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2013 European Tour
Golf tour season
Golf tour season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| year | 2013 |
| tour | European Tour |
| regular_season | – |
| no_of_events | 45 |
| most_wins | NED Joost Luiten (2) |
| NIR Graeme McDowell (2) | |
| AUS Brett Rumford (2) | |
| honor1 | Race to Dubai |
| honoree1 | SWE Henrik Stenson |
| honor2 | Golfer of the Year |
| honoree2 | SWE Henrik Stenson |
| honor3 | Players' Player of the Year |
| honoree3 | SWE Henrik Stenson |
| honor4 | Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year |
| honoree4 | USA Peter Uihlein |
| honor5 | Graduate of the Year |
| honoree5 | ZAF Justin Walters |
| prevseason | [2012](2012-european-tour) |
| nextseason | [2014](2014-european-tour) |
NIR Graeme McDowell (2) AUS Brett Rumford (2) The 2013 European Tour was the 42nd season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.
Changes for 2013
New for 2013 was the "Final Series", consisting of the final four tournaments of the season: BMW Masters, WGC-HSBC Champions, Turkish Airlines Open, and DP World Tour Championship, Dubai; with a requirement to play in two of the first three in order to compete in the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai. In addition, participation in the first three events accrued a 20% bonus in the Race to Dubai standings for those events.
There were several changes from the 2012 season. Additions for 2013 were the season opening Nelson Mandela Championship, the Tshwane Open, the returning Russian Open and the Turkish Airlines Open. Dropped from the schedule were the Sicilian Open and the Barclays Singapore Open; the UBS Hong Kong Open and the South African Open were also missing from the 2013 schedule as they were played in late in the year as part of the 2014 season.
Rule changes
In a change to the European Tour's membership criteria, from 2013 the Ryder Cup, Presidents Cup and Seve Trophy were included in the 13-event minimum requirement. The move was seen as an attempt to retain leading European players based in the United States on the PGA Tour, and attract top Americans to join the tour.
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2013 season.
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse | Winner | OWGR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| points | Other | ||||||
| tours | Notes | ||||||
| 9 Dec | Nelson Mandela Championship | South Africa | €1,000,000 | SCO Scott Jamieson (1) | 20 | [AFR](2012-sunshine-tour) | New tournament |
| 16 Dec | Alfred Dunhill Championship | South Africa | €1,500,000 | ZAF Charl Schwartzel (8) | 28 | [AFR](2012-sunshine-tour) | |
| 13 Jan | Volvo Golf Champions | South Africa | €2,000,000 | ZAF Louis Oosthuizen (6) | 38 | Limited-field event | |
| 20 Jan | Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship | UAE | US$2,700,000 | WAL Jamie Donaldson (2) | 54 | ||
| 26 Jan | Commercial Bank Qatar Masters | Qatar | US$2,500,000 | ENG Chris Wood (1) | 48 | ||
| 3 Feb | Omega Dubai Desert Classic | UAE | US$2,500,000 | SCO Stephen Gallacher (2) | 36 | ||
| 10 Feb | Joburg Open | South Africa | €1,300,000 | ZAF Richard Sterne (6) | 22 | [AFR](2013-sunshine-tour) | |
| 17 Feb | Africa Open | South Africa | €1,000,000 | ZAF Darren Fichardt (4) | 20 | [AFR](2013-sunshine-tour) | |
| 24 Feb | [WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship](2013-wgc-accenture-match-play-championship) | United States | US$8,750,000 | USA Matt Kuchar (n/a) | 74 | World Golf Championship | |
| 3 Mar | Tshwane Open | South Africa | €1,500,000 | ZAF Dawie van der Walt (1) | 20 | [AFR](2013-sunshine-tour) | New tournament |
| 10 Mar | [WGC-Cadillac Championship](2013-wgc-cadillac-championship) | United States | US$8,750,000 | USA Tiger Woods (n/a) | 74 | World Golf Championship | |
| 17 Mar | Avantha Masters | India | €1,800,000 | ZAF Thomas Aiken (2) | 20 | [ASA](2013-asian-tour) | |
| 24 Mar | Maybank Malaysian Open | Malaysia | US$2,750,000 | THA Kiradech Aphibarnrat (1) | 38 | [ASA](2013-asian-tour) | |
| 31 Mar | Trophée Hassan II | Morocco | €1,500,000 | DEU Marcel Siem (3) | 24 | ||
