Duration | 28 November 2019 – 13 December 2020 |
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Number of official events | 38 [lower-alpha 1] |
Most wins | Christiaan Bezuidenhout (2) John Catlin (2) Rasmus Højgaard (2) Sam Horsfield (2) |
Race to Dubai | Lee Westwood |
Golfer of the Year | Lee Westwood |
Players' Player of the Year | Lee Westwood |
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year | Sami Välimäki |
Graduate of the Year | Antoine Rozner |
UK Swing Order of Merit | Rasmus Højgaard |
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The 2020 European Tour was the 49th season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.
In order to combat slow play, from the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship onwards, regulations were introduced whereby a player would receive a one-stroke penalty for two bad times during a tournament. [1]
With the addition of golf at the Olympic Games to the schedule in 2020, the Irish Open was moved to May from its previous date in July in order to avoid a clash with the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, which had already been moved to avoid the Olympics. The Open de France was then scheduled opposite the WGC Invitational, and the British Masters was scheduled opposite the Olympics. [2]
The COVID-19 pandemic had a major impact on the season, with many tournaments being rescheduled or cancelled. All four major championships were affected; The Open Championship was cancelled, and the Masters Tournament, U.S. Open and PGA Championship were moved to dates much later in the year.
After a three-month hiatus following the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters in early March, the tour resumed with a much changed schedule in July. Two dual-ranking events in Austria were followed by a six-tournament stretch in the United Kingdom and three tournaments in Spain and Portugal, with the rescheduled major events starting in late September.
On 13 August, it was announced that Alexander Lévy had become the first European Tour player to return a positive test for COVID-19. He and Romain Wattel, who had been in close contact with Lévy, were withdrawn from the field for the Celtic Classic. [3]
Due to the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests, the Honma Hong Kong Open, originally scheduled for 28 November – 1 December 2019 as a co-sanctioned event with the Asian Tour, was rescheduled for 9–12 January 2020 as an Asian Tour event without European Tour sanctioning. [4] [5]
The remainder of the schedule was severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The following table lists official events during the 2020 season. [46]
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 | OWGR points | Notes |
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GolfSixes Cascais | Portugal | – | Cancelled [lower-alpha 7] | n/a | Team event | |
Olympic Games | Japan | n/a | Postponed [lower-alpha 14] | – | Limited-field event | |
Ryder Cup | United States | n/a | Postponed [lower-alpha 14] | n/a | Team event |
The tournament locations below represent the original schedule, before any changes due to COVID-19 pandemic.
The Race to Dubai was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system. [48] [49]
Pos. | Player | Majors | WGCs | Rolex Series | Top 10s in other ET events | Total pts | Tmts | Money | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Opn | PGA | USO | Mas | WGC Mex | WGC MP | WGC Inv | WGC Cha | Abu | Sco | BMW PGA | Tur | Ned | DPW TC | 1 | 2 | 3 | Reg. (€m) | Bon. ($k) [50] | |||||||||||
1 | Westwood | C A N C E L L E D | • | T13 151 | T38 69 | T22 99 | C A N C E L L E D | • | C A N C E L L E D | 1st 1165 | T19 80 | T18 88 | C A N C E L L E D | C A N C E L L E D | 2nd 1335 | T10 33 | 3,128 | 15 | 2.3 | 500 | |||||||||
2 | Fitzpatrick | CUT 0 | CUT 0 | T46 54 | T37 63 | T6 226 | T2 523 | T42 41 | T7 180 | 1st 2000 | 3,110 | 10 | 3.5 | 300 | |||||||||||||||
3 | Reed | T13 151 | T13 151 | T10 185 | 1st 1500 | T47 48 | • | • | T3 394 | T3 676 | 3,104 | 8 | 3.0 | 200 | |||||||||||||||
4 | Fleetwood | T29 89 | CUT 0 | T19 119 | T18 110 | T35 63 | T2 523 | 2nd 780 | T13 103 | T10 215 | T3 113 | 2,183 | 11 | 1.7 | 150 | ||||||||||||||
5 | Morikawa | 1st 1665 | CUT 0 | T44 61 | T42 53 | T20 103 | • | • | • | T10 215 | 2,097 | 6 | 1.9 | 100 | |||||||||||||||
6 | Perez | T22 105 | CUT 0 | T46 54 | T53 34 | T65 22 | T2 523 | T14 99 | 2nd 780 | 7th 359 | 2,073 | 14 | 1.6 | ||||||||||||||||
7 | Bezuidenhout | CUT 0 | 55th 40 | T38 69 | T29 75 | T20 103 | T59 21 | CUT 0 | T40 46 | T14 157 | 2nd 472 | 1st 460 | 1st 335 | 1,875 | 17 | 1.1 | |||||||||||||
8 | Rai | • | • | • | • | • | CUT 0 | 1st 1165 | CUT 0 | T51 53 | T10 35 | 2nd 222 | 3rd 125 | 1,741 | 17 | 1.3 | |||||||||||||
9 | Hatton | CUT 0 | CUT 0 | CUT 0 | T6 270 | T69 18 | • | • | 1st 1165 | T8 284 | 1,737 | 7 | 1.4 | ||||||||||||||||
10 | Oosthuizen | T33 79 | 3rd 627 | T23 110 | T51 41 | T6 226 | 5th 297 | • | • | • | 2nd 222 | 1,646 | 8 | 1.6 |
With the return of the European Tour after the COVID-19 hiatus and as part of the new Golf for Good initiative – which underpinned all events for the remainder of the 2020 season – a mini Order of Merit ran for all six events in the "UK Swing", with the top ten players sharing an additional £250,000 to donate to charities of their choice. [51] The top ten, not otherwise exempt, from the standings of the UK Swing Order of Merit after the first five events received entry into the 2020 U.S. Open. [52]
The UK Swing Order of Merit was based on tournament results during the UK Swing, calculated using a points-based system. [51] [53]
Pos. | Player | Event | Total pts | Tmts | Donation (£) | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||
1 | Rasmus Højgaard | 2nd 222 | T6 56 | 3rd 125 | • | • | 1st 335 | 738 | 4 | 60,000 |
2 | Sam Horsfield | T10 36 | 1st 335 | CUT 0 | 1st 335 | T44 10 | • | 716 | 5 | 50,000 |
3 | Andy Sullivan | T4 85 | T41 12 | 1st 335 | T47 9 | • | T9 42 | 483 | 5 | 40,000 |
4 | Thomas Detry | CUT 0 | 2nd 222 | T56 7 | 2nd 222 | • | • | 451 | 4 | 30,000 |
5 | Renato Paratore | 1st 335 | T28 18 | T34 14 | CUT 0 | T27 17 | • | 384 | 5 | 20,000 |
6 | Romain Langasque | T53 7 | T57 6 | T26 18 | • | 1st 335 | CUT 0 | 367 | 5 | 10,000 (each) |
7 | Sami Välimäki | CUT 0 | • | • | T6 56 | 2nd 222 | • | 278 | 3 | |
8 | Adrián Otaegui | T35 15 | CUT 0 | 2nd 222 | T14 27 | T37 14 | • | 277 | 5 | |
9 | Justin Walters | CUT 0 | CUT 0 | CUT 0 | T39 13 | CUT 0 | 2nd 222 | 235 | 6 | |
10 | Matthew Jordan | T17 25 | CUT 0 | CUT 0 | T47 9 | T3 113 | T19 23 | 170 | 6 |
The leading players in the points standings following the ISPS Handa Wales Open, who qualified for 2020 U.S. Open, were as follows: [54]
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