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

The table below shows the 2017 European Tour schedule which begins with two events in late 2016.
DateTournamentHost countryWinnerOWGR
points		Notes
4 DecAustralian PGA ChampionshipAustralia Harold Varner III 22Co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour of Australasia
4 DecAlfred Dunhill ChampionshipSouth Africa Brandon Stone 32Co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour
11 DecUBS Hong Kong OpenHong Kong Sam Brazel 32Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
15 JanBMW SA OpenSouth Africa Graeme Storm 26Co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour
22 JanAbu Dhabi HSBC Golf ChampionshipUnited Arab Emirates Tommy Fleetwood 50
29 JanCommercial Bank Qatar MastersQatar Wang Jeung-hun 32
5 FebOmega Dubai Desert ClassicUnited Arab Emirates Sergio García 46
12 FebMaybank ChampionshipMalaysia Fabrizio Zanotti 36Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
19 FebISPS Handa World Super 6 PerthAustralia Brett Rumford 23Co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour of Australasia and the Asian Tour
26 FebJoburg OpenSouth Africa Darren Fichardt 19Co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour
5 MarWGC-Mexico ChampionshipMexico Dustin Johnson 76World Golf Championships
5 MarTshwane OpenSouth Africa Dean Burmester 19Co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour
12 MarHero Indian OpenIndia Shiv Chawrasia 21Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
26 MarWGC-Dell Technologies Match PlayUnited States Dustin Johnson 74World Golf Championships
9 AprMasters TournamentUnited States Sergio García 100Major championship
16 AprTrophée Hassan IIMorocco Edoardo Molinari 24
23 AprShenzhen InternationalChina Bernd Wiesberger 26
30 AprVolvo China OpenChina Alexander Lévy 24Co-sanctioned with OneAsia
7 MayGolfSixesEnglandn/aNew tournament; approved special event
14 MayOpen de PortugalPortugal Matt Wallace 18Last played in 2010; dual-ranking event with the Challenge Tour
21 MayRocco Forte OpenItaly Álvaro Quirós 24Last played in 2012
28 MayBMW PGA ChampionshipEngland Alex Norén 64Flagship event; Rolex Series event
4 JunNordea MastersSweden Renato Paratore 32
11 JunLyoness OpenAustria Dylan Frittelli 24
18 JunU.S. OpenUnited States Brooks Koepka 100Major championship
25 JunBMW International OpenGermany Andrés Romero 32
2 JulHNA Open de FranceFrance Tommy Fleetwood 46Rolex Series event
9 JulDubai Duty Free Irish OpenNorthern Ireland Jon Rahm 48Rolex Series event
16 JulAberdeen Asset Management Scottish OpenScotland Rafael Cabrera-Bello 50Rolex Series event
23 JulThe Open ChampionshipEngland Jordan Spieth 100Major championship
30 JulPorsche European OpenGermany Jordan Smith 24
6 AugWGC-Bridgestone InvitationalUnited States Hideki Matsuyama 76World Golf Championships
13 AugPGA ChampionshipUnited States Justin Thomas 100Major championship
20 AugSaltire Energy Paul Lawrie Match PlayGermany Adrián Otaegui 24
20 AugFiji InternationalFiji Jason Norris 15Co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour of Australasia and the Asian Tour
27 AugMade in DenmarkDenmark Julian Suri 24
3 SepD+D Real Czech MastersCzech Republic Haydn Porteous 24
10 SepOmega European MastersSwitzerland Matthew Fitzpatrick 32Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
17 SepKLM OpenNetherlands Romain Wattel 24
24 SepPortugal MastersPortugal Lucas Bjerregaard 24
1 OctBritish MastersEngland Paul Dunne 38
8 OctAlfred Dunhill Links ChampionshipScotland Tyrrell Hatton 34
15 OctItalian OpenItaly Tyrrell Hatton 42Rolex Series event
22 OctAndalucía Valderrama MastersSpain Sergio García 24Last played in 2011
29 OctWGC-HSBC ChampionsChina Justin Rose 64World Golf Championships
5 NovTurkish Airlines OpenTurkey Justin Rose 40Rolex Series event
12 NovNedbank Golf ChallengeSouth Africa Branden Grace 44Rolex Series event
19 NovDP World Tour Championship, DubaiUnited Arab Emirates Jon Rahm 50Tour 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.
RankPlayerCountryEventsPoints
1Tommy Fleetwood245,420,530
2Justin Rose124,921,062
3Jon Rahm134,602,281
4Sergio García133,906,072
5Tyrrell Hatton213,237,346
6Ross Fisher232,942,728
7Rafael Cabrera-Bello192,770,297
8Alex Norén202,483,867
9Francesco Molinari132,282,706
10Branden Grace152,252,135

Golfer of the Month

The winners of the European Tour Golfer of the Month award:
MonthPlayerCountry
JanuaryGraeme Storm
FebruarySergio García
MarchShiv Chawrasia
AprilSergio García
MayAlex Norén
JuneRenato Paratore
JulyJon Rahm
AugustJulian Suri
SeptemberLucas Bjerregaard
OctoberJustin Rose