2021 European Tour

2021 European Tour season

Duration	21 January 2021 (2021-01-21) – 21 November 2021 (2021-11-21)
Number of official events	40 [a]
Most wins	Collin Morikawa (3)
Race to Dubai	Collin Morikawa
Player of the Year	Jon Rahm
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year	Matti Schmid
← 2020 2022 →

The 2021 European Tour was the 50th season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.

Changes for 2021

Following a heavily disrupted 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a new look to the calendar announced in December 2020, with tournaments being scheduled in groups based on location. ^[1] The Rolex Series was also reduced to just four tournaments - the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, the Abrdn Scottish Open, the BMW PGA Championship and the season ending DP World Tour Championship, Dubai. ^[2]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2021 season. ^[3]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse	R2D points	Winner [b]	OWGR points	Other tours [c]	Notes
24 Jan	Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship	UAE	US$8,000,000	8,000	Tyrrell Hatton (6)	48		Rolex Series
31 Jan	Omega Dubai Desert Classic	UAE	US$3,250,000	4,250	Paul Casey (15)	48
7 Feb	Saudi International	Saudi Arabia	US$3,500,000	4,250	Dustin Johnson (n/a)	54
28 Feb	WGC-Workday Championship	United States [d]	US$10,500,000	8,000	Collin Morikawa (2)	74		World Golf Championship
7 Mar	Oman Open	Oman	–	–	Postponed [5]	–
14 Mar	Commercial Bank Qatar Masters	Qatar	US$1,500,000	2,000	Antoine Rozner (2)	24
21 Mar	Magical Kenya Open	Kenya	€1,000,000	2,000	Justin Harding (2)	24
26 Mar	Kenya Savannah Classic	Kenya	€1,000,000	2,000	Daniel van Tonder (1)	24		New tournament
28 Mar	WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play	United States	US$10,500,000	8,000	Billy Horschel (1)	76		World Golf Championship
11 Apr	Masters Tournament	United States	US$11,500,000	10,000	Hideki Matsuyama (n/a)	100		Major championship
18 Apr [e]	Austrian Golf Open	Austria	€1,000,000	2,000	John Catlin (3)	24
25 Apr	Gran Canaria Lopesan Open	Spain	€1,500,000	2,750	Garrick Higgo (2)	24		New tournament
2 May [f] 18 Apr	Tenerife Open	Spain	€1,500,000	2,750	Dean Burmester (2)	24
9 May	Open de France	France	–	–	Cancelled [8]	–
9 May [g]	Canary Islands Championship	Spain	€1,500,000	2,750	Garrick Higgo (3)	24		New tournament
15 May	Betfred British Masters	England	£1,850,000	3,500	Richard Bland (1)	24
23 May	PGA Championship	United States	US$12,000,000	10,000	Phil Mickelson (n/a)	100		Major championship
30 May	Made in HimmerLand	Denmark	€1,500,000	2,750	Bernd Wiesberger (8)	24
7 Jun	Porsche European Open	Germany	€1,200,000	2,000	Marcus Armitage (1)	24
13 Jun	Scandinavian Mixed	Sweden	€1,000,000	2,000	Jonathan Caldwell (1)	24	LET	Mixed event [h]
20 Jun	U.S. Open	United States	US$12,500,000	10,000	Jon Rahm (7)	100		Major championship
27 Jun	BMW International Open	Germany	€1,500,000	2,750	Viktor Hovland (1)	24
4 Jul	Dubai Duty Free Irish Open	Ireland	€3,000,000	4,250	Lucas Herbert (2)	28
11 Jul	Abrdn Scottish Open	Scotland	US$8,000,000	8,000	Min Woo Lee (2)	56		Rolex Series
18 Jul	The Open Championship	England	US$11,500,000	10,000	Collin Morikawa (3)	100		Major championship
25 Jul	Cazoo Open	Wales	€1,250,000	2,000	Nacho Elvira (1)	24
1 Aug	ISPS Handa World Invitational	Northern Ireland	US$1,500,000	2,000	Daniel Gavins (1)	24		New to European Tour
8 Aug	Hero Open	Scotland	€1,250,000	2,000	Grant Forrest (1)	24
8 Aug	WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational	United States	US$10,500,000	8,000	Abraham Ancer (1)	74		World Golf Championship
15 Aug	Cazoo Classic	England	€1,250,000	2,000	Calum Hill (1)	24
22 Aug	D+D Real Czech Masters	Czech Republic	€1,000,000	2,000	Johannes Veerman (1)	24
29 Aug	Omega European Masters	Switzerland	€2,000,000	2,750	Rasmus Højgaard (3)	24
5 Sep	DS Automobiles Italian Open	Italy	€3,000,000	4,250	Nicolai Højgaard (1)	28
12 Sep	BMW PGA Championship	England	US$8,000,000	8,000	Billy Horschel (2)	64		Flagship event [i]
19 Sep	Dutch Open	Netherlands	€1,000,000	2,000	Kristoffer Broberg (2)	24
3 Oct	Alfred Dunhill Links Championship	Scotland	US$5,000,000	5,500	Danny Willett (8)	30		Pro-Am
10 Oct	Acciona Open de España	Spain	€1,500,000	2,750	Rafa Cabrera-Bello (4)	24
17 Oct	Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters	Spain	€3,000,000	4,250	Matt Fitzpatrick (7)	30
24 Oct	Trophée Hassan II	Morocco	–	–	Cancelled [10]	–
24 Oct [j]	Mallorca Golf Open	Spain	€1,000,000	2,000	Jeff Winther (1)	24		New tournament
31 Oct	Hero Indian Open	India	–	–	Cancelled [12]	–	ASA
31 Oct	WGC-HSBC Champions	China	–	–	Cancelled [13]	–		World Golf Championship
7 Nov	Volvo China Open	China	–	–	Removed [k]	–
7 Nov [l] 2 May	Portugal Masters	Portugal	€1,500,000	2,750	Thomas Pieters (5)	24
14 Nov	Nedbank Golf Challenge	South Africa	–	–	Cancelled [15]	–	AFR
14 Nov	Aviv Dubai Championship	UAE	US$1,500,000	2,000	Joachim B. Hansen (2)	24
21 Nov	DP World Tour Championship, Dubai	UAE	US$9,000,000	12,000	Collin Morikawa (4)	46		Tour Championship [i]

