 1 May 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  19. "European Tour announces resumption of 2020 season". European Tour. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  20. "Porsche European Open cancellation". European Tour. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  21. "European Tour and Challenge Tour to resume in Austria". European Tour. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  22. "The 2020 European Tour schedule". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  23. "Events | European Tour | 2020". Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
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