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South Korean Tom Kim handled difficult weather conditions to card a 7-under 64 and take a one-shot first-round lead at the French Open on Thursday. Rory McIlroy birdied his last two holes to move into contention for a second Irish Open title as most of the players in front of him faltered in the third round on Saturday.

McIlroy finished off a 6-under 66 with a short birdie putt on the 18th to push into third place, two shots behind leader Hurly Long of Germany. As expected, Justin Rose set the pace in the first round of the British Masters with a 7-under Joost Luiten carded a bogey-free 7-under 65 on Saturday to match his lowest round of the season and take a three-shot lead into the final round of the BMW International Open.

Daniel Hillier took a one-shot lead in the second round of the BMW International Open ahead of a player making his debut on the European tour on Friday. Maximilian Kieffer stayed atop the leaderboard after the second round of the European Open, though a late double bogey cut into his lead to one stroke on Friday.

Spanish golfer Pablo Larrazabal won the KLM Open by two strokes on Sunday to claim his ninth title on the European tour and a second in the space of four weeks. Australian Lucas Herbert outlasted Aaron Cockerill to win the Handa Championship on the second extra hole Sunday for his third world tour title. Wang Jeung-hun and Alejandro del Rey both shot 6-under 66 on Saturday to sit atop the leaderboard after three rounds of the Singapore Classic.

Another year without a major was no less special for Rory McIlroy, who finished Sunday as Europe's top-ranked golfer for the fourth time and became only the second player to capture season titles on the PGA Tour and European tour. Dale Whitnell took a one-stroke lead halfway through the Mallorca Open after shooting 8-under 63 on Friday to equal the course record set the previous day by fellow Englishman Marcus Armitage.

Min Woo Lee shot a 5-under 66 at Valderrama to sit in a five-way tie for the lead at the Andalucia Masters on Thursday. It took a year longer than he'd hoped for but Jon Rahm is finally a three-time winner of the Spanish Open, matching the achievement of his hero Seve Ballesteros.

Paul Waring and Stephen Gallacher shared a one-shot lead at the halfway mark. The Scot beat U. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick at the Italian Open. Thriston Lawrence won the European Masters on Sunday with a steady par on the first playoff hole before Matt Wallace sent a five-foot putt left to make bogey.

A Saturday that started early for Thriston Lawrence by completing the four holes from his weather-affected second round ended with him leading by three shots after three rounds of the European Masters. Callum Shinkwin claimed his second European tour title with a four-shot victory in the Cazoo Open on Sunday.

Skip to main content. Frittelli wins Bahrain Championship for first victory on Euro tour since South African golfer Dylan Frittelli won his first European tour event in more than six years after making three birdies in his last six holes for a two-stroke victory at the Bahrain Championship on Sunday. Fleetwood surges into lead at Dubai Invitational after third round Tommy Fleetwood surged into the lead of the Dubai Invitational after shooting an 8-under 63 in the third round Saturday to overtake Rory McIlroy by one stroke.

McIlroy recovers from a quadruple bogey to keep two-shot lead at Dubai Invitational Rory McIlroy recovered from a quadruple bogey to shoot a 1-under 70 Friday and maintain the lead at the halfway point of the Dubai Invitational. Burmester wins Joburg Open to open European tour season.

Hojgaard produces big finish to win season-ending World Tour Championship. European golf today Wallace birdies the entire back 9 in Dubai to lead European tour finale Matt Wallace of England made a foot birdie putt on the 10th hole and didn't stop until he birdied the rest of them, tying a European tour record with nine birdies in a row for a under 60 that shot him into the lead Saturday in the season-ending DP World Tour Championship.

Campillo leads by one shot at Qatar Masters Jorge Campillo led by one shot before the third round of the Qatar Masters was suspended because of fading light on Saturday, with the Spanish golfer having just the 18th hole left to play. Shortly afterwards the tour also made its debut in the former Soviet Bloc at the Czech Open , but much less has come of this development as participation in golf in the former Soviet region remains low and sponsors there are unable to compete financially with their Western European rivals for the limited number of slots available on the main tour each summer.

However, the second-tier Challenge Tour has visited Central and Eastern Europe somewhat more frequently. In , the European Tour added the three U. Open — to its official schedule. The leading European Tour players had all been competing in them for many years, but now their prize money counted towards the Order of Merit a year later for the Masters Tournament , which sometimes made a great deal of difference to the end-of-season rankings.

The following year, in , the World Golf Championships were established with the three individual tournaments, also offering substantially more prize money than most European events, added to the European Tour schedule. Since the minimum number of events that a player must play to retain membership of the European Tour was eleven, the addition of the majors and WGCs meant that players could potentially become members, or retain membership, of the tour by playing just four other events.

For the season, the minimum number of events required for members was increased to twelve; [14] this coincided with the elevation of the HSBC Champions , previously a European Tour event co-sanctioned by three other tours, to World Golf Championships status. The minimum increased to 13 in , but beginning in team events such as the Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup were allowed to count towards the minimum.

