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. 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.

Schedule The following table lists official events during the 2021 season.

DateTournamentHost countryPursepointsWinnerOWGRpointsOthertoursNotesAbu Dhabi HSBC ChampionshipUAEUS$8,000,0008,000 Tyrrell Hatton (6) 48Rolex SeriesOmega Dubai Desert ClassicUAEUS$3,250,0004,250 Paul Casey (15)48Saudi InternationalSaudi ArabiaUS$3,500,0004,250 Dustin Johnson (n/a)54WGC-Workday ChampionshipUnited StatesUS$10,500,0008,000 Collin Morikawa (2)74World Golf ChampionshipOman OpenOman––Postponed–Commercial Bank Qatar MastersQatarUS$1,500,0002,000 Antoine Rozner (2)24Magical Kenya OpenKenya€1,000,0002,000 Justin Harding (2)24Kenya Savannah ClassicKenya€1,000,0002,000 Daniel van Tonder (1)24New tournamentWGC-Dell Technologies Match PlayUnited StatesUS$10,500,0008,000 Billy Horschel (1)76World Golf ChampionshipMasters TournamentUnited StatesUS$11,500,00010,000 Hideki Matsuyama (n/a)100Major championshipAustrian Golf OpenAustria€1,000,0002,000 John Catlin (3)24Gran Canaria Lopesan OpenSpain€1,500,0002,750 Garrick Higgo (2) 24New tournamentTenerife OpenSpain€1,500,0002,750 Dean Burmester (2)24Open de FranceFrance––Cancelled–Canary Islands ChampionshipSpain€1,500,0002,750 Garrick Higgo (3)24New tournamentBetfred British MastersEngland£1,850,0003,500 Richard Bland (1)24PGA ChampionshipUnited StatesUS$12,000,00010,000 Phil Mickelson (n/a)100Major championshipMade in HimmerLandDenmark€1,500,0002,750 Bernd Wiesberger (8) 24Porsche European OpenGermany€1,200,0002,000 Marcus Armitage (1)24Scandinavian MixedSweden€1,000,0002,000 Jonathan Caldwell (1) 24LETMixed eventU.S. OpenUnited StatesUS$12,500,00010,000 Jon Rahm (7)100Major championshipBMW International OpenGermany€1,500,0002,750 Viktor Hovland (1)24Dubai Duty Free Irish OpenIreland€3,000,0004,250 Lucas Herbert (2) 28Abrdn Scottish OpenScotlandUS$8,000,0008,000 Min Woo Lee (2)56Rolex SeriesThe Open ChampionshipEnglandUS$11,500,00010,000 Collin Morikawa (3)100Major championshipCazoo OpenWales€1,250,0002,000 Nacho Elvira (1)24ISPS Handa World InvitationalNorthern IrelandUS$1,500,0002,000 Daniel Gavins (1) 24New to European TourHero OpenScotland€1,250,0002,000 Grant Forrest (1) 24WGC-FedEx St. Jude InvitationalUnited StatesUS$10,500,0008,000 Abraham Ancer (1)74World Golf ChampionshipCazoo ClassicEngland€1,250,0002,000 Calum Hill (1) 24D+D Real Czech MastersCzech Republic€1,000,0002,000 Johannes Veerman (1) 24Omega European MastersSwitzerland€2,000,0002,750 Rasmus Højgaard (3) 24DS Automobiles Italian OpenItaly€3,000,0004,250 Nicolai Højgaard (1)28BMW PGA ChampionshipEnglandUS$8,000,0008,000 Billy Horschel (2) 64Flagship eventDutch OpenNetherlands€1,000,0002,000 Kristoffer Broberg (2)24Alfred Dunhill Links ChampionshipScotlandUS$5,000,0005,500 Danny Willett (8)30Pro-AmAcciona Open de EspañaSpain€1,500,0002,750 Rafa Cabrera-Bello (4) 24Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía MastersSpain€3,000,0004,250 Matt Fitzpatrick (7)30Trophée Hassan IIMorocco––Cancelled–Mallorca Golf OpenSpain€1,000,0002,000 Jeff Winther (1)24New tournamentHero Indian OpenIndia––Cancelled–ASAWGC-HSBC ChampionsChina––Cancelled–World Golf ChampionshipVolvo China OpenChina––Removed–2 MayPortugal MastersPortugal€1,500,0002,750 Thomas Pieters (5)24Nedbank Golf ChallengeSouth Africa––Cancelled–AFRAviv Dubai ChampionshipUAEUS$1,500,0002,000 Joachim B. Hansen (2)24DP World Tour Championship, DubaiUAEUS$9,000,00012,000 Collin Morikawa (4)46Tour Championship

Unofficial events The following events were sanctioned by the European Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official. DateTournamentHost countryPurseWinner(s)OWGRpointsNotesOlympic GamesJapann/a Xander Schauffele50Limited-field eventRyder CupUnited Statesn/a Team USAn/aTeam event

Location of tournaments

Race to Dubai Points distribution The distribution of Race to Dubai points for 2021 European Tour events were as follows:

Finishing position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th20th30th40th50th60thMajor championships 10,000 1,665 1,113 627 500 424 350 300 250 223 200 120 90 68 48 30Rolex Series & WGCs 8,000 1,335 889 500 400 339 280 240 200 178 160 96 72 54 38 24Regular tournament (Band 6) 5,500 915 612 345 275 234 192 165 138 123 110 66 50 37 28 17Regular tournament (Band 4) 4,250 710 472 266 212 180 149 128 106 95 85 51 38 29 20 13Regular tournament (Band 3) 3,500 585 389 218 175 148 123 105 88 78 70 42 32 24 17 11Regular tournament (Band 2) 2,750 460 305 172 137 116 97 83 69 61 55 33 25 19 13 8Regular tournament (Band 1) 2,000 335 222 125 100 84 70 60 50 44 40 24 18 14 10 6DP 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.

Player Majors Rolex Series Top 10s in other events Money1234(€m)($k) 1 MorikawaT18124 T8181 T4425 1st16651st1335 T5626 T2677 CANCELLED• T7115 • 1st2000 5,856 10 6.8 500 2 HorschelT5047 T23102 CUT0 T5337T2596 1st1335 T1798• T5429 1st1335 T3296 3,716 11 3.7 300 3 RahmT5387 T8181 1st1665 T3564T3266 T5265 •• 7th240 • • 3,403 9 3.6 200 4 FitzpatrickT3477 T23102 T5537 T2693T11138 T1890 T5726CUT0 T2695 T2091 T210441st710 3,157 14 2.5 150 5 HattonT18124 T3867 CUT0 CUT0T2285 T5626 T17981st1335 T1893 CUT0 T16156T6119 T2479 2,628 14 2.1 100 6 M. W. Lee• • • CUT0T2873 • 62nd22CUT0 1st1335 CUT0 T16156T2369 T859 T479 2,343 21 1.8 7 CaseyT2692 T4394 T7221 T15138• T2864 T5286• • • T92181st710 6th70 2,272 11 1.8 8 N. Højgaard• • • •• • •• • T2091 T4555T746 T4100 1st710 T22051,954 22 1.2 9 MacIntyreT12152 T4945 T3574 T8214T6122 T9138 T15115T1698 T1893 CUT0 T45553rd266 T879 1,951 19 1.5 10 AncerT2692 T8181 CUT0 T5928T1898 T1890 1st1335• • • T27112 1,950 10 2.1

Awards AwardWinner Player of the Year (Seve Ballesteros Award) Jon Rahm Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year Matti Schmid

See also 2021 in golf 2021 Challenge Tour 2021 European Senior Tour

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