2010 European Tour season
Duration10 December 2009 (2009-12-10) – 28 November 2010 (2010-11-28)
Number of official events48
Most winsGermany Martin Kaymer (4)
Race to DubaiGermany Martin Kaymer
Golfer of the YearGermany Martin Kaymer and
Northern Ireland Graeme McDowell (shared)
Players' Player of the YearGermany Martin Kaymer
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the YearItaly Matteo Manassero
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The 2010 European Tour was the 39th season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.

Changes for 2010

There were many changes from the 2009 season, including six new tournaments; they were the Africa Open in South Africa,[1] the returning Avantha Masters in India which had been cancelled in 2009,[a] the Trophée Hassan II in Morocco,[1] the Iberdrola Open Cala Millor Mallorca and the Andalucía Valderrama Masters in Spain, and the Vivendi Cup in France.[2] Lost from the schedule were the European Open, the Mercedes-Benz Championship, the Johnnie Walker Classic, the Australian Masters, the Indonesia Open and the Volvo World Match Play Championship.[3] There were also three fewer tournaments due to a partial realignment of the schedule with the calendar.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2010 season.[4][5]

Date Tournament Host country Purse Winner[b] OWGR
points 		Other
tours[c] 		Notes
13 Dec Alfred Dunhill Championship South Africa €1,000,000 Spain Pablo Martín (2) 20 AFR
20 Dec South African Open Championship South Africa €1,000,000 Scotland Richie Ramsay (1) 32 AFR[d]
10 Jan Africa Open South Africa €1,000,000 South Africa Charl Schwartzel (4) 20 AFR New to European Tour
17 Jan Joburg Open South Africa €1,300,000 South Africa Charl Schwartzel (5) 22 AFR
24 Jan Abu Dhabi Golf Championship UAE US$2,000,000 Germany Martin Kaymer (5) 54
31 Jan Commercialbank Qatar Masters Qatar US$2,500,000 Sweden Robert Karlsson (10) 54
7 Feb Omega Dubai Desert Classic UAE US$2,500,000 Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez (16) 50
14 Feb Avantha Masters India €1,500,000 Australia Andrew Dodt (1) 20 ASA Returning tournament[a]
21 Feb WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship United States US$8,500,000 England Ian Poulter (9) 74 World Golf Championship
7 Mar Maybank Malaysian Open Malaysia US$2,000,000 South Korea Noh Seung-yul (1) 24 ASA
14 Mar WGC-CA Championship United States US$8,500,000 South Africa Ernie Els (25) 74 World Golf Championship
21 Mar Trophée Hassan II Morocco €1,300,000 Wales Rhys Davies (1) 24 New to European Tour
28 Mar Open de Andalucía de Golf Spain €1,000,000 South Africa Louis Oosthuizen (1) 24
11 Apr Madeira Islands Open BPI - Portugal Portugal €700,000 England James Morrison (1) 24
11 Apr Masters Tournament United States US$7,500,000 United States Phil Mickelson (n/a) 100 Major championship