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
1 Aug	Olympic Games	Japan	n/a	Xander Schauffele	50	Limited-field event
26 Sep	Ryder Cup	United States	n/a	Team USA	n/a	Team event

Location of tournaments

class=notpageimage| Location of tournaments in Europe. Major championship Flagship event Rolex Series event Regular event Cancelled event

class=notpageimage| Location of tournaments outside Europe. Major championship World Golf Championships Rolex Series event Regular event Unofficial event Postponed or cancelled event, or no longer ET sanctioned class=notpageimage| Fife, Scotland class=notpageimage| Canary Islands class=notpageimage| United Arab Emirates

Race to Dubai

Points distribution

The distribution of Race to Dubai points for 2021 European Tour events were as follows: ^[16]

Finishing position		Total pts		1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th		20th		30th		40th		50th		60th
Major championships		10,000		1,665	1,113	627	500	424	350	300	250	223	200		120		90		68		48		30
Rolex Series & WGCs		8,000		1,335	889	500	400	339	280	240	200	178	160		96		72		54		38		24
Regular tournament (Band 6) [m]		5,500		915	612	345	275	234	192	165	138	123	110		66		50		37		28		17
Regular tournament (Band 4) [n]		4,250		710	472	266	212	180	149	128	106	95	85		51		38		29		20		13
Regular tournament (Band 3) [o]		3,500		585	389	218	175	148	123	105	88	78	70		42		32		24		17		11
Regular tournament (Band 2) [p]		2,750		460	305	172	137	116	97	83	69	61	55		33		25		19		13		8
Regular tournament (Band 1) [q]		2,000		335	222	125	100	84	70	60	50	44	40		24		18		14		10		6
DP World Tour Championship		12,000		2,000	1,335	752	600	509	420	359	300	267	240		144		108		82		58		36

Final standings

The Race to Dubai was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system. ^{[17] [18]}

