2009 European Tour season
Duration6 November 2008 (2008-11-06) – 22 November 2009 (2009-11-22)
Number of official events51[lower-alpha 1]
Most winsEngland Paul Casey (2)[lower-alpha 2]
England Simon Dyson (2)
Germany Martin Kaymer (2)
Thailand Thongchai Jaidee (2)
South Africa Richard Sterne (2)
England Lee Westwood (2)
Race to DubaiEngland Lee Westwood
Golfer of the YearEngland Lee Westwood
Players' Player of the YearEngland Lee Westwood
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the YearEngland Chris Wood
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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.

Race to Dubai introduction

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

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

The following table lists official events during the 2009 season.[8][9]

Date Tournament Host country Purse Winner[lower-alpha 3] OWGR
points		 Other
tours[lower-alpha 4]		 Notes
10 Nov HSBC Champions China US$5,000,000 Spain Sergio García (8) 52 AFR, ANZ, ASA Limited-field event
23 Nov UBS Hong Kong Open Hong Kong US$2,250,000 Taiwan Lin Wen-tang (1) 32 ASA
30 Nov Sportsbet Australian Masters Australia A$1,500,000 Australia Rod Pampling (1) 22 ANZ
14 Dec Alfred Dunhill Championship South Africa €1,000,000 South Africa Richard Sterne (4) 24 AFR
21 Dec South African Open Championship South Africa €1,000,000 South Africa Richard Sterne (5) 40 AFR[lower-alpha 5]
11 Jan Joburg Open South Africa €1,100,000 Denmark Anders Hansen (3) 20 AFR
18 Jan Abu Dhabi Golf Championship UAE US$2,000,000 England Paul Casey (9) 48
25 Jan Commercialbank Qatar Masters Qatar US$2,500,000 Spain Álvaro Quirós (3) 54
1 Feb Dubai Desert Classic UAE US$2,500,000 Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy (1) 52
8 Feb Indian Masters India – Cancelled – ASA
15 Feb Maybank Malaysian Open Malaysia US$2,000,000 United States Anthony Kang (1) 30 ASA
22 Feb Johnnie Walker Classic Australia £1,250,000 New Zealand Danny Lee (a) (1) 32 ANZ, ASA
1 Mar WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship United States US$8,500,000 Australia Geoff Ogilvy (4) 76 World Golf Championship
1 Mar Enjoy Jakarta Indonesia Open Indonesia US$1,250,000 Thailand Thongchai Jaidee (3) 20 ASA
15 Mar WGC-CA Championship United States US$8,500,000 United States Phil Mickelson (n/a) 78 World Golf Championship
22 Mar Madeira Islands Open BPI - Portugal Portugal €700,000 Argentina Estanislao Goya (1) 24
29 Mar Open de Andalucía Spain €1,000,000 Denmark Søren Kjeldsen (3) 24
5 Apr Estoril Open de Portugal Portugal €1,250,000 Northern Ireland Michael Hoey (1) 24
12 Apr Masters Tournament United States US$7,500,000 Argentina Ángel Cabrera (5) 100 Major championship
19 Apr Volvo China Open China US$2,200,000 Australia Scott Strange (2) 18 ONE
26 Apr Ballantine's Championship South Korea €2,100,000 Thailand Thongchai Jaidee (4) 32 ASA, KOR
3 May Open de España Spain €2,000,000 France Thomas Levet (5) 24
10 May BMW Italian Open Italy €1,300,000 Argentina Daniel Vancsik (2) 24
17 May 3 Irish Open Ireland €3,000,000 Republic of Ireland Shane Lowry (a) (1) 40
24 May BMW PGA Championship England €4,500,000 England Paul Casey (10) 64 Flagship event
31 May European Open England £1,800,000 France Christian Cévaër (2) 48
7 Jun Celtic Manor Wales Open Wales £1,800,000 Denmark Jeppe Huldahl (1) 24
21 Jun Saint-Omer Open France €600,000 Sweden Christian Nilsson (1) 18 CHA
22 Jun U.S. Open United States US$7,500,000 United States Lucas Glover (n/a) 100 Major championship
28 Jun BMW International Open Germany €2,000,000 England Nick Dougherty (3) 36
5 Jul Open de France Alstom France €4,000,000 Germany Martin Kaymer (3) 44
12 Jul Barclays Scottish Open Scotland £3,000,000 Germany Martin Kaymer (4) 54
19 Jul The Open Championship Scotland £4,200,000 United States Stewart Cink (1) 100 Major championship
26 Jul SAS Masters Sweden €1,000,000 Argentina Ricardo González (4) 24
2 Aug Moravia Silesia Open Czech Republic €2,000,000 Sweden Oskar Henningsson (1) 24
9 Aug WGC-Bridgestone Invitational United States US$8,500,000 United States Tiger Woods (n/a) 76 World Golf Championship
16 Aug English Open England – Cancelled –
16 Aug PGA Championship United States US$7,500,000 South Korea Yang Yong-eun (2) 100 Major championship
23 Aug KLM Open Netherlands €1,800,000 England Simon Dyson (3) 24
30 Aug Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles Scotland £1,400,000 Sweden Peter Hedblom (3) 24
6 Sep Omega European Masters Switzerland €2,000,000 Sweden Alex Norén (1) 32 ASA
13 Sep Mercedes-Benz Championship Germany €2,000,000 South Africa James Kingston (2) 40 Limited-field event
20 Sep British Masters England – Cancelled –
20 Sep
14 Jun		 Austrian Golf Open Austria €1,000,000 Spain Rafa Cabrera-Bello (1) 24
5 Oct Alfred Dunhill Links Championship Scotland US$5,000,000 England Simon Dyson (4) 46 Pro-Am
11 Oct Madrid Masters Spain €1,500,000 England Ross McGowan (1) 26
18 Oct Portugal Masters Portugal €3,000,000 England Lee Westwood (19) 46
25 Oct Castelló Masters Costa Azahar Spain €2,000,000 Sweden Michael Jonzon (2) 28
1 Nov Barclays Singapore Open Singapore US$5,000,000 England Ian Poulter (8) 46 ASA New to European Tour
1 Nov Volvo World Match Play Championship Spain €3,250,000 England Ross Fisher (3) 42 Limited-field event
8 Nov WGC-HSBC Champions China US$7,000,000 United States Phil Mickelson (n/a) 66 World Golf Championship
15 Nov JBWere Masters Australia A$1,500,000 United States Tiger Woods (n/a) 28 ANZ
15 Nov UBS Hong Kong Open Hong Kong US$2,500,000 France Grégory Bourdy (3) 44 ASA
22 Nov Dubai World Championship UAE US$7,500,000 England Lee Westwood (20) 56 New tournament
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
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 Italy Edoardo Molinari and
Italy Francesco Molinari		 n/a Team event

