2009 European Tour

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Infobox golf season 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 the 2008 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 WinnerTemplate:Efn OWGR
points 		Other
toursTemplate:Efn 		Notes
10 Nov HSBC Champions China US$5,000,000 Template:Flagicon Sergio García (8) 52 AFR,Template:Efn ANZ,Template:Efn ASATemplate:Efn Limited-field event
23 Nov UBS Hong Kong Open Hong Kong US$2,250,000 Template:Flagicon Lin Wen-tang (1) 32 ASA
30 Nov Sportsbet Australian Masters Australia A$1,500,000 Template:Flagicon Rod Pampling (1) 22 ANZ
14 Dec Alfred Dunhill Championship South Africa €1,000,000 Template:Flagicon Richard Sterne (4) 24 AFR
21 Dec South African Open Championship South Africa €1,000,000 Template:Flagicon Richard Sterne (5) 40 AFRTemplate:Efn
11 Jan Joburg Open South Africa €1,100,000 Template:Flagicon Anders Hansen (3) 20 AFR
18 Jan Abu Dhabi Golf Championship UAE US$2,000,000 Template:Flagicon Paul Casey (9) 48
25 Jan Commercialbank Qatar Masters Qatar US$2,500,000 Template:Flagicon Álvaro Quirós (3) 54
1 Feb Dubai Desert Classic UAE US$2,500,000 Template:Flagicon Rory McIlroy (1) 52
8 Feb Indian Masters India – Cancelled[5] – ASA
15 Feb Maybank Malaysian Open Malaysia US$2,000,000 Template:Flagicon Anthony Kang (1) 30 ASA
22 Feb Johnnie Walker Classic Australia £1,250,000 Template:Flagicon Danny Lee (a) (1) 32 ANZ, ASA
1 Mar WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship United States US$8,500,000 Template:Flagicon Geoff Ogilvy (4) 76 World Golf Championship
1 Mar Enjoy Jakarta Indonesia Open Indonesia US$1,250,000 Template:Flagicon Thongchai Jaidee (3) 20 ASA
15 Mar WGC-CA Championship United States US$8,500,000 Template:Flagicon Phil Mickelson (n/a) 78 World Golf Championship
22 Mar Madeira Islands Open BPI - Portugal Portugal €700,000 Template:Flagicon Estanislao Goya (1) 24
29 Mar Open de Andalucía Spain €1,000,000 Template:Flagicon Søren Kjeldsen (3) 24
5 Apr Estoril Open de Portugal Portugal €1,250,000 Template:Flagicon Michael Hoey (1) 24
12 Apr Masters Tournament United States US$7,500,000 Template:Flagicon Ángel Cabrera (5) 100 Major championship
19 Apr Volvo China Open China US$2,200,000 Template:Flagicon Scott Strange (2) 18 ONE
26 Apr Ballantine's Championship South Korea €2,100,000 Template:Flagicon Thongchai Jaidee (4) 32 ASA, KOR
3 May Open de España Spain €2,000,000 Template:Flagicon Thomas Levet (5) 24
10 May BMW Italian Open Italy €1,300,000 Template:Flagicon Daniel Vancsik (2) 24
17 May 3 Irish Open Ireland €3,000,000 Template:Flagicon Shane Lowry (a) (1) 40
24 May BMW PGA Championship England €4,500,000 Template:Flagicon Paul Casey (10) 64 Flagship event
31 May European Open England £1,800,000 Template:Flagicon Christian Cévaër (2) 48
7 Jun Celtic Manor Wales Open Wales £1,800,000 Template:Flagicon Jeppe Huldahl (1) 24
21 Jun Saint-Omer Open France €600,000 Template:Flagicon Christian Nilsson (1) 18 CHA
22 Jun U.S. Open United States US$7,500,000 Template:Flagicon Lucas Glover (n/a) 100 Major championship
28 Jun BMW International Open Germany €2,000,000 Template:Flagicon Nick Dougherty (3) 36
5 Jul Open de France Alstom France €4,000,000 Template:Flagicon Martin Kaymer (3) 44
12 Jul Barclays Scottish Open Scotland £3,000,000 Template:Flagicon Martin Kaymer (4) 54
19 Jul The Open Championship Scotland £4,200,000 Template:Flagicon Stewart Cink (1) 100 Major championship
26 Jul SAS Masters Sweden €1,000,000 Template:Flagicon Ricardo González (4) 24
2 Aug Moravia Silesia Open Czech Republic €2,000,000 Template:Flagicon Oskar Henningsson (1) 24
9 Aug WGC-Bridgestone Invitational United States US$8,500,000 Template:Flagicon Tiger Woods (n/a) 76 World Golf Championship
16 Aug English Open England – Cancelled[6] –
16 Aug PGA Championship United States US$7,500,000 Template:Flagicon Yang Yong-eun (2) 100 Major championship
23 Aug KLM Open Netherlands €1,800,000 Template:Flagicon Simon Dyson (3) 24
30 Aug Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles Scotland £1,400,000 Template:Flagicon Peter Hedblom (3) 24
6 Sep Omega European Masters Switzerland €2,000,000 Template:Flagicon Alex Norén (1) 32 ASA
13 Sep Mercedes-Benz Championship Germany €2,000,000 Template:Flagicon James Kingston (2) 40 Limited-field event
20 Sep British Masters England – Cancelled[7] –
20 Sep
14 Jun 		Austrian Golf Open Austria €1,000,000 Template:Flagicon Rafa Cabrera-Bello (1) 24
5 Oct Alfred Dunhill Links Championship Scotland US$5,000,000 Template:Flagicon Simon Dyson (4) 46 Pro-Am
11 Oct Madrid Masters Spain €1,500,000 Template:Flagicon Ross McGowan (1) 26
18 Oct Portugal Masters Portugal €3,000,000 Template:Flagicon Lee Westwood (19) 46
25 Oct Castelló Masters Costa Azahar Spain €2,000,000 Template:Flagicon Michael Jonzon (2) 28
1 Nov Barclays Singapore Open Singapore US$5,000,000 Template:Flagicon Ian Poulter (8) 46 ASA New to European Tour
1 Nov Volvo World Match Play Championship Spain €3,250,000 Template:Flagicon Ross Fisher (3) 42 Limited-field event
8 Nov WGC-HSBC Champions China US$7,000,000 Template:Flagicon Phil Mickelson (n/a) 66 World Golf Championship
15 Nov JBWere Masters Australia A$1,500,000 Template:Flagicon Tiger Woods (n/a) 28 ANZ
15 Nov UBS Hong Kong Open Hong Kong US$2,500,000 Template:Flagicon Grégory Bourdy (3) 44 ASA
22 Nov Dubai World Championship UAE US$7,500,000 Template:Flagicon 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 Template:FlagdecoTemplate:Flagdeco Team GB&I n/a Team event
30 Nov Omega Mission Hills World Cup China US$5,500,000 Template:Flagicon Edoardo Molinari and
Template:Flagicon Francesco Molinari 		n/a Team event

