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2009 European Tour
The 2009 European Tour was the 38th series of golf tour- The 2009 schedule included five events held late in
naments since the European Tour officially began in the previous year, with the tour travelling outside of
1972. There were major changes for the 2009 season as Europe until the Madeira Island Open in mid-March.
the tour entered a partnership agreement with Dubai Away from Europe, there were two regular events and
based Leisurecorp. The Order of Merit was renamed the one WGC event in China plus two in Hong Kong, China;
Race to Dubai with the addition of a new season ending three events in South Africa and the United Arab Emi-
tournament, the Dubai World Championship, being con- rates; three in Australia; and single events in Qatar,
tested by the leading 60 players after the penultimate Malaysia, Indonesia, and South Korea; plus the United
event for a US$7.5 million prize fund and a US$7.5 million States based major championships and WGC events. One
bonus pool.[1] event that was due to be held in India was cancelled.
The 2009 season consisted of 54 official money tour- In December 2008 the Indian Masters, scheduled for
naments, an increase of four from the previous year, al- February, was cancelled due to fallout from the ongoing
though three events were ultimately cancelled. This in- financial crisis,[6] and then in January 2009 it was an-
cluded eight major championships and World Golf Cham- nounced that the revival of the English Open, scheduled
pionships, which are also sanctioned by the PGA Tour. 27 for August, would be postponed for at least two years af-
events took place in Europe, 14 in Asia, 6 in the United ter developers of the St. Mellion International Resort ran
States, 3 in South Africa and 3 in Australia. There were into financial difficulties.[7] In May it was announced that
two new tournaments, the Moravia Silesia Open in the due to lack of sponsorship the British Masters had also
Czech Republic and the Dubai World Championship. been dropped from the schedule, with the Austrian Open
The Race to Dubai was won by Lee Westwood, who being rescheduled from June to take its place on the cal-
finished as European number one for the second time. endar in September.[8]
He won the season ending Dubai World Championship to The numbers in brackets after the winners’ names
overtake Rory McIlroy in the standings.[2] Westwood was show the number of career wins they had on the Euro-
also named Golfer of the Year,[3] with Chris Wood being pean Tour up to and including that event. This is only
named the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year, having shown for members of the European Tour. To give such
recorded a 3rd place finish in The Open Championship on a number for non-members would misrepresent the
his way to 44th on the end of season money list.[4] amount of time some international golfers spend on the
European Tour; as the Tour co-sanctions the major cham-
Main tournaments pionships and World Golf Championships events, some
top players accumulate a significant number of wins in
For details of what happened in the main tournaments of European Tour sanctioned events without really playing
2009, including the major championships and the World on it. For example, Tiger Woods has won nearly 40 events
Golf Championships, see 2009 in golf. sanctioned by the European Tour, but has never played
a sufficient number of European Tour-sanctioned events
Table of results to qualify for membership.
[1] The tournament was scheduled to end on 21 June,
The table below shows the 2009 schedule.[5] There were but heavy rains during the event pushed the final
54 official money events, of which the first five events round back to the following day.
took place in late 2008. The season ran for 55 weeks, with [2] The tournament was scheduled to end on 4
a two-week break over Christmas and the New Year, and October, but play on Saturday, 3 October was called
four weeks when no event was scheduled. There were off due to gale-force winds at all three courses. The
four weeks when two official money events were played, third round was played on Sunday and the final
with alternative tournaments being held alongside the round on Monday.
