2010 European Tour

2010 European Tour season

Duration	10 December 2009 (2009-12-10) – 28 November 2010 (2010-11-28)
Number of official events	48
Most wins	Martin Kaymer (4)
Race to Dubai	Martin Kaymer
Golfer of the Year	Martin Kaymer and Graeme McDowell (shared)
Players' Player of the Year	Martin Kaymer
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year	Matteo Manassero
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The 2010 European Tour was the 39th season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.

Changes for 2010

There were many changes from the 2009 season, including six new tournaments; they were the Africa Open in South Africa, ^[1] the returning Avantha Masters in India which had been cancelled in 2009, ^{[lower-alpha 1]} the Trophée Hassan II in Morocco, ^[1] the Iberdrola Open Cala Millor Mallorca and the Andalucía Valderrama Masters in Spain, and the Vivendi Cup in France. ^[2] Lost from the schedule were the European Open, the Mercedes-Benz Championship, the Johnnie Walker Classic, the Australian Masters, the Indonesia Open and the Volvo World Match Play Championship. ^[3] There were also three fewer tournaments due to a partial realignment of the schedule with the calendar.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2010 season. ^{[4] [5]}

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse	Winner [lower-alpha 2]	OWGR points	Other tours [lower-alpha 3]	Notes
13 Dec	Alfred Dunhill Championship	South Africa	€1,000,000	Pablo Martín (2)	20	AFR
20 Dec	South African Open Championship	South Africa	€1,000,000	Richie Ramsay (1)	32	AFR [lower-alpha 4]
10 Jan	Africa Open	South Africa	€1,000,000	Charl Schwartzel (4)	20	AFR	New to European Tour
17 Jan	Joburg Open	South Africa	€1,300,000	Charl Schwartzel (5)	22	AFR
24 Jan	Abu Dhabi Golf Championship	UAE	US$2,000,000	Martin Kaymer (5)	54
31 Jan	Commercialbank Qatar Masters	Qatar	US$2,500,000	Robert Karlsson (10)	54
7 Feb	Omega Dubai Desert Classic	UAE	US$2,500,000	Miguel Ángel Jiménez (16)	50
14 Feb	Avantha Masters	India	€1,500,000	Andrew Dodt (1)	20	ASA	Returning tournament [lower-alpha 1]
21 Feb	WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship	United States	US$8,500,000	Ian Poulter (9)	74		World Golf Championship
7 Mar	Maybank Malaysian Open	Malaysia	US$2,000,000	Noh Seung-yul (1)	24	ASA
14 Mar	WGC-CA Championship	United States	US$8,500,000	Ernie Els (25)	74		World Golf Championship
21 Mar	Trophée Hassan II	Morocco	€1,300,000	Rhys Davies (1)	24		New to European Tour
28 Mar	Open de Andalucía de Golf	Spain	€1,000,000	Louis Oosthuizen (1)	24
11 Apr	Madeira Islands Open BPI - Portugal	Portugal	€700,000	James Morrison (1)	24
