2011 European Tour

2011 European Tour season
Duration	9 December 2010 – 11 December 2011
Number of official events	52
Most wins	Thomas Bjørn (3); Luke Donald (3)
Race to Dubai	Luke Donald
Golfer of the Year	Luke Donald
Players' Player of the Year	Luke Donald
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year	Tom Lewis
	← 2010 2012 →

The 2011 European Tour was the 40th season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2011 season.^[1]^[2]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse	Winner^[a]	OWGR points	Other tours^[b]	Notes
12 Dec	Alfred Dunhill Championship	South Africa	€1,000,000	Pablo Martín (3)	20	AFR
19 Dec	South African Open Championship	South Africa	€1,000,000	Ernie Els (26)	32	AFR^[c]
9 Jan	Africa Open	South Africa	€1,000,000	Louis Oosthuizen (3)	22	AFR
16 Jan	Joburg Open	South Africa	€1,300,000	Charl Schwartzel (6)	20	AFR
23 Jan	Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship	UAE	US$2,700,000	Martin Kaymer (9)	56
30 Jan	Volvo Golf Champions	Bahrain	€1,700,000	Paul Casey (11)	38		New tournament
6 Feb	Commercialbank Qatar Masters	Qatar	US$2,500,000	Thomas Bjørn (11)	50
13 Feb	Omega Dubai Desert Classic	UAE	US$2,500,000	Álvaro Quirós (5)	50
20 Feb	Avantha Masters	India	€1,800,000	Shiv Chawrasia (2)	20	ASA
27 Feb	WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship	United States	US$8,500,000	Luke Donald (4)	76		World Golf Championship
13 Mar	WGC-Cadillac Championship	United States	US$8,500,000	Nick Watney (n/a)	74		World Golf Championship
21 Mar	Sicilian Open	Italy	€1,000,000	Raphaël Jacquelin (3)	24		New tournament
27 Mar	Open de Andalucía de Golf	Spain	€1,000,000	Paul Lawrie (6)	24
3 Apr	Trophée Hassan II	Morocco	€1,500,000	David Horsey (2)	24
10 Apr	Masters Tournament	United States	US$8,000,000	Charl Schwartzel (7)	100		Major championship
17 Apr	Maybank Malaysian Open	Malaysia	US$2,500,000	Matteo Manassero (2)	42	ASA
24 Apr	Volvo China Open	China	CN¥20,000,000	Nicolas Colsaerts (1)	28	ONE
1 May	Ballantine's Championship	South Korea	€2,205,000	Lee Westwood (21)	42	ASA, KOR
8 May	Open de España	Spain	€2,000,000	Thomas Aiken (1)	24
15 May	Iberdrola Open	Spain	€1,000,000	Darren Clarke (13)	24
22 May	Volvo World Match Play Championship	Spain	€3,400,000	Ian Poulter (11)	52		Limited-field event
22 May	Madeira Islands Open	Portugal	€700,000	Michael Hoey (2)	18	CHA
29 May	BMW PGA Championship	England	€4,500,000	Luke Donald (5)	64		Flagship event
5 Jun	Saab Wales Open	Wales	£1,800,000	Alex Norén (2)	30
12 Jun	BMW Italian Open	Italy	€1,500,000	Robert Rock (1)	24
19 Jun	U.S. Open	United States	US$7,850,000	Rory McIlroy (2)	100		Major championship
19 Jun	Saint-Omer Open	France	€600,000	Matthew Zions (1)	18	CHA
26 Jun	BMW International Open	Germany	€2,000,000	Pablo Larrazábal (2)	38
3 Jul	Alstom Open de France	France	€3,000,000	Thomas Levet (6)	40
10 Jul	Barclays Scottish Open	Scotland	£3,000,000	Luke Donald (6)	52
17 Jul	The Open Championship	England	£5,000,000	Darren Clarke (14)	100		Major championship
24 Jul	Nordea Masters	Sweden	€1,500,000	Alex Norén (3)	24
31 Jul	Irish Open	Ireland	€1,500,000	Simon Dyson (5)	28
7 Aug	WGC-Bridgestone Invitational	United States	US$8,500,000	Adam Scott (8)	76		World Golf Championship
14 Aug	PGA Championship	United States	US$8,000,000	Keegan Bradley (n/a)	100		Major championship
21 Aug	Czech Open	Czech Republic	€1,500,000	Oliver Fisher (1)	24
28 Aug	Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles	Scotland	£1,400,000	Thomas Bjørn (12)	24
4 Sep	Omega European Masters	Switzerland	€2,000,000	Thomas Bjørn (13)	44	ASA
11 Sep	KLM Open	Netherlands	€1,800,000	Simon Dyson (6)	40
25 Sep	Austrian Golf Open	Austria	€1,000,000	Kenneth Ferrie (3)	24
2 Oct	Alfred Dunhill Links Championship	Scotland	US$5,000,000	Michael Hoey (3)	54		Pro-Am
9 Oct	Bankia Madrid Masters	Spain	€1,000,000	Lee Slattery (1)	28
16 Oct	Portugal Masters	Portugal	€2,500,000	Tom Lewis (1)	34
23 Oct	Castelló Masters	Spain	€2,000,000	Sergio García (9)	24
30 Oct	Andalucía Masters	Spain	€3,000,000	Sergio García (10)	38
6 Nov	WGC-HSBC Champions	China	US$7,000,000	Martin Kaymer (10)	62		World Golf Championship
14 Nov	Barclays Singapore Open	Singapore	US$6,000,000	Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (5)	46	ASA
20 Nov	Iskandar Johor Open	Malaysia	US$2,000,000	Joost Luiten (1)	24	ASA	New to European Tour
20 Nov	Alfred Dunhill Championship	South Africa	€1,000,000	Garth Mulroy (1)	20	AFR
27 Nov	SA Open Championship	South Africa	€1,000,000	Hennie Otto (2)	32	AFR^[c]
4 Dec	UBS Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong	US$2,750,000	Rory McIlroy (3)	38	ASA
11 Dec	Dubai World Championship	UAE	US$7,500,000	Álvaro Quirós (6)	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	Winners	OWGR points	Notes
18 Sep	Vivendi Seve Trophy	France	n/a	Team GB&I	n/a	Team event
27 Nov	Omega Mission Hills World Cup	China	US$7,500,000	Matt Kuchar and Gary Woodland	n/a	Team event

Location of tournaments

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Location of official tournaments of the 2011 European Tour in Europe.