The minimum was reduced from five to four in The European Tour is considered the second most important tour in men's golf, behind the United States-based PGA Tour , but retains significantly higher standing than other leading golf tours around the world. This status is reflected by the minimum world ranking points available in each tours respective tournaments, and prize money available.

However, this includes the majors and World Golf Championships , which are the most lucrative on the schedule, so the difference for regular tournaments is substantially higher. Even though the prize funds of many European Tour events have increased rapidly since the late s, especially with the introduction of the Race to Dubai and the Rolex Series , on occasion the European Tour has failed to attract as many leading players to its events as in the past, with even some of the top European players staying away.

When Continental Europe produced its first global golf stars in the s, such as Seve Ballesteros , and especially when Europe began to notch wins over the United States in the Ryder Cup in the mids, there was widespread optimism about the future standing of the European Tour relative to the PGA Tour. This has ebbed away as leading players continued to base themselves in the United States and several major European countries, such as Germany and Italy, have not regularly produced high-ranked golfers, as was formerly anticipated.

Nonetheless, the number of European countries which have produced winners on the European Tour and PGA Tour has increased, with notable golfing depth developing in the Scandinavian countries. However, since the lates more young golfers from around the world are starting their careers directly in the United States, often having attended college as amateurs, usually with golf scholarships , before turning professional.

Conversely, some young American players have sought to kick-start their professional careers in Europe, having failed to qualify for either PGA Tour or its development tour. For example, former world number one amateur , Peter Uihlein , announced in December that he would not return for his final semester at Oklahoma State University and would begin professional play in Europe the following month, both through sponsor's exemptions on the main European Tour and on the developmental Challenge Tour.

It has been claimed that the finances of the European Tour depend heavily on the Ryder Cup. In simple terms, the European Tour loses money in non-Ryder Cup years, makes a tidy profit in years the event is played in the United States where the PGA of America, not the PGA Tour, owns the event and reaps the majority of the income , and then hits the lottery in years the tournament is staged in Europe.

Earlier this year, Golfweek reported that the European Tour made more than 14 million pounds in pre-tax profit in , the last time the Ryder Cup was staged in Europe. A year later, when there was no Ryder Cup, it lost more than 2. The owners of the and venues respectively Sir Michael Smurfit and Sir Terry Matthews committed to hosting European Tour events at their venues for more than a decade after winning bidding, and guaranteed the purses for those tour events.

Since , with the exception of , the season has actually started late in the previous calendar year, but the seasons are still named by calendar year, rather than for example , which would reflect the actual span of play. All of the events up until late March take place outside Europe, with most of these being co-sanctioned with other tours.

From then on, the tour plays mainly in Europe, and the events in its home continent generally have higher prize money than those held elsewhere, excluding the major championships, which were added to the tour schedule in ; three individual World Golf Championships events, added the following year, most of which take place in the United States; and the HSBC Champions, elevated to World Golf Championships status in There are generally only minor variations in the overall pattern from one year to the next.

Occasionally tournaments change venue, and quite often change name, particularly when they get a new sponsor, but the principal events have fixed and traditional places in the schedule, and this determines the rhythm of the season. The new name reflected the addition of a new season ending tournament, the Dubai World Championship , held at the end of November in Dubai.

The winner of the Race to Dubai also receives a ten-year European Tour exemption, while the winner of the Dubai World Championship receives a five-year exemption. This was designed to increase interest and player participation in the event. However, in November , the tour announced that the Rankings would be reverted back to the Race to Dubai, starting from the season.

For the season, the European Tour launched the Rolex Series, a series of events with higher prize funds than regular tour events. The European Tour's money list was known as the "Order of Merit" until , when it was replaced by the Race to Dubai. It is calculated in euro , although around half of the events have prize funds which are fixed in other currencies, mainly pounds sterling or U.

In these instances, the amounts are converted into euro at the exchange rate for the week that the tournament is played. The table below shows the top 10 career money leaders on the European Tour. Due to increases in prize money over the years, it is dominated by current players. The figures are not the players' complete career earnings as most of them have earned millions more on other tours especially the PGA Tour or from non-tour events.

In addition, elite golfers often earn several times as much from endorsements and golf-related business interests as they do from prize money. As of 10 December The European Tour Golfer of the Year was an award handed by a panel comprising members of the Association of Golf Writers and commentators from television and radio.

The award was created in and lasted until , when it merged with the Players' Player of the Year award in The European Tour Players' Player of the Year was inaugurated in , with the winner being determined by a vote of tour members. In the award was renamed as the Seve Ballesteros Award in honour of the legendary Spanish golfer. It is currently given to the rookie who places highest in the Race to Dubai.

The European Challenge Tour Graduate of the Year was inaugurated in and is awarded to the highest ranked player in the Race to Dubai who graduated from the Challenge Tour in the previous season. Since the tour's formation in , there have been five Chief Executives. They are as follows: [44]. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools.

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