| 14 Apr | **[Masters Tournament](2013-masters-tournament)** | United States | US$8,000,000 | AUS **Adam Scott** (9) | 100 | Major championship | |
| 21 Apr | Open de España | Spain | €1,500,000 | FRA Raphaël Jacquelin (4) | 24 | ||
| 28 Apr | Ballantine's Championship | South Korea | €2,205,000 | AUS Brett Rumford (4) | 34 | [ASA](2013-asian-tour), [KOR](2013-korean-tour) | |
| 5 May | Volvo China Open | China | CN¥20,000,000 | AUS Brett Rumford (5) | 28 | [ONE](2013-oneasia-tour) | |
| 19 May | [Volvo World Match Play Championship](2013-volvo-world-match-play-championship) | Bulgaria | €3,000,000 | NIR Graeme McDowell (8) | 32 | Limited-field event | |
| 19 May | Madeira Islands Open - Portugal - BPI | Portugal | €600,000 | USA Peter Uihlein (1) | 18 | [CHA](2013-challenge-tour) | |
| 26 May | [BMW PGA Championship](2013-bmw-pga-championship) | England | €4,750,000 | ITA Matteo Manassero (4) | 64 | Flagship event | |
| 2 Jun | Nordea Masters | Sweden | €1,500,000 | FIN Mikko Ilonen (3) | 28 | ||
| 9 Jun | Lyoness Open | Austria | €1,000,000 | NLD Joost Luiten (2) | 24 | ||
| 16 Jun | Najeti Hotels et Golfs Open | France | €500,000 | IRL Simon Thornton (1) | 18 | [CHA](2013-challenge-tour) | |
| 16 Jun | **[U.S. Open](2013-u-s-open-golf)** | United States | US$8,000,000 | ENG **Justin Rose** (6) | 100 | Major championship | |
| 23 Jun | BMW International Open | Germany | €2,000,000 | ZAF Ernie Els (28) | 32 | ||
| 30 Jun | Irish Open | Ireland | €2,000,000 | ENG Paul Casey (12) | 32 | ||
| 7 Jul | Alstom Open de France | France | €3,000,000 | NIR Graeme McDowell (9) | 44 | ||
| 14 Jul | Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open | Scotland | £3,000,000 | USA Phil Mickelson (n/a) | 42 | ||
| 21 Jul | **[The Open Championship](2013-open-championship)** | Scotland | £5,250,000 | USA **Phil Mickelson** (n/a) | 100 | Major championship | |
| 28 Jul | M2M Russian Open | Russia | €1,000,000 | NIR Michael Hoey (5) | 24 | ||
| 4 Aug | [WGC-Bridgestone Invitational](2013-wgc-bridgestone-invitational) | United States | US$8,750,000 | USA Tiger Woods (n/a) | 76 | World Golf Championship | |
| 11 Aug | **[PGA Championship](2013-pga-championship)** | United States | US$8,000,000 | USA **Jason Dufner** (n/a) | 100 | Major championship | |
| 25 Aug | Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles | Scotland | £1,400,000 | ENG Tommy Fleetwood (1) | 24 | ||
| 1 Sep | ISPS Handa Wales Open | Wales | £1,800,000 | FRA Grégory Bourdy (4) | 24 | ||
| 8 Sep | Omega European Masters | Switzerland | €2,200,000 | DNK Thomas Bjørn (14) | 30 | [ASA](2013-asian-tour) | |
| 15 Sep | KLM Open | Netherlands | €1,800,000 | NLD Joost Luiten (3) | 24 | ||
| 22 Sep | Open d'Italia Lindt | Italy | €1,500,000 | FRA Julien Quesne (2) | 24 | ||
| 29 Sep | Alfred Dunhill Links Championship | Scotland | US$5,000,000 | ENG David Howell (5) | 36 | Pro-Am | |
| 13 Oct | Portugal Masters | Portugal | €2,000,000 | ENG David Lynn (2) | 32 | ||
| 20 Oct | ISPS Handa Perth International | Australia | US$2,000,000 | KOR Jin Jeong (1) | 20 | [ANZ](2013-pga-tour-of-australasia) | |
| 27 Oct | BMW Masters | China | US$7,000,000 | ESP Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (7) | 50 | Race to Dubai finals series | |
| 3 Nov | [WGC-HSBC Champions](2013-wgc-hsbc-champions) | China | US$8,500,000 | USA Dustin Johnson (n/a) | 66 | World Golf Championship | |
| Race to Dubai finals series | |||||||
| 10 Nov | Turkish Airlines Open | Turkey | US$7,500,000 | FRA Victor Dubuisson (1) | 52 | New tournament | |
| Race to Dubai finals series | |||||||
| 17 Nov | DP World Tour Championship, Dubai | UAE | US$8,000,000 | SWE Henrik Stenson (8) | 54 | Race to Dubai finals series |
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 | |||||
| 6 Oct | [Seve Trophy](2013-seve-trophy) | France | €1,750,000 | EUR Team Continental Europe | n/a | Team event |
| 24 Nov | [ISPS Handa World Cup of Golf](2013-world-cup-of-golf) | Australia | US$1,000,000 | AUS Jason Day and | ||
| AUS Adam Scott | n/a | Team event | ||||
| [World Cup of Golf Individual Trophy](2013-world-cup-of-golf) | US$7,000,000 | AUS Jason Day | 40 |
Location of tournaments
Race to Dubai
The Race to Dubai was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.
