Summary
The 2009 European Tour was the 38th season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.
| Duration | 6 November 2008 – 22 November 2009 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 51[a] |
| Most wins |  Paul Casey (2)[b] Simon Dyson (2) Martin Kaymer (2) Thongchai Jaidee (2) Richard Sterne (2) Lee Westwood (2) |
| Race to Dubai | Lee Westwood |
| Golfer of the Year | Lee Westwood |
| Players' Player of the Year | Lee Westwood |
| Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year | Chris Wood |
← 2008 2010 → | |
Race to Dubai introduction edit
There were major changes for the 2009 season as the tour entered a partnership agreement with Dubai based Leisurecorp. The Order of Merit was renamed as the Race to Dubai, with a bonus pool of US$7.5 million[1][2] (originally $10 million) distributed among the top 15 players at the end of the season, with the winner taking $1.5 million[2] (originally $2 million). 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 tournament also had a $7.5 million prize fund[2] (originally $10 million), and was contested by the leading 60 players in the race following the season's penultimate event, the Hong Kong Open. The winner of the Race to Dubai also received a ten-year European Tour exemption, while the winner of the Dubai World Championship received a five-year exemption.[3][4] The reduction in prize money, announced in September 2009,[2] was due to the global economic downturn.
Changes for 2009 edit
Changes for the 2009 season included two new tournaments, the Moravia Silesia Open in the Czech Republic and the Dubai World Championship, the addition of the Singapore Open, and the return of the Volvo World Match Play Championship after being cancelled in 2008. In addition, as a result of plans to realign the schedule with the calendar year for 2010, the HSBC Champions, Hong Kong Open and the Australian Masters were held twice during the 2009 season. The HSBC Champions became a World Golf Championships event effective with its November 2009 edition.
In December 2008 the Indian Masters, scheduled for February, was cancelled due to fallout from the ongoing financial crisis,[5] and then in January 2009 it was announced that the revival of the English Open, scheduled for August, would be postponed for at least two years after developers of the St. Mellion International Resort ran into financial difficulties.[6] In May it was announced that due to lack of sponsorship the British Masters had also been dropped from the schedule, with the Austrian Open being rescheduled from June to take its place on the calendar in September.[7]
Schedule edit
The following table lists official events during the 2009 season.[8][9]
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse | Winner[c] | OWGR points |
Other tours[d] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Nov | HSBC Champions | China | US$5,000,000 |  Sergio García (8)
|
52 | AFR, ANZ, ASA | Limited-field event |
| 23 Nov | UBS Hong Kong Open | Hong Kong | US$2,250,000 |  Lin Wen-tang (1)
|
32 | ASA | |
| 30 Nov | Sportsbet Australian Masters | Australia | A$1,500,000 |  Rod Pampling (1)
|
22 | ANZ | |
| 14 Dec | Alfred Dunhill Championship | South Africa | €1,000,000 | Richard Sterne (4)
|
24 | AFR | |
| 21 Dec | South African Open Championship | South Africa | €1,000,000 | Richard Sterne (5)
|
40 | AFR[e] | |
| 11 Jan | Joburg Open | South Africa | €1,100,000 |  Anders Hansen (3)
|
20 | AFR | |
| 18 Jan | Abu Dhabi Golf Championship | UAE | US$2,000,000 | Paul Casey (9)
|
48 | ||