majors and World Golf Championships, and a late co-
sanctioning agreement with the Australian Masters. Due
to plans to realign the schedule with the calendar year Race to Dubai
for 2010, the HSBC Champions, Hong Kong Open and the In 2009, the Order of Merit was rebranded as the Race
Australian Masters were held twice during the 2009 sea- To Dubai, with a bonus pool of $7.5 million[9] (originally
son. The HSBC Champions became a World Golf Champi- $10 million) to be distributed among the top 15 players at
onships event effective with its November 2009 edition. the end of the season, of which the winner received $1.5
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Dates Tournament Host coun- Winner OWGR Notes
try points
6-10 HSBC Champions China Sergio Gar- 52 Co-sanctioned by the Asian, Australasian
Nov cía (8) and Sunshine Tours
20-23 UBS Hong Kong Open Hong Kong, Lin Wen- 32 Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
Nov China tang (1)
27-30 Sportsbet Australian Australia Rod Pam- 22 Co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour of Aus-
Nov Masters pling (1) tralasia
11-14 Alfred Dunhill Champion- South Richard 24 Co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour
Dec ship Africa Sterne (4)
18-21 South African Open South Richard 40 Co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour
Dec Championship Africa Sterne (5)
8-11 Joburg Open South Anders 20 Co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour
Jan Africa Hansen (3)
8-11 Royal Trophy Thailand Asia n/a Team event - Europe vs. Asia.
Jan Co-sanctioned with the Asian and Japan
Golf Tours
15-18 Abu Dhabi Golf Champi- United Arab Paul Casey 48
Jan onship Emirates (9)
22-25 Commercialbank Qatar Qatar Álvaro 54
Jan Masters Quirós (3)
29 Dubai Desert Classic United Arab Rory McIlroy 52
Jan-1 Emirates (1)
Feb
5-8 Feb Indian Masters India Tournament cancelled [6] Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
12-15 Maybank Malaysian Open Malaysia Anthony 30 Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
Feb Kang (1)
19-22 Johnnie Walker Classic Australia Danny Lee 32 Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour and
Feb (n/a) (amateur) PGA Tour of Australasia
25 WGC-Accenture Match United Geoff Ogilvy 76 World Golf Championships
Feb-1 Play Championship States (4)
Mar
26 Enjoy Jakarta Indonesia Indonesia Thongchai 20 Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour; alter-
Feb-1 Open Jaidee (3) nate to WGC event
Mar
12-15 WGC-CA Championship United Phil Mickel- 78 World Golf Championships
Mar States son (n/a)
19-22 Madeira Islands Open BPI Portugal Estanislao 24 First event in Europe
Mar - Portugal Goya (1)
26-29 Open de Andalucia Spain Søren Kjeld- 24
Mar sen (3)
2-5 Estoril Open de Portugal Portugal Michael 24
Apr Hoey (1)
9-12 Masters Tournament United Ángel Cabr- 100 Major championship
Apr States era (5)
16-19 Volvo China Open China Scott 18 Co-sanctioned with the OneAsia Tour
Apr Strange (2)
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23-26 Ballantine’s Champion- South Korea Thongchai 32 Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
Apr ship Jaidee (4)
30 Open de España Spain Thomas 24
Apr-3 Levet (5)
May
7-10 BMW Italian Open Italy Daniel Vanc- 24
May sik (2)
14-17 The 3 Irish Open Republic of Shane Lowry 40
May Ireland (1) (amateur)
21-24 BMW PGA Championship England Paul Casey 64 The European Tour’s "Home Tourna-
May (10) ment"
28-31 European Open England Christian Cé- 48
May vaër (2)
4-7 Jun Celtic Manor Wales Open Wales Jeppe Hul- 24
dahl (1)
18-22 U.S. Open United Lucas Glover 100 Major championship
Jun[N 1] States (n/a)
18-21 Saint-Omer Open France Christian 18 Alternate to U.S. Open; also a Challenge
Jun Nilsson (1) Tour event
25-28 BMW International Open Germany Nick 36
Jun Dougherty (3)
2-5 Jul Open de France France Martin 44
Kaymer (3)
9-12 Barclays Scottish Open Scotland Martin 54
Jul Kaymer (4)