Location of tournaments

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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 Template:Flagicon Westwood 43rd T23 T3 T3 T17 T61 9th T8 CUT 1st T3 T7 2nd T8 T8 T9 1st T9 26 3,240,952 1,500,000 4,237,762
2 Template:Flagicon McIlroy T20 T10 T47 T3 T5 T20 T68 4th 5th 3rd T2 T3 T5 1st T7 T2 T5 T2 25 2,862,413 1,125,000 3,610,020
3 Template:Flagicon Kaymer CUT CUT T34 T6 T17 T35 T60 T6 T11 T37 T2 T4 1st 1st T2 20 2,365,937 750,000 2,864,342
4 Template:Flagicon R. Fisher T30 5th T13 T19 4th T46 43rd T28 2nd T42 T8 1st 22 2,132,459 600,000 2,531,183
5 Template:Flagicon Casey T20 CUT T47 • 2nd T31 WD WD 1st • 1st T4 T10 14 2,014,063 525,000 2,362,947
6 Template:Flagicon Ogilvy T15 T47 CUT T43 1st T40 T22 T10 • T4 T3 13 1,903,771 450,000 2,202,814
7 Template:Flagicon Wilson CUT T23 T24 T19 T9 T5 T11 T45 CUT T16 2nd T6 T2 T5 25 1,736,035 412,500 2,010,158
8 Template:Flagicon Dyson • CUT • • • • • T28 T16 T37 T7 T2 T6 1st T7 T3 1st 8th 32 1,558,550 375,000 1,807,753
9 Template:Flagicon Poulter T20 T18 CUT T19 T9 T13 T15 T45 • T9 3rd 1st T5 15 1,549,187 337,500 1,773,470
10 Template:Flagicon García T38 T10 T38 CUT T33 T31 T22 T23 • T7 1st T8 T7 4th T9 17 1,461,426 300,000 1,660,788
11 Template:Flagicon Els CUT CUT T8 T6 T5 T20 T29 2nd T21 T50 T3 T4 17 1,397,135 262,500 1,571,577
12 Template:Flagicon McGowan • • • • • • • • CUT 2nd T2 3rd 6th 1st 30 1,396,826 243,750 1,558,808
13 Template:Flagicon Kjeldsen CUT • T27 T6 T33 T7 T68 T10 3rd T30 1st T9 T4 26 1,379,731 225,000 1,529,253
14 Template:Flagicon F. Molinari • T27 T13 T10 • • • T10 T35 T30 T2 T3 3rd T6 2nd T3 27 1,367,949 206,250 1,505,010
15 Template:Flagicon Harrington T35 CUT T65 T10 T33 T20 T2 T25 • T4 T5 3rd 16 1,343,631 187,500 1,468,232

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Awards

Award Winner Ref.
Golfer of the Year Template:Flagicon Lee Westwood [12]
Players' Player of the Year Template:Flagicon Lee Westwood [13]
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year Template:Flagicon Chris Wood [14]

See also

Notes

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References

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External links

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