| 25 Jan | Commercialbank Qatar Masters | Qatar | US$2,500,000 | Álvaro Quirós (3)
|
54 | ||
| 1 Feb | Dubai Desert Classic | UAE | US$2,500,000 |  Rory McIlroy (1)
|
52 | ||
| Indian Masters | India | – | Cancelled | – | ASA | ||
| 15 Feb | Maybank Malaysian Open | Malaysia | US$2,000,000 |  Anthony Kang (1)
|
30 | ASA | |
| 22 Feb | Johnnie Walker Classic | Australia | £1,250,000 |  Danny Lee (a) (1)
|
32 | ANZ, ASA | |
| 1 Mar | WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship | United States | US$8,500,000 | Geoff Ogilvy (4)
|
76 | World Golf Championship | |
| 1 Mar | Enjoy Jakarta Indonesia Open | Indonesia | US$1,250,000 | Thongchai Jaidee (3)
|
20 | ASA | |
| 15 Mar | WGC-CA Championship | United States | US$8,500,000 | Phil Mickelson (n/a)
|
78 | World Golf Championship | |
| 22 Mar | Madeira Islands Open BPI - Portugal | Portugal | €700,000 |  Estanislao Goya (1)
|
24 | ||
| 29 Mar | Open de Andalucía | Spain | €1,000,000 | Søren Kjeldsen (3)
|
24 | ||
| 5 Apr | Estoril Open de Portugal | Portugal | €1,250,000 | Michael Hoey (1)
|
24 | ||
| 12 Apr | Masters Tournament | United States | US$7,500,000 | Ángel Cabrera (5)
|
100 | Major championship | |
| 19 Apr | Volvo China Open | China | US$2,200,000 | Scott Strange (2)
|
18 | ONE | |
| 26 Apr | Ballantine's Championship | South Korea | €2,100,000 | Thongchai Jaidee (4)
|
32 | ASA, KOR | |
| 3 May | Open de España | Spain | €2,000,000 |  Thomas Levet (5)
|
24 | ||
| 10 May | BMW Italian Open | Italy | €1,300,000 | Daniel Vancsik (2)
|
24 | ||
| 17 May | 3 Irish Open | Ireland | €3,000,000 |  Shane Lowry (a) (1)
|
40 | ||
| 24 May | BMW PGA Championship | England | €4,500,000 | Paul Casey (10)
|
64 | Flagship event | |
| 31 May | European Open | England | £1,800,000 | Christian Cévaër (2)
|
48 | ||
| 7 Jun | Celtic Manor Wales Open | Wales | £1,800,000 | Jeppe Huldahl (1)
|
24 | ||
| 21 Jun | Saint-Omer Open | France | €600,000 |  Christian Nilsson (1)
|
18 | CHA | |
| 22 Jun | U.S. Open | United States | US$7,500,000 | Lucas Glover (n/a)
|
100 | Major championship | |
| 28 Jun | BMW International Open | Germany | €2,000,000 | Nick Dougherty (3)
|
36 | ||
| 5 Jul | Open de France Alstom | France | €4,000,000 | Martin Kaymer (3)
|
44 | ||
| 12 Jul | Barclays Scottish Open | Scotland | £3,000,000 | Martin Kaymer (4)
|
54 | ||
| 19 Jul | The Open Championship | Scotland | £4,200,000 | Stewart Cink (1)
|
100 | Major championship | |
| 26 Jul | SAS Masters | Sweden | €1,000,000 | Ricardo González (4)
|
24 | ||
| 2 Aug | Moravia Silesia Open | Czech Republic | €2,000,000 | Oskar Henningsson (1)
|
24 | ||
| 9 Aug | WGC-Bridgestone Invitational | United States | US$8,500,000 | Tiger Woods (n/a)
|
76 | World Golf Championship | |
| English Open | England | – | Cancelled | – | |||
| 16 Aug | PGA Championship | United States | US$7,500,000 |  Yang Yong-eun (2)
|
100 | Major championship | |
| 23 Aug | KLM Open | Netherlands | €1,800,000 | Simon Dyson (3)
|
24 | ||
| 30 Aug | Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles | Scotland | £1,400,000 | Peter Hedblom (3)
|
24 | ||
| 6 Sep | Omega European Masters | Switzerland | €2,000,000 | Alex Norén (1)
|
32 | ASA | |
| 13 Sep | Mercedes-Benz Championship | Germany | €2,000,000 | James Kingston (2)
|
40 | Limited-field event | |
| British Masters | England | – | Cancelled | – | |||
| 20 Sep |
Austrian Golf Open | Austria | €1,000,000 | Rafa Cabrera-Bello (1)
|
24 | ||
| 5 Oct | Alfred Dunhill Links Championship | Scotland | US$5,000,000 | Simon Dyson (4)
|
46 | Pro-Am | |
| 11 Oct | Madrid Masters | Spain | €1,500,000 | Ross McGowan (1)
|
26 | ||
