2018 European Senior Tour

2018 European Senior Tour season

Duration	8 March 2018 (2018-03-08) – 16 December 2018 (2018-12-16)
Number of official events	19
Most wins	Clark Dennis (2) Gary Orr (2) Paul Streeter (2)
Order of Merit	Paul Broadhurst
Rookie of the Year	Paul Streeter
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The 2018 European Senior Tour, titled as the 2018 Staysure Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 27th season of the European Senior Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe for men aged 50 and over.

Staysure title sponsorship

In December 2017, it was announced that the tour had signed a title sponsorship agreement with insurance company Staysure, being renamed as the Staysure Tour. ^[1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2018 season. ^[2]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (€)	Winner [lower-alpha 1]	Notes
10 Mar	Sharjah Senior Golf Masters	UAE	US$425,000	Thaworn Wiratchant (2)
27 May	KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship	United States	US$3,250,000	Paul Broadhurst (5)	Senior major championship
3 Jun	Shipco Masters	Denmark	350,000	Colin Montgomerie (9)	New tournament
17 Jun	Senior Italian Open	Italy	300,000	Clark Dennis (3)
1 Jul	U.S. Senior Open	United States	US$4,000,000	David Toms (n/a)	Senior major championship [lower-alpha 2]
8 Jul	Swiss Seniors Open	Switzerland	320,000	Jean-François Remésy (1)
15 Jul	WINSTONgolf Senior Open	Germany	350,000	Stephen Dodd (3)
29 Jul	The Senior Open Championship	Scotland	US$2,000,000	Miguel Ángel Jiménez (1)	Senior major championship
5 Aug	Staysure PGA Seniors Championship	England	£400,000	Philip Golding (5)
19 Aug	VTB Russian Open Golf Championship	Russia	US$500,000	David Shacklady (1)
26 Aug	Willow Senior Golf Classic	England	£370,000	Peter Fowler (6)
2 Sep	Travis Perkins Masters	England	£380,000	Paul Streeter (1)
9 Sep	European Tour Properties Senior Classic	Bulgaria	250,000	Magnus Persson Atlevi (2)
16 Sep	Scottish Senior Open	Scotland	£250,000	Gary Orr (1)
7 Oct	Farmfoods European Senior Masters	England	200,000	Santiago Luna (4)
13 Oct	Paris Legends Championship	France	300,000	Gary Orr (2)
1 Dec	Costa Blanca Benidorm Senior Golf Masters	Spain	300,000	Paul Streeter (2)	New tournament
9 Dec	MCB Tour Championship (Mauritius)	Mauritius	450,000	Clark Dennis (4)	Tour Championship
16 Dec	MCB Tour Championship (Seychelles)	Seychelles	US$300,000	Roger Chapman (3)

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros. ^{[3] [4]}

Position	Player	Prize money (€)
1	Paul Broadhurst	547,793
2	Phillip Price	279,627
3	Stephen Dodd	267,241
4	Clark Dennis	259,240
5	Magnus Persson Atlevi	221,819

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Rookie of the Year	Paul Streeter	[5]

Notes

1. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of European Senior Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for European Senior Tour members.
2. Official win; unofficial money.

References

1. "Staysure to become first title sponsor of the European Senior Tour". European Tour. 7 December 2017. Archived from the original on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
2. "2018 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
3. "2018 Order of Merit". European Tour. Archived from the original on 17 December 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
4. "Broadhurst tops Staysure Tour's Money List". My Sports Analysis. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
5. "Paul Streeter named 2018 Staysure Tour Rookie of the Year". European Tour. 19 December 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2023.

External links

• Official website