Major Championship

Flagship event

Regular event

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Location of official tournaments of the 2011 European Tour outside Europe.

Major Championship

World Golf Championship

Tour Championship

Regular event

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Race to Dubai

The Race to Dubai was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Pos.	Player	Majors				WGCs				Principal events		Top 10s in other ET events								Tmts	Money
Pos.	Player	Mas	USO	Opn	PGA	WGC MP	WGC Cad	WGC Inv	WGC Cha	BMW PGA	Dub	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Tmts	Reg. (€)	Bon. ($)	Total (€)
1	Donald	T4	T45	CUT	T8	1st	T6	T2	•	1st	3rd	2nd	1st	T9						13	4,216,226	1,500,000	5,323,400
2	McIlroy	T15	1st	T25	T64	T17	T10	T6	T4	T24	T11	2nd	T10	3rd	T9	T3	3rd	2nd	1st	19	3,171,787	1,125,000	4,002,168
3	Kaymer	CUT	T39	T12	CUT	2nd	T24	T29	1st	T31	T11	1st	T9	T3	4th	2nd	T8			22	2,935,446	750,000	3,489,033
4	Schwartzel	1st	T9	T16	T12	T17	T24	T53	T4	CUT	5th	T2	4th	T4	1st	T8	T5	T9		18	2,486,959	600,000	2,929,829
5	Westwood	T11	T3	CUT	T8	T17	T18	T9	T29	2nd		1st	T9	T6	5th					19	2,052,090	525,000	2,439,601
6	Quirós	T27	T54	CUT	CUT	T33	T64	T53	T49	T18	1st	T8	2nd	1st	T5	T7				23	1,927,090	450,000	2,259,242
7	A. Hansen	CUT	•	T22	T3	T33	T3	T29	T11	T18	T44	T2	2nd	T2						22	1,769,893	412,500	2,074,366
8	García	T35	T7	T9	T12	•	•	T53	•	•	T11	T9	2nd	1st	1st					13	1,685,930	375,000	1,962,723
9	Bjørn	•	•	4th	CUT	•	•	T68	T42	•	T29	1st	1st	1st	T8					23	1,565,001	337,500	1,814,115
10	Dyson	•	•	T9	T51	•	•	T33	T16	3rd	T46	T5	7th	T5	1st	1st	T9			29	1,473,344	300,000	1,694,779
11	Clarke	•	•	1st	CUT	•	•	T68	T38	T45	57th	T8	1st							22	1,396,659	262,500	1,590,415
12	Jiménez	T27	CUT	T25	T64	T5	T55	72nd	T38	CUT	T44	T2	2nd	T9	2nd					29	1,390,539	243,750	1,570,454
13	Hanson	CUT	T7	CUT	T64	T33	T55	T21	T33	T18	4th	T2	9th	T4	T10	T9	T6	T10	3rd	24	1,334,514	225,000	1,500,590
14	Norén	•	T51	CUT	T34	•	•	T53	T49	CUT	T37	T8	T4	T5	1st	1st	T9	T3		28	1,274,018	206,250	1,427,643
15	Oosthuizen	CUT	T9	T54	CUT	T33	T18	T37	T7	CUT	T6	3rd	1st	T5	T3	T8				22	1,270,730	187,500	1,409,126

Win

Top 10

Made cut

Missed cut

• Did not play

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Golfer of the Year	Luke Donald	^[7]
Players' Player of the Year	Luke Donald	^[8]
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year	Tom Lewis	^[9]

Notes

^ 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.
^ ^a ^b Sunshine Tour flagship event

References

^ "2011 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
^ "European Tour unveils 2011 Race to Dubai schedule". BBC Sport. 28 November 2010. Archived from the original on 2 December 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
^ "The European Tour Race to Dubai Ranking". Worldwide Golf. No. 130. Worldwide Sporting Publications. October 2011. p. 53. Retrieved 9 February 2021 – via Issuu.
^ "European Tour Race to Dubai". European Tour. 11 December 2011. Archived from the original on 14 December 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
^ "Golf-European Tour Race to Dubai final money list". Reuters. 12 December 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
^ "Donald makes golf history with Race to Dubai success". CNN. 11 December 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
^ Garrod, Mark (15 December 2011). "Luke Donald named European Tour Golfer of the Year". The Independent. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
^ "Players' Awards Dinner launches BMW week". European Tour. 22 May 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2023. Luke Donald, of course, scooped the biggest haul of the night, though, in recognition of a magnificent and prolifically successful 2011 season, as Germany's Martin Kaymer awarded his Ryder Cup team mate with the Harry Vardon Trophy as the 2011 European Number One, the Golfer of the Year Award, and the Players' Player Award as voted for by Donald's contemporaries.
^ "Open star Tom Lewis wins rookie prize". BBC Sport. 19 December 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2023.