18 Apr Volvo China Open China US$2,500,000 South Korea Yang Yong-eun (3) 28 ONE
25 Apr Ballantine's Championship South Korea €2,200,000 Australia Marcus Fraser (2) 38 ASA, KOR
2 May Open de España Spain €2,000,000 Spain Álvaro Quirós (4) 24
9 May BMW Italian Open Italy €1,300,000 Sweden Fredrik Andersson Hed (1) 24
16 May Iberdrola Open Cala Millor Mallorca Spain €800,000 Sweden Peter Hanson (3) 24 New tournament
23 May BMW PGA Championship England €4,500,000 England Simon Khan (2) 64 Flagship event
30 May Madrid Masters Spain €1,500,000 England Luke Donald (3) 36
6 Jun Celtic Manor Wales Open Wales £1,800,000 Northern Ireland Graeme McDowell (5) 38
13 Jun Estoril Open de Portugal Portugal €1,000,000 Denmark Thomas Bjørn (10) 24
20 Jun Saint-Omer Open France €600,000 Austria Martin Wiegele (1) 18 CHA
20 Jun U.S. Open United States US$7,500,000 Northern Ireland Graeme McDowell (6) 100 Major championship
27 Jun BMW International Open Germany €2,000,000 England David Horsey (1) 38
4 Jul Alstom Open de France France €3,000,000 Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez (17) 50
11 Jul Barclays Scottish Open Scotland £3,000,000 Italy Edoardo Molinari (1) 52
18 Jul The Open Championship Scotland £4,800,000 South Africa Louis Oosthuizen (2) 100 Major championship
25 Jul Nordea Scandinavian Masters Sweden €1,600,000 Sweden Richard S. Johnson (2) 26
1 Aug 3 Irish Open Ireland €3,000,000 England Ross Fisher (4) 32
8 Aug WGC-Bridgestone Invitational United States US$8,500,000 United States Hunter Mahan (n/a) 76 World Golf Championship
15 Aug PGA Championship United States US$7,500,000 Germany Martin Kaymer (6) 100 Major championship
22 Aug Czech Open Czech Republic €2,000,000 Sweden Peter Hanson (4) 24
29 Aug Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles Scotland £1,400,000 Italy Edoardo Molinari (2) 30
5 Sep Omega European Masters Switzerland €2,000,000 Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez (18) 30 ASA
12 Sep KLM Open Netherlands €1,800,000 Germany Martin Kaymer (7) 32
19 Sep Austrian Golf Open Austria €750,000 Spain José Manuel Lara (2) 24
26 Sep Vivendi Cup France €1,250,000 England John Parry (1) 24 New tournament
10 Oct Alfred Dunhill Links Championship Scotland US$5,000,000 Germany Martin Kaymer (8) 48 Pro-Am
17 Oct Portugal Masters Portugal €3,000,000 Australia Richard Green (3) 34
24 Oct Castelló Masters Costa Azahar Spain €2,000,000 Italy Matteo Manassero (1) 24
31 Oct Andalucía Valderrama Masters Spain €3,000,000 Northern Ireland Graeme McDowell (7) 38 New tournament
7 Nov WGC-HSBC Champions China US$7,000,000 Italy Francesco Molinari (2) 68 World Golf Championship
14 Nov Barclays Singapore Open Singapore US$6,000,000 Australia Adam Scott (7) 48 ASA
21 Nov UBS Hong Kong Open Hong Kong US$2,500,000 England Ian Poulter (10) 38 ASA
28 Nov Dubai World Championship UAE US$7,500,000 Sweden Robert Karlsson (11) 58 Tour Championship