| 18 Oct | Portugal Masters | Portugal | €3,000,000 | Lee Westwood (19)
|
46 | ||
| 25 Oct | Castelló Masters Costa Azahar | Spain | €2,000,000 | Michael Jonzon (2)
|
28 | ||
| 1 Nov | Barclays Singapore Open | Singapore | US$5,000,000 | Ian Poulter (8)
|
46 | ASA | New to European Tour |
| 1 Nov | Volvo World Match Play Championship | Spain | €3,250,000 | Ross Fisher (3)
|
42 | Limited-field event | |
| 8 Nov | WGC-HSBC Champions | China | US$7,000,000 | Phil Mickelson (n/a)
|
66 | World Golf Championship | |
| 15 Nov | JBWere Masters | Australia | A$1,500,000 | Tiger Woods (n/a)
|
28 | ANZ | |
| 15 Nov | UBS Hong Kong Open | Hong Kong | US$2,500,000 | Grégory Bourdy (3)
|
44 | ASA | |
| 22 Nov | Dubai World Championship | UAE | US$7,500,000 | Lee Westwood (20)
|
56 | New tournament Tour Championship |
Unofficial events edit
The following events were sanctioned by the European Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse | Winners | OWGR points |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Jan | Royal Trophy | Thailand | €1,000,000 | Team Asia | n/a | Team event |
| 27 Sep | Vivendi Trophy with Seve Ballesteros | France | €1,150,000 |  Team GB&I
|
n/a | Team event |
| 30 Nov | Omega Mission Hills World Cup | China | US$5,500,000 |  Edoardo Molinari and Francesco Molinari
|
n/a | Team event |
Location of tournaments edit
    class=notpageimage| Location of official tournaments of the 2009 European Tour in Europe. Major Championship Flagship event Regular event |
  ( &) x2   class=notpageimage| Location of official tournaments of the 2009 European Tour outside Europe. Major Championship World Golf Championship Tour Championship Regular event
|
Race to Dubai edit
The Race to Dubai was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros.[10][11]
| Pos. | Player | Majors | WGCs | Principal events | Top 10s in other ET events | Tmts | Money | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mas | USO | Opn | PGA | WGC MP |
WGC CA |
WGC Inv |
WGC Cha |
BMW PGA |
Dub | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Reg. (€) |
Bon. ($) |
Total (€) | |||||||||
| 1 | Westwood
|
43rd | T23 | T3 | T3 | T17 | T61 | 9th | T8 | CUT | 1st | T3 | T7 | 2nd | T8 | T8 | T9 | 1st | T9 | 26 | 3,240,952 | 1,500,000 | 4,237,762 | ||||||
| 2 | McIlroy
|
T20 | T10 | T47 | T3 | T5 | T20 | T68 | 4th | 5th | 3rd | T2 | T3 | T5 | 1st | T7 | T2 | T5 | T2 | 25 | 2,862,413 | 1,125,000 | 3,610,020 | ||||||
| 3 | Kaymer
|
CUT | CUT | T34 | T6 | T17 | T35 | T60 | T6 | T11 | T37 | T2 | T4 | 1st | 1st | T2 | 20 | 2,365,937 | 750,000 | 2,864,342 | |||||||||
| 4 | R. Fisher
|
T30 | 5th | T13 | T19 | 4th | T46 | 43rd | T28 | 2nd | T42 | T8 | 1st | 22 | 2,132,459 | 600,000 | 2,531,183 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Casey
|
T20 | CUT | T47 | • | 2nd | T31 | WD | WD | 1st | • | 1st | T4 | T10 | 14 | 2,014,063 | 525,000 | 2,362,947 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Ogilvy
|
T15 | T47 | CUT | T43 | 1st | T40 | T22 | T10 | • | T4 | T3 | 13 | 1,903,771 | 450,000 | 2,202,814 | |||||||||||||
| 7 | Wilson
|
CUT | T23 | T24 | T19 | T9 | T5 | T11 | T45 | CUT | T16 | 2nd | T6 | T2 | T5 | 25 | 1,736,035 | 412,500 | 2,010,158 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Dyson
|
• | CUT | • | • | • | • | • | T28 | T16 | T37 | T7 | T2 | T6 | 1st | T7 | T3 | 1st | 8th | 32 | 1,558,550 | 375,000 | 1,807,753 | ||||||
| 9 | Poulter
|
T20 | T18 | CUT | T19 | T9 | T13 | T15 | T45 | • | T9 | 3rd | 1st | T5 | 15 | 1,549,187 | 337,500 | 1,773,470 | |||||||||||
| 10 | García
|
