Rolex Series
Tournament information
LocationInternational
Established2017
Tour(s)European Tour
FormatStroke play
Tournament record score
Aggregate260 Brandon Stone (2018)
To par−24 Jon Rahm (2017)

The Rolex Series is a series of men's professional golf tournaments played internationally, as part of the European Tour.

History

The series was unveiled for the 2017 season and began with eight events, all with elevated purses in comparison with regular events on the European Tour. The minimum purse for each event was US$7,000,000, with the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai having an $8 million purse.[1][2]

The inaugural events as part of the series were:

From the 2019 season onwards, the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship became a designated Rolex Series event and the Open de France was relegated to a regular tour event.[3] In 2020, the season was severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic; as a result, the Turkish Airlines Open and the Nedbank Golf Challenge were cancelled, and the Irish and Italian Opens were downgraded to regular events.[4]

In 2021, the Rolex Series was reduced to four tournaments; the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, the Scottish Open, the BMW PGA Championship and the season-ending DP World Tour Championship, Dubai. The four events did have increased prize funds up to $8 million however.[5] The Dubai Desert Classic was added to the series for the 2022 season.[6]

In 2023, all Rolex Series purses were increased to $9 million.[7]

2017 season

Schedule

Date Tournament Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref.
28 May BMW PGA Championship Sweden Alex Norén 277 −11 2 strokes Italy Francesco Molinari [8]
2 Jul HNA Open de France England Tommy Fleetwood 272 −12 1 stroke United States Peter Uihlein [9]
9 Jul Dubai Duty Free Irish Open Spain Jon Rahm 264 −24 6 strokes Scotland Richie Ramsay
England Matthew Southgate		 [10]
16 Jul Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open Spain Rafa Cabrera-Bello 275 −13 Playoff England Callum Shinkwin [11]
15 Oct Italian Open England Tyrrell Hatton 263 −21 1 stroke Thailand Kiradech Aphibarnrat
England Ross Fisher		 [12]
5 Nov Turkish Airlines Open England Justin Rose 266 −18 1 stroke Belgium Nicolas Colsaerts
South Africa Dylan Frittelli		 [13]
12 Nov Nedbank Golf Challenge South Africa Branden Grace 277 −11 1 stroke Scotland Scott Jamieson [14]
19 Nov DP World Tour Championship, Dubai Spain Jon Rahm 269 −19 1 stroke Thailand Kiradech Aphibarnrat
Republic of Ireland Shane Lowry		 [15]

2018 season

Schedule

Date Tournament Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref.
27 May BMW PGA Championship Italy Francesco Molinari 271 −17 2 strokes Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy [16]
3 Jun Italian Open Denmark Thorbjørn Olesen 262 −22 1 stroke Italy Francesco Molinari [17]
1 Jul HNA Open de France Sweden Alex Norén 277 −7 1 stroke Scotland Russell Knox
United States Julian Suri
England Chris Wood		 [18]
8 Jul Dubai Duty Free Irish Open Scotland Russell Knox 274 −14 Playoff New Zealand Ryan Fox [19]
15 Jul Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open South Africa Brandon Stone 260 −20 4 strokes England Eddie Pepperell [20]
4 Nov Turkish Airlines Open England Justin Rose 267 −17 Playoff China Li Haotong [21]
11 Nov Nedbank Golf Challenge England Lee Westwood 273 −15 3 strokes Spain Sergio García [22]
18 Nov DP World Tour Championship, Dubai England Danny Willett 270 −18 2 strokes United States Patrick Reed
England Matt Wallace		 [23]

2019 season

Schedule

Date Tournament Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref.
19 Jan Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship Republic of Ireland Shane Lowry 270 −18 1 stroke South Africa Richard Sterne [24]
7 Jul Dubai Duty Free Irish Open Spain Jon Rahm 264 −16 2 strokes England Andy Sullivan
Austria Bernd Wiesberger		 [25]
14 Jul Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open Austria Bernd Wiesberger 262 −22 Playoff France Benjamin Hébert [26]
22 Sep BMW PGA Championship England Danny Willett 268 −20 3 strokes Spain Jon Rahm [27]
13 Oct Italian Open Austria Bernd Wiesberger 268 −16 1 stroke England Matt Fitzpatrick [28]
10 Nov Turkish Airlines Open England Tyrrell Hatton 268 −20 Playoff France Benjamin Hébert
United States Kurt Kitayama
France Victor Perez
Austria Matthias Schwab
South Africa Erik van Rooyen		 [29]
17 Nov Nedbank Golf Challenge England Tommy Fleetwood 276 −12 Playoff Sweden Marcus Kinhult [30]
24 Nov DP World Tour Championship, Dubai Spain Jon Rahm 269 −19 1 stroke England Tommy Fleetwood [31]