Pos.	Player		Majors					WGCs					Rolex Series					Top 10s in other ET events					Total pts		Tmts		Money [r]
			Mas	PGA	USO	Opn		WGC Wrk	WGC MP	WGC Inv	WGC Cha		Abu	Sco	BMW PGA	DPW TC		1	2	3	4						Reg. (€m)	Bon. ($k)
1	Morikawa		T18 124	T8 181	T4 425	1st 1665		1st 1335	T56 26	T26 77	C A N C E L L E D		•	T71 15	•	1st 2000							5,856		10		6.8	500
2	Horschel		T50 47	T23 102	CUT 0	T53 37		T2 596	1st 1335	T17 98			•	T54 29	1st 1335	T32 96							3,716		11		3.7	300
3	Rahm		T5 387	T8 181	1st 1665	T3 564		T32 66	T5 265	•			•	7th 240	•	•							3,403		9		3.6	200 [s]
4	Fitzpatrick		T34 77	T23 102	T55 37	T26 93		T11 138	T18 90	T57 26			CUT 0	T2 695	T20 91	T2 1044		1st 710					3,157		14		2.5	150
5	Hatton		T18 124	T38 67	CUT 0	CUT 0		T22 85	T56 26	T17 98			1st 1335	T18 93	CUT 0	T16 156		T6 119	T2 479				2,628		14		2.1	100
6	M. W. Lee		•	•	•	CUT 0		T28 73	•	62nd 22			CUT 0	1st 1335	CUT 0	T16 156		T2 369	T8 59	T4 79			2,343		21		1.8
7	Casey		T26 92	T4 394	T7 221	T15 138		•	T28 64	T5 286			•	•	•	T9 218		1st 710	6th 70				2,272		11		1.8
8	N. Højgaard		•	•	•	•		•	•	•			•	•	T20 91	T4 555		T7 46	T4 100	1st 710	T2 205		1,954		22		1.2
9	MacIntyre		T12 152	T49 45	T35 74	T8 214		T61 22	T9 138	T15 115			T16 98	T18 93	CUT 0	T4 555		3rd 266	T8 79				1,951		19		1.5
10	Ancer		T26 92	T8 181	CUT 0	T59 28		T18 98	T18 90	1st 1335			•	•	•	T27 112							1,950		10		2.1

  Win

  Top 10

  Made cut

  Missed cut

• Did not play

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Player of the Year (Seve Ballesteros Award)	Jon Rahm	[21]
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year	Matti Schmid	[22]

See also

• 2021 in golf
• 2021 Challenge Tour
• 2021 European Senior Tour

Notes

1. A further seven tournaments were scheduled but were either cancelled, postponed or otherwise removed from the schedule.
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.
3. AFR − Sunshine Tour; ASA − Asian Tour; LET − Ladies European Tour.
4. Moved from Mexico due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[4]
5. Added to the schedule following the postponement of the Portugal Masters. ^[6]
6. Rescheduled following the postponement of the Portugal Masters. ^[7]
7. Added to the schedule following the cancellation of the Open de France. ^[9]
8. Field of 78 men and 78 women playing from different sets of tees. Tour ranking and world ranking points based on finish among men's field only.
9. Also a Rolex Series tournament.
10. Event added to the schedule in September in place of the Trophée Hassan II, which was cancelled earlier in the year. ^[11]
11. Event proceeded as a sole-sanctioned China Tour event. ^[11]
12. Postponed from April to November due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ^{[7] [11] [14]}
13. Tournaments with purses ranging from $5,000,000 to $5,499,999.
14. Tournaments with purses ranging from $3,250,000 to $3,999,999.
15. Tournaments with purses ranging from $2,500,000 to $3,249,999.
16. Tournaments with purses ranging from $1,750,000 to $2,499,999.
17. Tournaments with purses ranging from $1,000,000 to $1,749,999.
18. In addition to tournament prize money, the top five point scorers received a share of a $1.25m bonus pool. ^[19]
19. By missing the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai, Rahm was not eligible for the bonus pool. ^[20]

References

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18. "Morikawa becomes 1st American to be European Tour's No 1". USA Today. Associated Press. 21 November 2021.
19. Ballengee, Ryan (17 November 2021). "2021 Race to Dubai scenarios: Who can still win the season-long race at the DP World Tour Championship?". Golf News Net. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
20. "Jon Rahm withdraws from DP World Tour Championship". BBC Sport. 14 November 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
21. "Jon Rahm wins 2021 Seve Ballesteros Award". European Tour. 16 February 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
22. "Matti Schmid wins Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year Award". Gulf News. 7 December 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2023.

External links

• Official website