2010 European Tour
Golf tour season
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
Pablo Martín (2)
20
AFR
20 Dec
South African Open Championship
South Africa
€1,000,000
Richie Ramsay (1)
32
AFR [ d]
10 Jan
Africa Open
South Africa
€1,000,000
Charl Schwartzel (4)
20
AFR
New to European Tour
17 Jan
Joburg Open
South Africa
€1,300,000
Charl Schwartzel (5)
22
AFR
24 Jan
Abu Dhabi Golf Championship
UAE
US$2,000,000
Martin Kaymer (5)
54
31 Jan
Commercialbank Qatar Masters
Qatar
US$2,500,000
Robert Karlsson (10)
54
7 Feb
Omega Dubai Desert Classic
UAE
US$2,500,000
Miguel Ángel Jiménez (16)
50
14 Feb
Avantha Masters
India
€1,500,000
Andrew Dodt (1)
20
ASA
Returning tournament[ a]
21 Feb
WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship
United States
US$8,500,000
Ian Poulter (9)
74
World Golf Championship
7 Mar
Maybank Malaysian Open
Malaysia
US$2,000,000
Noh Seung-yul (1)
24
ASA
14 Mar
WGC-CA Championship
United States
US$8,500,000
Ernie Els (25)
74
World Golf Championship
21 Mar
Trophée Hassan II
Morocco
€1,300,000
Rhys Davies (1)
24
New to European Tour
28 Mar
Open de Andalucía de Golf
Spain
€1,000,000
Louis Oosthuizen (1)
24
11 Apr
Madeira Islands Open BPI - Portugal
Portugal
€700,000
James Morrison (1)
24
11 Apr
Masters Tournament
United States
US$7,500,000
Phil Mickelson (n/a)
100
Major championship
18 Apr
Volvo China Open
China
US$2,500,000
Yang Yong-eun (3)
28
ONE
25 Apr
Ballantine's Championship
South Korea
€2,200,000
Marcus Fraser (2)
38
ASA , KOR
2 May
Open de España
Spain
€2,000,000
Álvaro Quirós (4)
24
9 May
BMW Italian Open
Italy
€1,300,000
Fredrik Andersson Hed (1)
24
16 May
Iberdrola Open Cala Millor Mallorca
Spain
€800,000
Peter Hanson (3)
24
New tournament
23 May
BMW PGA Championship
England
€4,500,000
Simon Khan (2)
64
Flagship event
30 May
Madrid Masters
Spain
€1,500,000
Luke Donald (3)
36
6 Jun
Celtic Manor Wales Open
Wales
£1,800,000
Graeme McDowell (5)
38
13 Jun
Estoril Open de Portugal
Portugal
€1,000,000
Thomas Bjørn (10)
24
20 Jun
Saint-Omer Open
France
€600,000
Martin Wiegele (1)
18
CHA
20 Jun
U.S. Open
United States
US$7,500,000
Graeme McDowell (6)
100
Major championship
27 Jun
BMW International Open
Germany
€2,000,000
David Horsey (1)
38
4 Jul
Alstom Open de France
France
€3,000,000
Miguel Ángel Jiménez (17)
50
11 Jul
Barclays Scottish Open
Scotland
£3,000,000
Edoardo Molinari (1)
52
18 Jul
The Open Championship
Scotland
£4,800,000
Louis Oosthuizen (2)
100
Major championship
25 Jul
Nordea Scandinavian Masters
Sweden
€1,600,000
Richard S. Johnson (2)
26
1 Aug
3 Irish Open
Ireland
€3,000,000
Ross Fisher (4)
32
8 Aug
WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
United States
US$8,500,000
Hunter Mahan (n/a)
76
World Golf Championship
15 Aug
PGA Championship
United States
US$7,500,000
Martin Kaymer (6)
100
Major championship
22 Aug
Czech Open
Czech Republic
€2,000,000
Peter Hanson (4)
24
29 Aug
Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles
Scotland
£1,400,000
Edoardo Molinari (2)
30
5 Sep
Omega European Masters
Switzerland
€2,000,000
Miguel Ángel Jiménez (18)
30
ASA
12 Sep
KLM Open
Netherlands
€1,800,000
Martin Kaymer (7)
32
19 Sep
Austrian Golf Open
Austria
€750,000
José Manuel Lara (2)
24
26 Sep
Vivendi Cup
France
€1,250,000
John Parry (1)
24
New tournament
10 Oct
Alfred Dunhill Links Championship
Scotland
US$5,000,000
Martin Kaymer (8)
48
Pro-Am
17 Oct
Portugal Masters
Portugal
€3,000,000
Richard Green (3)
34
24 Oct
Castelló Masters Costa Azahar
Spain
€2,000,000
Matteo Manassero (1)
24
31 Oct
Andalucía Valderrama Masters
Spain
€3,000,000
Graeme McDowell (7)
38
New tournament
7 Nov
WGC-HSBC Champions
China
US$7,000,000
Francesco Molinari (2)
68
World Golf Championship
14 Nov
Barclays Singapore Open
Singapore
US$6,000,000
Adam Scott (7)
48
ASA
21 Nov
UBS Hong Kong Open
Hong Kong
US$2,500,000
Ian Poulter (10)
38
ASA
28 Nov
Dubai World Championship
UAE
US$7,500,000
Robert Karlsson (11)
58
Tour Championship
Unofficial events
The following events were sanctioned by the European Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
Location of tournaments
(&
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Location of official tournaments of the
2010 European Tour in Europe.
Major Championship Flagship event
Regular event
Race to Dubai
The Race to Dubai was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros .[ 6] [ 7] [ 8]
Pos.
Player
Majors
WGCs
Principal events
Top 10s in other ET events
Tmts
Money
Mas
USO
Opn
PGA
WGC MP
WGC CA
WGC Inv
WGC Cha
BMW PGA
Dub
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Reg. (€)
Bon. ($)
Total (€)
1
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
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
Westwood
2nd
T16
2nd
•
T17
T30
WD
2nd
T10
T3
T3
2nd
14
2,676,213
750,000
3,222,423
4
Poulter
T10
T47
T60
WD
1st
T37
T65
T13
CUT
2nd
2nd
T6
1st
15
2,590,041
600,000
3,027,008
5
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
Karlsson
T43
T27
T14
T16
T17
2nd
T65
T34
T13
1st
1st
7th
T2
21
1,968,760
450,000
2,296,486
7
Els
T18
3rd
CUT
T18
T17
1st
T22
T6
T34
T28
T9
15
1,961,192
412,500
2,261,607
8
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
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
Oosthuizen
CUT
CUT
1st
CUT
•
•
T9
T72
CUT
T13
5th
2nd
1st
T4
T4
22
1,852,279
300,000
2,070,763
11
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
Casey
CUT
T40
T3
T12
2nd
T6
T22
T6
T17
T6
T5
14
1,711,332
243,750
1,888,850
13
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
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
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
See also
Notes
^ a b The Avantha Masters is considered a continuation of the Indian Masters by the European Tour but not by the Asian Tour.
^ 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 ; ASA − Asian Tour ; CHA − Challenge Tour ; KOR − Korean Tour ; ONE − OneAsia Tour .
^ Sunshine Tour flagship event
^ Kaymer and McDowell shared the Golfer of the Year award.
References
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