2020 season

Schedule

Date Tournament Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref.
19 Jan Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship England Lee Westwood 269 −19 2 strokes England Matt Fitzpatrick
England Tommy Fleetwood
France Victor Perez		 [32]
31 May Dubai Duty Free Irish Open Downgraded to regular event
4 Oct
12 Jul		 Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open England Aaron Rai 273 −11 Playoff England Tommy Fleetwood [33]
11 Oct Italian Open Downgraded to regular event
11 Oct
13 Sep		 BMW PGA Championship England Tyrrell Hatton 269 −19 4 strokes France Victor Perez [34]
8 Nov Turkish Airlines Open Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [35]
6 Dec
15 Nov		 Nedbank Golf Challenge
13 Dec
22 Nov		 DP World Tour Championship, Dubai England Matt Fitzpatrick 273 −15 1 stroke England Lee Westwood [36]

2021 season

Schedule

Date Tournament Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref.
24 Jan Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship England Tyrrell Hatton 270 −18 4 strokes Australia Jason Scrivener [37]
11 Jul Abrdn Scottish Open Australia Min Woo Lee 266 −18 Playoff Belgium Thomas Detry
England Matt Fitzpatrick		 [38]
12 Sep BMW PGA Championship United States Billy Horschel 269 −19 1 stroke Thailand Kiradech Aphibarnrat
England Laurie Canter
Wales Jamie Donaldson		 [39]
21 Nov DP World Tour Championship, Dubai United States Collin Morikawa 271 −17 3 strokes Sweden Alexander Björk
England Matt Fitzpatrick		 [40]

2022 season

Schedule

Date Tournament Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref.
23 Jan Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship Belgium Thomas Pieters 278 −10 1 stroke Spain Rafa Cabrera-Bello
India Shubhankar Sharma		 [41]
30 Jan Slync.io Dubai Desert Classic Norway Viktor Hovland 276 −12 Playoff England Richard Bland [42]
10 Jul Genesis Scottish Open United States Xander Schauffele 273 −7 1 stroke United States Kurt Kitayama [43]
11 Sep BMW PGA Championship Republic of Ireland Shane Lowry 199[a] −17 1 stroke Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy
Spain Jon Rahm		 [44]
20 Nov DP World Tour Championship Spain Jon Rahm 268 −20 2 strokes England Tyrrell Hatton
Sweden Alex Norén		 [45]

2023 season

Schedule

Date Tournament Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref.
22 Jan Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship France Victor Perez 270 −18 1 stroke Australia Min Woo Lee
Sweden Sebastian Söderberg		 [46]
30 Jan Hero Dubai Desert Classic Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy 269 −19 1 stroke United States Patrick Reed [47]
16 Jul Genesis Scottish Open Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy 265 −15 1 stroke Scotland Robert MacIntyre [48]
17 Sep BMW PGA Championship New Zealand Ryan Fox 270 −18 1 stroke England Tyrrell Hatton
England Aaron Rai		 [49]
19 Nov DP World Tour Championship Denmark Nicolai Højgaard 267 −21 2 strokes England Tommy Fleetwood
Norway Viktor Hovland
England Matt Wallace		 [50]

2024 season

Schedule

Date Tournament Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref.
21 Jan Hero Dubai Desert Classic Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy 274 −14 1 stroke Poland Adrian Meronk [51]
14 Jul Genesis Scottish Open
22 Sep BMW PGA Championship
10 Nov Abu Dhabi Championship
17 Nov DP World Tour Championship

Multiple winners

Rank Player Wins Tournaments won
1 Spain Jon Rahm 5 2017 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open,
2017 DP World Tour Championship, Dubai,
2019 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open,
2019 DP World Tour Championship, Dubai,
2022 DP World Tour Championship
2 England Tyrrell Hatton 4 2017 Italian Open,
2019 Turkish Airlines Open,
2020 BMW PGA Championship,
2021 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship
3 Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy 3 2023 Hero Dubai Desert Classic,
2023 Genesis Scottish Open,
2024 Hero Dubai Desert Classic
T4 England Tommy Fleetwood 2 2017 HNA Open de France,
2019 Nedbank Golf Challenge
Republic of Ireland Shane Lowry 2019 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship,
2022 BMW PGA Championship
Sweden Alex Norén 2017 BMW PGA Championship,
2018 HNA Open de France
England Justin Rose 2017 Turkish Airlines Open,
2018 Turkish Airlines Open
England Lee Westwood 2018 Nedbank Golf Challenge,
2020 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship
Austria Bernd Wiesberger 2019 Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open,
2019 Italian Open
England Danny Willett 2018 DP World Tour Championship, Dubai,
2019 BMW PGA Championship

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to Operation London Bridge.

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