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 Jul J. P. McManus Pro-Am Ireland n/a Northern Ireland Darren Clarke n/a Pro-Am
4 Oct Ryder Cup Wales n/a Team Europe n/a Team event

Location of tournaments

Race to Dubai

The Race to Dubai was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros.[6][7][8]

Pos. Player Majors WGCs Principal events Top 10s in other ET events Tmts Money
Mas USO Opn PGA WGC
MP 		WGC
CA 		WGC
Inv 		WGC
Cha 		BMW
PGA 		Dub 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Reg.
(€) 		Bon.
($) 		Total
(€)
1 Germany Kaymer CUT T8 T7 1st T17 T3 T22 T30 CUT T13 1st T4 T6 1st 1st T10 22 3,368,592 1,500,000 4,461,011
2 Northern Ireland McDowell CUT 1st T23 CUT T33 T6 T22 T34 T28 T13 T8 T4 1st T3 1st T3 5th 24 3,077,682 1,125,000 3,896,996
3 England Westwood 2nd T16 2nd • T17 T30 WD 2nd T10 T3 T3 2nd 14 2,676,213 750,000 3,222,423
4 England Poulter T10 T47 T60 WD 1st T37 T65 T13 CUT 2nd 2nd T6 1st 15 2,590,041 600,000 3,027,008
5 Italy F. Molinari T30 CUT CUT T33 T33 T14 T39 1st T17 T6 T10 T4 3rd T2 T4 8th T3 T8 T2 27 2,417,346 525,000 2,799,692
6 Sweden Karlsson T43 T27 T14 T16 T17 2nd T65 T34 T13 1st 1st 7th T2 21 1,968,760 450,000 2,296,486
7 South Africa Els T18 3rd CUT T18 T17 1st T22 T6 T34 T28 T9 15 1,961,192 412,500 2,261,607
8 South Africa Schwartzel T30 T16 T14 T18 T9 2nd T58 T16 T17 T21 2nd 1st 1st 8th T5 T9 24 1,934,861 375,000 2,207,965
9 Spain Jiménez T12 CUT T27 CUT T33 T63 T22 T41 CUT T48 1st 8th 1st T7 T3 1st T7 T8 29 1,933,624 337,500 2,179,418
10 South Africa Oosthuizen CUT CUT 1st CUT • • T9 T72 CUT T13 5th 2nd 1st T4 T4 22 1,852,279 300,000 2,070,763
11 Italy E. Molinari CUT T47 T27 T33 T33 61st T55 T41 CUT T41 T4 T4 T4 1st 3rd 1st 2nd 28 1,818,164 262,500 2,009,337
12 England Casey CUT T40 T3 T12 2nd T6 T22 T6 T17 T6 T5 14 1,711,332 243,750 1,888,850
13 Northern Ireland McIlroy CUT CUT T3 T3 T17 T65 T9 5th T48 5th 3rd T6 4th 6th 16 1,657,187 225,000 1,821,050
14 Spain Quirós CUT CUT T11 CUT T33 T6 T39 T53 CUT T3 2nd T6 1st T10 T5 25 1,600,048 206,250 1,750,255
15 England Donald CUT T47 T11 CUT T9 T26 T46 T3 T2 T9 1 3rd 13 1,541,520 187,500 1,678,072
  Win
  Top 10
  Made cut
  Missed cut
  Withdrew
• Did not play

Awards

Award Winner(s) Ref.
Golfer of the Year[e] Germany Martin Kaymer
Northern Ireland Graeme McDowell		 [9]
Players' Player of the Year Germany Martin Kaymer [10]
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year Italy Matteo Manassero [11]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b The Avantha Masters is considered a continuation of the Indian Masters by the European Tour but not by the Asian Tour.
  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 and are inclusive of the three United States-based major championships which were included on the schedule for the first time in 1998, with earlier editions having retrospectively been recognised as official tour wins.
  3. ^ AFR − Sunshine Tour; ASA − Asian Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour; KOR − Korean Tour; ONE − OneAsia Tour.
  4. ^ Sunshine Tour flagship event
  5. ^ Kaymer and McDowell shared the Golfer of the Year award.

References

  1. ^ a b "European Tour reveal early schedule". RTÉ Sport. 19 October 2009. Retrieved 28 December 2009.
  2. ^ "The 2010 Race to Dubai announced". European Tour. 7 December 2009. Archived from the original on 13 December 2009. Retrieved 7 December 2009.
  3. ^ "World Match Play shelved for 2010". BBC Sport. 23 May 2010. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  4. ^ "2010 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  5. ^ "The 2010 Race to Dubai to start in South Africa". European Tour. 19 October 2009. Archived from the original on 24 October 2009. Retrieved 12 November 2009.
  6. ^ "The European Tour Race to Dubai 2010". Worldwide Golf. No. 118. Worldwide Sporting Publications. September 2010. p. 49. Retrieved 9 February 2021 – via Issuu.
  7. ^ "European Tour Race to Dubai". European Tour. 28 November 2010. Archived from the original on 30 November 2010. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  8. ^ "Germany's Martin Kaymer wins European Tour money title". BBC Sport. 28 November 2010. Archived from the original on 29 November 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
  9. ^ Garrod, Mark (7 December 2010). "Graeme McDowell and Martin Kaymer joint winners of European Tour Golfer of the Year". The Independent. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  10. ^ "Kaymer wins Players' Player Award". European Tour. 25 May 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  11. ^ "Manassero wins Euro Tour's Rookie of the Year". Golfweek. Associated Press. 30 November 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2023.

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