16-19 The Open Championship United Stewart Cink 100 Major championship
Jul Kingdom (n/a)
23-26 SAS Masters Sweden Ricardo 24
Jul González (4)
30 Moravia Silesia Open Czech Oskar Hen- 24 New tournament
Jul-2 Republic ningsson (1)
Aug
6-9 WGC-Bridgestone Invita- United Tiger Woods 76 World Golf Championships
Aug tional States (n/a)
13-16 PGA Championship United Yang Yong- 100 Major championship
Aug States eun (2)
13-16 English Open England Tournament cancelled [7] Alternate to PGA Championship; last
Aug played in 2002
20-23 KLM Open Netherlands Simon Dyson 24
Aug (3)
27-30 Johnnie Walker Champi- Scotland Peter Hed- 24
Aug onship at Gleneagles blom (3)
3-6 Sep Omega European Masters Switzerland Alexander 32 Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
Norén (1)
10-13 Mercedes-Benz Champi- Germany James 40
Sep onship Kingston (2)
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17-20 British Masters England Tournament cancelled [8]
Sep
17-20 Austrian Golf Open Austria Rafael 24 Rescheduled from 11-14 June, following
Sep Cabrera-Bello cancellation of the British Masters
(1)
24-27 The Vivendi Trophy with France Great Britain n/a Team event - Continental Europe v. Great
Sep Severiano Ballesteros & Ireland Britain & Ireland
1-5 Alfred Dunhill Links Scotland Simon Dyson 46 Celebrity pro-am
Oct[N 2] Championship (4)
8-11 Madrid Masters Spain Ross 26
Oct McGowan (1)
15-18 Portugal Masters Portugal Lee West- 46
Oct wood (19)
22-25 Castelló Masters Costa Spain Michael Jon- 28
Oct Azahar zon (2)
29 Oct Volvo World Match Play Spain Ross Fisher 42 Last played in 2007
- 1 Nov Championship (3)
29 Oct Barclays Singapore Open Singapore Ian Poulter 46 Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
- 1 Nov (8)
5-8 WGC-HSBC Champions China Phil Mickel- 66 World Golf Championships
Nov son (n/a)
12-15 UBS Hong Kong Open Hong Kong, Grégory 44 Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
Nov China Bourdy (3)
12-15 JBWere Masters Australia Tiger Woods 28 Co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour of Aus-
Nov (n/a) tralasia
19-22 Dubai World Champion- United Arab Lee West- 56 New tournament
Nov ship Emirates wood (20)
million[9] (originally $2 million). The new name reflects
the addition of a new season ending tournament, the
See also
Dubai World Championship, held at the end of Novem- • 2009 in golf
ber in Dubai. The tournament also had a $7.5 million • Golfers with most European Tour wins
prize fund[9] (originally $10 million), and was contested
by the leading 60 players in the race following the sea-
sons penultimate event, the Hong Kong Open. The win-
References
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Rank Player Country Events (€
Prize money (€)
1 Lee Westwood England 26 4,237,762
2 Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland 25 3,610,020
3 Martin Kaymer Germany 20 2,864,342
4 Ross Fisher England 22 2,531,183
5 Paul Casey England 14 2,362,947
6 Geoff Ogilvy Australia 13 2,202,814
7 Oliver Wilson England 25 2,010,158
8 Simon Dyson England 32 1,807,753
9 Ian Poulter England 15 1,773,470
10 Sergio García Spain 17 1,660,788
11 Ernie Els South Africa 17 1,571,577
12 Ross McGowan England 30 1,558,808
13 Søren Kjeldsen Denmark 26 1,529,253
14 Francesco Molinari Italy 27 1,505,010
15 Pádraig Harrington Ireland 16 1,468,232
Month Player Country
January Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland
February Geoff Ogilvy Australia
March Søren Kjeldsen Denmark
April Ángel Cabrera Argentina
May Shane Lowry Ireland
June Nick Dougherty England
July Martin Kaymer Germany
August Lee Westwood England
September Rafael Cabrera-Bello Spain
October Ross Fisher England
November Lee Westwood England
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External links
http://www.europeantour.com/ • Official website
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Retrieved 2009-11-22.
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