2018 European Senior Tour

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2018 European Senior Tour season
Duration8 March 2018 (2018-03-08) – 16 December 2018 (2018-12-16)
Number of official events19
Most wins Flag of the United States.svg Clark Dennis (2)
Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Orr (2)
Flag of England.svg Paul Streeter (2)
Order of Merit Flag of England.svg Paul Broadhurst
Rookie of the Year Flag of England.svg Paul Streeter
2017
2019

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.

Contents

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]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
()
Winner [lower-alpha 1] Notes
10 Mar Sharjah Senior Golf Masters UAEUS$425,000 Flag of Thailand.svg Thaworn Wiratchant (2)
27 May KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship United StatesUS$3,250,000 Flag of England.svg Paul Broadhurst (5) Senior major championship
3 Jun Shipco Masters Denmark350,000 Flag of Scotland.svg Colin Montgomerie (9)New tournament
17 Jun Senior Italian Open Italy300,000 Flag of the United States.svg Clark Dennis (3)
1 Jul U.S. Senior Open United StatesUS$4,000,000 Flag of the United States.svg David Toms (n/a) Senior major championship [lower-alpha 2]
8 Jul Swiss Seniors Open Switzerland320,000 Flag of France.svg Jean-François Remésy (1)
15 Jul WINSTONgolf Senior Open Germany350,000 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Stephen Dodd (3)
29 Jul The Senior Open Championship ScotlandUS$2,000,000 Flag of Spain.svg Miguel Ángel Jiménez (1) Senior major championship
5 Aug Staysure PGA Seniors Championship England£400,000 Flag of England.svg Philip Golding (5)
19 Aug VTB Russian Open Golf Championship RussiaUS$500,000 Flag of England.svg David Shacklady (1)
26 Aug Willow Senior Golf Classic England£370,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Fowler (6)
2 Sep Travis Perkins Masters England£380,000 Flag of England.svg Paul Streeter (1)
9 Sep European Tour Properties Senior Classic Bulgaria250,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Persson Atlevi (2)
16 Sep Scottish Senior Open Scotland£250,000 Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Orr (1)
7 Oct Farmfoods European Senior Masters England200,000 Flag of Spain.svg Santiago Luna (4)
13 Oct Paris Legends Championship France300,000 Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Orr (2)
1 Dec Costa Blanca Benidorm Senior Golf Masters Spain300,000 Flag of England.svg Paul Streeter (2)New tournament
9 Dec MCB Tour Championship (Mauritius)Mauritius450,000 Flag of the United States.svg Clark Dennis (4)Tour Championship
16 Dec MCB Tour Championship (Seychelles)SeychellesUS$300,000 Flag of England.svg Roger Chapman (3)

Order of Merit

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

PositionPlayerPrize money ()
1 Flag of England.svg Paul Broadhurst 547,793
2 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Phillip Price 279,627
3 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Stephen Dodd 267,241
4 Flag of the United States.svg Clark Dennis 259,240
5 Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Persson Atlevi 221,819

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Rookie of the Year Flag of England.svg 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.

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References

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