11 Apr	Masters Tournament	United States	US$7,500,000	Phil Mickelson (n/a)	100		Major championship
18 Apr	Volvo China Open	China	US$2,500,000	Yang Yong-eun (3)	28	ONE
25 Apr	Ballantine's Championship	South Korea	€2,200,000	Marcus Fraser (2)	38	ASA, KOR
2 May	Open de España	Spain	€2,000,000	Álvaro Quirós (4)	24
9 May	BMW Italian Open	Italy	€1,300,000	Fredrik Andersson Hed (1)	24
16 May	Iberdrola Open Cala Millor Mallorca	Spain	€800,000	Peter Hanson (3)	24		New tournament
23 May	BMW PGA Championship	England	€4,500,000	Simon Khan (2)	64		Flagship event
30 May	Madrid Masters	Spain	€1,500,000	Luke Donald (3)	36
6 Jun	Celtic Manor Wales Open	Wales	£1,800,000	Graeme McDowell (5)	38
13 Jun	Estoril Open de Portugal	Portugal	€1,000,000	Thomas Bjørn (10)	24
20 Jun	Saint-Omer Open	France	€600,000	Martin Wiegele (1)	18	CHA
20 Jun	U.S. Open	United States	US$7,500,000	Graeme McDowell (6)	100		Major championship
27 Jun	BMW International Open	Germany	€2,000,000	David Horsey (1)	38
4 Jul	Alstom Open de France	France	€3,000,000	Miguel Ángel Jiménez (17)	50
11 Jul	Barclays Scottish Open	Scotland	£3,000,000	Edoardo Molinari (1)	52
18 Jul	The Open Championship	Scotland	£4,800,000	Louis Oosthuizen (2)	100		Major championship
25 Jul	Nordea Scandinavian Masters	Sweden	€1,600,000	Richard S. Johnson (2)	26
1 Aug	3 Irish Open	Ireland	€3,000,000	Ross Fisher (4)	32
8 Aug	WGC-Bridgestone Invitational	United States	US$8,500,000	Hunter Mahan (n/a)	76		World Golf Championship
15 Aug	PGA Championship	United States	US$7,500,000	Martin Kaymer (6)	100		Major championship
22 Aug	Czech Open	Czech Republic	€2,000,000	Peter Hanson (4)	24
29 Aug	Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles	Scotland	£1,400,000	Edoardo Molinari (2)	30
5 Sep	Omega European Masters	Switzerland	€2,000,000	Miguel Ángel Jiménez (18)	30	ASA
12 Sep	KLM Open	Netherlands	€1,800,000	Martin Kaymer (7)	32
19 Sep	Austrian Golf Open	Austria	€750,000	José Manuel Lara (2)	24
26 Sep	Vivendi Cup	France	€1,250,000	John Parry (1)	24		New tournament
10 Oct	Alfred Dunhill Links Championship	Scotland	US$5,000,000	Martin Kaymer (8)	48		Pro-Am
17 Oct	Portugal Masters	Portugal	€3,000,000	Richard Green (3)	34
24 Oct	Castelló Masters Costa Azahar	Spain	€2,000,000	Matteo Manassero (1)	24
31 Oct	Andalucía Valderrama Masters	Spain	€3,000,000	Graeme McDowell (7)	38		New tournament
7 Nov	WGC-HSBC Champions	China	US$7,000,000	Francesco Molinari (2)	68		World Golf Championship
14 Nov	Barclays Singapore Open	Singapore	US$6,000,000	Adam Scott (7)	48	ASA
21 Nov	UBS Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong	US$2,500,000	Ian Poulter (10)	38	ASA
28 Nov	Dubai World Championship	UAE	US$7,500,000	Robert Karlsson (11)	58		Tour Championship