Location of tournaments

Race to Dubai

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 England Westwood 43rdT23T3T3 T17T619thT8 CUT1st T3T72ndT8T8T91stT9 263,240,9521,500,000 4,237,762
2 Northern Ireland McIlroy T20T10T47T3 T5T20T684th 5th3rd T2T3T51stT7T2T5T2 252,862,4131,125,000 3,610,020
3 Germany Kaymer CUTCUTT34T6 T17T35T60T6 T11T37 T2T41st1stT2 202,365,937750,000 2,864,342
4 England R. Fisher T305thT13T19 4thT4643rdT28 2ndT42 T81st 222,132,459600,000 2,531,183
5 England Casey T20CUTT47• 2ndT31WDWD 1st• 1stT4T10 142,014,063525,000 2,362,947
6 Australia Ogilvy T15T47CUTT43 1stT40T22T10 •T4 T3 131,903,771450,000 2,202,814
7 England Wilson CUTT23T24T19 T9T5T11T45 CUTT16 2ndT6T2T5 251,736,035412,500 2,010,158
8 England Dyson •CUT•• •••T28 T16T37 T7T2T61stT7T31st8th 321,558,550375,000 1,807,753
9 England Poulter T20T18CUTT19 T9T13T15T45 •T9 3rd1stT5 151,549,187337,500 1,773,470
10 Spain García T38T10T38CUT T33T31T22T23 •T7 1stT8T74thT9 171,461,426300,000 1,660,788
11 South Africa Els CUTCUTT8T6 T5T20T292nd T21T50 T3T4 171,397,135262,500 1,571,577
12 England McGowan •••• •••• CUT2nd T23rd6th1st 301,396,826243,750 1,558,808
13 Denmark Kjeldsen CUT•T27T6 T33T7T68T10 3rdT30 1stT9T4 261,379,731225,000 1,529,253
14 Italy F. Molinari •T27T13T10 •••T10 T35T30 T2T33rdT62ndT3 271,367,949206,250 1,505,010
15 Republic of Ireland Harrington T35CUTT65T10 T33T20T2T25 •T4 T53rd 161,343,631187,500 1,468,232
  Win
  Top 10
  Made cut
  Missed cut
  Withdrew
• Did not play

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Golfer of the YearEngland Lee Westwood[12]
Players' Player of the YearEngland Lee Westwood[13]
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the YearEngland Chris Wood[14]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A further three tournaments were scheduled but were cancelled.
  2. ↑ Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods also won 2 events, but were not European Tour members.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ AFR − Sunshine Tour; ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; ASA − Asian Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour; KOR − Korean Tour; ONE − OneAsia Tour.
  5. ↑ Sunshine Tour flagship event

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Dubai tourney winnings cut 25 percent". ESPN. 21 September 2009.
  2. ↑ "US boss welcomes European windfall". BBC Sport. 21 November 2007.
  3. ↑ "Race to Dubai". European Tour. Archived from the original on 9 December 2008. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
  4. ↑ "Golf-Financial crisis claims next year's Indian Masters". Reuters. 5 December 2008. Retrieved 5 December 2008.
  5. ↑ "Crunch delays golf championships". BBC News. 21 January 2009. Archived from the original on 29 January 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
  6. ↑ "British Masters dropped from Tour". BBC Sport. 13 May 2009. Archived from the original on 16 May 2009. Retrieved 14 May 2009.
  7. ↑ "2009 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  8. ↑ "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...
  9. ↑ "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.
  10. ↑ "Lee Westwood wins Race to Dubai title". BBC Sport. 22 November 2009. Archived from the original on 26 November 2009. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
  11. ↑ "Lee Westwood wins third European Tour player of the year award". The Guardian. Press Association. 8 December 2009. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  12. ↑ "Lee Westwood wins players' European Tour award for 2009". BBC Sport. 20 January 2010. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  13. ↑ "Wood seals rookie award". Sky Sports. 25 November 2009. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
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