2012 European Tour
Golf tour season
The 2012 European Tour was the 41st season of the European Tour , the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.
Changes for 2012
Prior to the start of the 2011 season , the tour had announced their intention to realign the schedule with the calendar.[ 1] As a result, in 2012 there were several changes from the previous season. There was initially one new tournament in 2012, the ISPS Handa Perth International , and several tournaments were dropped: the Castelló Masters , the Iskandar Johor Open , and the Alfred Dunhill Championship ,[ 2] which was played in December as part of the 2013 season .
During the season, the BMW Masters in China was added to the schedule,[ 3] the Czech Open was cancelled,[ 4] and three tournaments in Spain were also cancelled: the Iberdrola Open ,[ 5] the Madrid Masters ,[ 6] and the Andalucía Masters .[ 7]
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2012 season.[ 8]
Date
Tournament
Host country
Purse
Winner[ b]
OWGR points
Other tours[ c]
Notes
8 Jan
Africa Open
South Africa
€1,000,000
Louis Oosthuizen (4)
20
AFR
15 Jan
Joburg Open
South Africa
€1,300,000
Branden Grace (1)
22
AFR
22 Jan
Volvo Golf Champions
South Africa
€2,000,000
Branden Grace (2)
32
Limited-field event
29 Jan
Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship
UAE
US$2,700,000
Robert Rock (2)
58
5 Feb
Commercialbank Qatar Masters
Qatar
US$2,500,000
Paul Lawrie (7)
48
12 Feb
Omega Dubai Desert Classic
UAE
US$2,500,000
Rafa Cabrera-Bello (2)
48
19 Feb
Avantha Masters
India
€1,800,000
Jbe' Kruger (1)
20
ASA
26 Feb
WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship
United States
US$8,500,000
Hunter Mahan (n/a)
76
World Golf Championship
11 Mar
WGC-Cadillac Championship
United States
US$8,500,000
Justin Rose (5)
78
World Golf Championship
18 Mar
Open de Andalucía Costa del Sol
Spain
€1,000,000
Julien Quesne (1)
24
25 Mar
Trophée Hassan II
Morocco
€1,500,000
Michael Hoey (4)
24
1 Apr
Sicilian Open
Italy
€1,000,000
Thorbjørn Olesen (1)
24
8 Apr
Masters Tournament
United States
US$8,000,000
Bubba Watson (n/a)
100
Major championship
15 Apr
Maybank Malaysian Open
Malaysia
US$2,500,000
Louis Oosthuizen (5)
36
ASA
22 Apr
Volvo China Open
China
CN¥20,000,000
Branden Grace (3)
32
ONE
29 Apr
Ballantine's Championship
South Korea
€2,205,000
Bernd Wiesberger (1)
32
ASA , KOR
6 May
Reale Seguros Open de España
Spain
€2,000,000
Francesco Molinari (3)
30
13 May
Iberdrola Open
Spain
–
Cancelled
–
13 May
Madeira Islands Open - Portugal
Portugal
€675,000
Ricardo Santos (1)
18
CHA
20 May
Volvo World Match Play Championship
Spain
€2,750,000
Nicolas Colsaerts (2)
34
Limited-field event
27 May
BMW PGA Championship
England
€4,500,000
Luke Donald (7)
64
Flagship event
3 Jun
ISPS Handa Wales Open
Wales
£1,800,000
Thongchai Jaidee (5)
28
9 Jun
Nordea Masters
Sweden
€1,500,000
Lee Westwood (22)
26
17 Jun
Saint-Omer Open
France
€500,000
Darren Fichardt (3)
18
CHA
17 Jun
U.S. Open
United States
US$8,000,000
Webb Simpson (n/a)
100
Major championship
24 Jun
BMW International Open
Germany
€2,000,000
Danny Willett (1)
30
1 Jul
Irish Open
Northern Ireland
€2,000,000
Jamie Donaldson (1)
38
8 Jul
Alstom Open de France
France
€3,000,000
Marcel Siem (2)
46
15 Jul
Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open
Scotland
£2,500,000
Jeev Milkha Singh (4)
48
22 Jul
The Open Championship
England
£5,000,000
Ernie Els (27)
100
Major championship