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	Winner(s)	OWGR points	Notes
6 Jul	J. P. McManus Pro-Am	Ireland	n/a	Darren Clarke	n/a	Pro-Am
4 Oct	Ryder Cup	Wales	n/a	Team Europe	n/a	Team event

Location of tournaments

(& ) class=notpageimage| Location of official tournaments of the 2010 European Tour in Europe. Major Championship Flagship event Regular event

class=notpageimage| Location of official tournaments of the 2010 European Tour outside Europe. Major Championship World Golf Championship Tour Championship Regular event class=notpageimage| South Africa class=notpageimage| United Arab Emirates

Race to Dubai

The Race to Dubai was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros. ^{[6] [7] [8]}

Pos.	Player		Majors					WGCs					Principal events			Top 10s in other ET events										Tmts		Money
			Mas	USO	Opn	PGA		WGC MP	WGC CA	WGC Inv	WGC Cha		BMW PGA	Dub		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9				Reg. (€)	Bon. ($)	Total (€)
1	Kaymer		CUT	T8	T7	1st		T17	T3	T22	T30		CUT	T13		1st	T4	T6	1st	1st	T10					22		3,368,592	1,500,000	4,461,011
2	McDowell		CUT	1st	T23	CUT		T33	T6	T22	T34		T28	T13		T8	T4	1st	T3	1st	T3	5th				24		3,077,682	1,125,000	3,896,996
3	Westwood		2nd	T16	2nd	•		T17	T30	WD	2nd		T10	T3		T3	2nd									14		2,676,213	750,000	3,222,423
4	Poulter		T10	T47	T60	WD		1st	T37	T65	T13		CUT	2nd		2nd	T6	1st								15		2,590,041	600,000	3,027,008
5	F. Molinari		T30	CUT	CUT	T33		T33	T14	T39	1st		T17	T6		T10	T4	3rd	T2	T4	8th	T3	T8	T2		27		2,417,346	525,000	2,799,692
6	Karlsson		T43	T27	T14	T16		T17	2nd	T65	T34		T13	1st		1st	7th	T2								21		1,968,760	450,000	2,296,486
7	Els		T18	3rd	CUT	T18		T17	1st	T22	T6		T34	T28		T9										15		1,961,192	412,500	2,261,607
8	Schwartzel		T30	T16	T14	T18		T9	2nd	T58	T16		T17	T21		2nd	1st	1st	8th	T5	T9					24		1,934,861	375,000	2,207,965
9	Jiménez		T12	CUT	T27	CUT		T33	T63	T22	T41		CUT	T48		1st	8th	1st	T7	T3	1st	T7	T8			29		1,933,624	337,500	2,179,418
10	Oosthuizen		CUT	CUT	1st	CUT		•	•	T9	T72		CUT	T13		5th	2nd	1st	T4	T4						22		1,852,279	300,000	2,070,763
11	E. Molinari		CUT	T47	T27	T33		T33	61st	T55	T41		CUT	T41		T4	T4	T4	1st	3rd	1st	2nd				28		1,818,164	262,500	2,009,337
12	Casey		CUT	T40	T3	T12		2nd	T6	T22	T6		T17	T6		T5										14		1,711,332	243,750	1,888,850
13	McIlroy		CUT	CUT	T3	T3		T17	T65	T9	5th		T48	5th		3rd	T6	4th	6th							16		1,657,187	225,000	1,821,050
14	Quirós		CUT	CUT	T11	CUT		T33	T6	T39	T53		CUT	T3		2nd	T6	1st	T10	T5						25		1,600,048	206,250	1,750,255
15	Donald		CUT	T47	T11	CUT		T9	T26	T46	T3		T2	T9		1	3rd									13		1,541,520	187,500	1,678,072

  Win

  Top 10

  Made cut

  Missed cut

  Withdrew

• Did not play

Awards

Award	Winner(s)	Ref.
Golfer of the Year [lower-alpha 5]	Martin Kaymer Graeme McDowell	[9]
Players' Player of the Year	Martin Kaymer	[10]
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year	Matteo Manassero	[11]

See also

• 2010 in golf
• 2010 European Senior Tour

Notes

1. The Avantha Masters is considered a continuation of the Indian Masters by the European Tour but not by the Asian Tour.
2. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of European Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for European Tour members 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.
3. AFR − Sunshine Tour; ASA − Asian Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour; KOR − Korean Tour; ONE − OneAsia Tour.
4. Sunshine Tour flagship event
5. Kaymer and McDowell shared the Golfer of the Year award.

References

1. "European Tour reveal early schedule". RTÉ Sport. 19 October 2009. Retrieved 28 December 2009.
2. "The 2010 Race to Dubai announced". European Tour. 7 December 2009. Archived from the original on 13 December 2009. Retrieved 7 December 2009.
3. "World Match Play shelved for 2010". BBC Sport. 23 May 2010. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
4. "2010 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
5. "The 2010 Race to Dubai to start in South Africa". European Tour. 19 October 2009. Archived from the original on 24 October 2009. Retrieved 12 November 2009.
6. "The European Tour Race to Dubai 2010". Worldwide Golf. No. 118. Worldwide Sporting Publications. September 2010. p. 49. Retrieved 9 February 2021– via Issuu.
7. "European Tour Race to Dubai". European Tour. 28 November 2010. Archived from the original on 30 November 2010. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
8. "Germany's Martin Kaymer wins European Tour money title". BBC Sport. 28 November 2010. Archived from the original on 29 November 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
9. Garrod, Mark (7 December 2010). "Graeme McDowell and Martin Kaymer joint winners of European Tour Golfer of the Year". The Independent. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
10. "Kaymer wins Players' Player Award". European Tour. 25 May 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
11. "Manassero wins Euro Tour's Rookie of the Year". Golfweek. Associated Press. 30 November 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2023.

External links

• Official website