| Pos. | Player | Majors | WGCs | Flagship event and R2D finals series | Top 10s in other ET events | Tmts | Points and money | [Mas](2013-masters-tournament) | [USO](2013-u-s-open-golf) | [Opn](2013-open-championship) | [PGA](2013-pga-championship) | [WGC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MP](2013-wgc-accenture-match-play-championship) | [WGC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cad](2013-wgc-cadillac-championship) | [WGC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inv](2013-wgc-bridgestone-invitational) | [WGC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cha](2013-wgc-hsbc-champions) | [BMW | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PGA](2013-bmw-pga-championship) | BMW | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mas | Tur | DPW | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Reg. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| points | FS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| bonus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ($) | Bon. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ($) | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| points | 4,103,796 | 2,969,469 | 2,776,244 | 2,512,696 | 2,181,113 | 1,920,805 | 1,804,112 | 1,687,014 | 1,659,433 | 1,546,735 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | SWE Stenson | T18 | T21 | 2nd | 3rd | T33 | • | T2 | T31 | • | T34 | T7 | **1st** | 17 | 3,321,298 | 43,372 | 1,000,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | ENG Poulter | CUT | T21 | T3 | T61 | 4th | T28 | T19 | 2nd | CUT | T15 | T5 | 2nd | 14 | 2,515,369 | 176,929 | 650,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | ENG Rose | T25 | **1st** | CUT | T33 | T17 | T8 | T17 | 5th | T50 | • | T3 | T10 | T2 | 13 | 2,295,813 | – | 500,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | NIR McDowell | CUT | CUT | T58 | T12 | T5 | T3 | T40 | 3rd | CUT | T53 | • | T17 | [**1st**](2013-volvo-world-match-play-championship) | **1st** | 14 | 2,143,134 | – | 375,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | WAL Donaldson | CUT | T32 | T32 | WD | T33 | T63 | T17 | T8 | T37 | T34 | 2nd | T8 | **1st** | T6 | T6 | 23 | 1,796,974 | 143,924 | 325,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | FRA Dubuisson | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | CUT | T44 | **1st** | 3rd | T9 | T9 | T9 | T4 | 3rd | 3rd | 21 | 1,828,415 | – | 275,000 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | ESP F'dez-Castaño | T20 | T10 | T54 | CUT | T9 | T43 | T38 | T39 | T62 | **1st** | • | T37 | T9 | [T9](2013-volvo-world-match-play-championship) | T8 | 22 | 1,600,853 | – | 225,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | ZAF Sterne | T25 | • | T21 | CUT | T17 | T12 | T9 | T39 | T57 | T31 | T36 | T14 | T7 | 2nd | **1st** | [T9](2013-volvo-world-match-play-championship) | 2nd | 22 | 1,533,902 | 23,765 | 175,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | THA Jaidee | • | CUT | T32 | T47 | T33 | • | • | T46 | T40 | T2 | T29 | T47 | 3rd | T9 | T9 | T6 | [2nd](2013-volvo-world-match-play-championship) | T9 | 25 | 1,388,018 | 105,112 | 125,000 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | DEN Bjørn | T46 | • | T73 | CUT | T33 | • | • | T39 | T40 | T5 | T18 | T21 | T9 | T8 | 2nd | 2nd | T8 | **1st** | 26 | 1,415,529 | 57,295 | 100,000 |
Awards
| Award | Winner | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| Golfer of the Year | SWE Henrik Stenson | |
| Players' Player of the Year | SWE Henrik Stenson | |
| Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year | USA Peter Uihlein | |
| Graduate of the Year | ZAF Justin Walters |
Notes
References
References
- O'Reilly, Jake. (27 November 2012). "European Tour Announce 2013 Schedule Including New £19 Million 'Final Series'".
- Hoggard, Rex. (10 October 2012). "Pres. Cup, Ryder Cup, Seve Trophy to count for Euro Tour". Golf Channel.
- "2013 Tournament schedule". European Tour.
- "The Final Series – Eligibility criteria". European Tour.
- Davenport, Ryan. (17 November 2013). "Race to Dubai 2013 Standings: Final Rankings and Prize Money Earnings". Bleacher Report.
- Alexander, Kit. (18 November 2013). "Stenson clinches Race to Dubai with DP World Tour Championship win".
- Carter, Iain. (17 December 2013). "Henrik Stenson wins European Tour's Golfer of the Year award". BBC Sport.
- (21 May 2014). "The Players' Awards - an evening of celebration". European Tour.
- Dennett, Craig. (19 November 2013). "Uihlein wins Euro rookie award".
- (22 May 2014). "Justin Walters named as inaugural Challenge Tour Graduate of the Year". European Tour.
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