T38 | T10 | T38 | CUT | T33 | T31 | T22 | T23 | • | T7 | 1st | T8 | T7 | 4th | T9 | 17 | 1,461,426 | 300,000 | 1,660,788 | |||||||||
| 11 | Els
|
CUT | CUT | T8 | T6 | T5 | T20 | T29 | 2nd | T21 | T50 | T3 | T4 | 17 | 1,397,135 | 262,500 | 1,571,577 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | McGowan
|
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | CUT | 2nd | T2 | 3rd | 6th | 1st | 30 | 1,396,826 | 243,750 | 1,558,808 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Kjeldsen
|
CUT | • | T27 | T6 | T33 | T7 | T68 | T10 | 3rd | T30 | 1st | T9 | T4 | 26 | 1,379,731 | 225,000 | 1,529,253 | |||||||||||
| 14 | F. Molinari
|
• | T27 | T13 | T10 | • | • | • | T10 | T35 | T30 | T2 | T3 | 3rd | T6 | 2nd | T3 | 27 | 1,367,949 | 206,250 | 1,505,010 | ||||||||
| 15 | Harrington
|
T35 | CUT | T65 | T10 | T33 | T20 | T2 | T25 | • | T4 | T5 | 3rd | 16 | 1,343,631 | 187,500 | 1,468,232 | ||||||||||||
Awards edit
| Award | Winner | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| Golfer of the Year | Lee Westwood |
[12] |
| Players' Player of the Year | Lee Westwood |
[13] |
| Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year | Chris Wood |
[14] |
See also edit
Notes edit
- ^ A further three tournaments were scheduled but were cancelled.
- ^ Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods also won 2 events, but were not European Tour members.
- ^ 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.
- ^ AFR − Sunshine Tour; ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; ASA − Asian Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour; KOR − Korean Tour; ONE − OneAsia Tour.
- ^ Sunshine Tour flagship event
References edit
- ^ "The European Tour Lands in Dubai". Golf Business News. 19 November 2007. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Dubai tourney winnings cut 25 percent". ESPN. 21 September 2009.
- ^ "US boss welcomes European windfall". BBC Sport. 21 November 2007.
- ^ "Race to Dubai". European Tour. Archived from the original on 9 December 2008. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
- ^ "Golf-Financial crisis claims next year's Indian Masters". Reuters. 5 December 2008. Retrieved 5 December 2008.
- ^ "Crunch delays golf championships". BBC News. 21 January 2009. Archived from the original on 29 January 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
- ^ "British Masters dropped from Tour". BBC Sport. 13 May 2009. Archived from the original on 16 May 2009. Retrieved 14 May 2009.
- ^ "2009 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
- ^ "Uncertainty for Irish Open in Race to Dubai". The Irish Times. 6 October 2008. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
Details of the 2009 European Tour schedule, otherwise known as the lucrative Race to Dubai, were announced today...
- ^ "The final European Tour Race to Dubai 2009". Worldwide Golf. No. 110. Worldwide Sporting Publications. December 2009. p. 45. Retrieved 10 February 2021 – via Issuu.
- ^ "Lee Westwood wins Race to Dubai title". BBC Sport. 22 November 2009. Archived from the original on 26 November 2009. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
- ^ "Lee Westwood wins third European Tour player of the year award". The Guardian. Press Association. 8 December 2009. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
- ^ "Lee Westwood wins players' European Tour award for 2009". BBC Sport. 20 January 2010. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
- ^ "Wood seals rookie award". Sky Sports. 25 November 2009. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
External links edit
- Official website