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.
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. The Open de France was later announced as the eighth Rolex Series event.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. 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.
Tournament changes
- New tournaments: GolfSixes.
- Returning tournaments : 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.
- 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
Date | Tournament | Host country | Winner | OWGR points | Notes |
4 Dec | Australian PGA Championship | Australia | ![]() | 22 | Co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour of Australasia |
4 Dec | Alfred Dunhill Championship | South Africa | ![]() | 32 | Co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour |
11 Dec | UBS Hong Kong Open | Hong Kong | ![]() | 32 | Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour |
15 Jan | BMW SA Open | South Africa | ![]() | 26 | Co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour |
22 Jan | Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship | United Arab Emirates | ![]() | 50 | |
29 Jan | Commercial Bank Qatar Masters | Qatar | ![]() | 32 | |
5 Feb | Omega Dubai Desert Classic | United Arab Emirates | ![]() | 46 | |
12 Feb | Maybank Championship | Malaysia | ![]() | 36 | Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour |
19 Feb | ISPS Handa World Super 6 Perth | Australia | ![]() | 23 | Co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour of Australasia and the Asian Tour |
26 Feb | Joburg Open | South Africa | ![]() | 19 | Co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour |
5 Mar | WGC-Mexico Championship | Mexico | ![]() | 76 | World Golf Championships |
5 Mar | Tshwane Open | South Africa | ![]() | 19 | Co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour |
12 Mar | Hero Indian Open | India | ![]() | 21 | Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour |
26 Mar | WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play | United States | ![]() | 74 | World Golf Championships |
9 Apr | Masters Tournament | United States | ![]() | 100 | Major championship |
16 Apr | Trophée Hassan II | Morocco | ![]() | 24 | |
23 Apr | Shenzhen International | China | ![]() | 26 | |
30 Apr | Volvo China Open | China | ![]() | 24 | Co-sanctioned with OneAsia |
7 May | GolfSixes | England | n/a | New tournament; approved special event | |
14 May | Open de Portugal | Portugal | ![]() | 18 | Last played in 2010; dual-ranking event with the Challenge Tour |
21 May | Rocco Forte Open | Italy | ![]() | 24 | Last played in 2012 |
28 May | BMW PGA Championship | England | ![]() | 64 | Flagship event; Rolex Series event |
4 Jun | Nordea Masters | Sweden | ![]() | 32 | |
11 Jun | Lyoness Open | Austria | ![]() | 24 | |
18 Jun | U.S. Open | United States | ![]() | 100 | Major championship |
25 Jun | BMW International Open | Germany | ![]() | 32 | |
2 Jul | HNA Open de France | France | ![]() | 46 | Rolex Series event |
9 Jul | Dubai Duty Free Irish Open | Northern Ireland | ![]() | 48 | Rolex Series event |
16 Jul | Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open | Scotland | ![]() | 50 | Rolex Series event |
23 Jul | The Open Championship | England | ![]() | 100 | Major championship |
30 Jul | Porsche European Open | Germany | ![]() | 24 | |
6 Aug | WGC-Bridgestone Invitational | United States | ![]() | 76 | World Golf Championships |
13 Aug | PGA Championship | United States | ![]() | 100 | Major championship |
20 Aug | Saltire Energy Paul Lawrie Match Play | Germany | ![]() | 24 | |
20 Aug | Fiji International | Fiji | ![]() | 15 | Co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour of Australasia and the Asian Tour |
27 Aug | Made in Denmark | Denmark | ![]() | 24 | |
3 Sep | D+D Real Czech Masters | Czech Republic | ![]() | 24 | |
10 Sep | Omega European Masters | Switzerland | ![]() | 32 | Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour |
17 Sep | KLM Open | Netherlands | ![]() | 24 | |
24 Sep | Portugal Masters | Portugal | ![]() | 24 | |
1 Oct | British Masters | England | ![]() | 38 | |
8 Oct | Alfred Dunhill Links Championship | Scotland | ![]() | 34 | |
15 Oct | Italian Open | Italy | ![]() | 42 | Rolex Series event |
22 Oct | Andalucía Valderrama Masters | Spain | ![]() | 24 | Last played in 2011 |
29 Oct | WGC-HSBC Champions | China | ![]() | 64 | World Golf Championships |
5 Nov | Turkish Airlines Open | Turkey | ![]() | 40 | Rolex Series event |
12 Nov | Nedbank Golf Challenge | South Africa | ![]() | 44 | Rolex Series event |
19 Nov | DP World Tour Championship, Dubai | United Arab Emirates | ![]() | 50 | Tour Championship; Rolex Series event |
Location of tournaments
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. Earnings from tournaments awarding prize money in other currencies were converted at the exchange rate available the week of the event. The following table shows the final top-10 in the 2017 standings.Rank | Player | Country | Events | Points |
1 | Tommy Fleetwood | 24 | 5,420,530 | |
2 | Justin Rose | 12 | 4,921,062 | |
3 | Jon Rahm | 13 | 4,602,281 | |
4 | Sergio García | 13 | 3,906,072 | |
5 | Tyrrell Hatton | 21 | 3,237,346 | |
6 | Ross Fisher | 23 | 2,942,728 | |
7 | Rafael Cabrera-Bello | 19 | 2,770,297 | |
8 | Alex Norén | 20 | 2,483,867 | |
9 | Francesco Molinari | 13 | 2,282,706 | |
10 | Branden Grace | 15 | 2,252,135 |
- Full list can be found .
Awards
Golfer of the Month
The winners of the European Tour Golfer of the Month award:Month | Player | Country |
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 |