28 Jul
Lyoness Open
Austria
€1,000,000
Bernd Wiesberger (2)
24
5 Aug
WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
United States
US$8,500,000
Keegan Bradley (n/a)
76
World Golf Championship
12 Aug
PGA Championship
United States
US$8,000,000
Rory McIlroy (4)
100
Major championship
19 Aug
Czech Open
Czech Republic
–
Cancelled
–
26 Aug
Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles
Scotland
£1,400,000
Paul Lawrie (8)
30
2 Sep
Omega European Masters
Switzerland
€2,100,000
Richie Ramsay (2)
32
ASA
9 Sep
KLM Open
Netherlands
€1,800,000
Peter Hanson (5)
30
16 Sep
BMW Italian Open
Italy
€1,500,000
Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (6)
28
23 Sep
Madrid Masters
Spain
–
Cancelled
–
7 Oct
Alfred Dunhill Links Championship
Scotland
US$5,000,000
Branden Grace (4)
46
Pro-Am
14 Oct
Portugal Masters
Portugal
€2,200,000
Shane Lowry (2)
34
21 Oct
Andalucía Masters
Spain
–
Cancelled
–
21 Oct
ISPS Handa Perth International
Australia
US$2,000,000
Bo Van Pelt (n/a)
22
ANZ
New tournament
28 Oct
BMW Masters
China
US$7,000,000
Peter Hanson (6)
56
New to European Tour Limited-field event
4 Nov
WGC-HSBC Champions
China
US$7,000,000
Ian Poulter (12)
64
World Golf Championship
11 Nov
Barclays Singapore Open
Singapore
US$6,000,000
Matteo Manassero (3)
48
ASA
18 Nov
UBS Hong Kong Open
Hong Kong
US$2,750,000
Miguel Ángel Jiménez (19)
32
ASA
18 Nov
SA Open Championship
South Africa
€1,000,000
Henrik Stenson (7)
32
AFR [ d]
25 Nov
DP World Tour Championship, Dubai
UAE
US$8,000,000
Rory McIlroy (5)
58
Tour Championship
Unofficial events
The following events were sanctioned by the European Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
Date
Tournament
Host country
Purse
Winners
OWGR points
Notes
30 Sep
Ryder Cup
United States
n/a
Team Europe
n/a
Team event
Location of tournaments
Location of official tournaments of the
2012 European Tour in Europe.
Major Championship Flagship event
Regular event
Race to Dubai
The Race to Dubai was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros .[ 9] [ 10] [ 11] [ 12]
Pos.
Player
Majors
WGCs
Principal events
Top 10s in other ET events
Tmts
Money
Mas
USO
Opn
PGA
WGC MP
WGC Cad
WGC Inv
WGC Cha
BMW PGA
DPW TC
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Reg. (€)
Bon. ($)
Total (€)
1
McIlroy
T40
CUT
T60
1st
2nd
3rd
T5
•
CUT
1st
2nd
T5
T10
2nd
3rd
15
4,738,027
1,000,000
5,519,118
2
Rose
T8
T21
CUT
T3
T33
1st
T5
T24
T2
2nd
T9
T9
T6
13
3,260,635
650,000
3,768,345
3
Oosthuizen
2nd
CUT
T19
T21
T17
T60
4th
T6
•
5th
1st
T7
1st
T6
16
2,796,819
500,000
3,187,364
4
Hanson
T3
CUT
T23
T7
T5
T4
T63
T24
CUT
T16
T2
T3
1st
1st
21
2,730,006
375,000
3,022,916
5
Poulter
7th
T41
T9
T3
T33
T60
T29
1st
T10
T26
T9
T4
4th
15
2,327,402
325,000
2,581,257
6
Grace
•
T51
T77
CUT
•
T35
T36
T62
5th
6th
1st
1st
1st
1st
26
2,287,701
275,000
2,502,501
7
Donald
T32
CUT
T5
T32
T33
T6
T8
T18
1st
T3
3rd
13
2,197,794
225,000
2,373,540
8
F. Molinari
T19
T29
T39
T54
T17
T13
T40
T39
T7
T34
T8
T6
1st
2nd
2nd
T6
T5
25
2,078,538
175,000
2,215,229
9
McDowell
T12
T2
T5
T11
T33
T13
T24
T42
CUT
T52
T3
2nd
16
1,847,420
125,000
1,945,056
10
Lawrie
T24
•
T34
T48
T9
T60
T50
T36
T2
T48
T10
T8
1st
T3
1st
T6
T10
25
1,832,272
100,000
1,910,381
Win
Top 10
Made cut
Missed cut
• Did not play
Awards
See also
Notes
^ A further four tournaments were scheduled but were cancelled.
^ 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
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