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2013 European Tour

Golf tour season

Field	Value
year	2013
tour	European Tour
regular_season	–
no_of_events	45
most_wins	NED Joost Luiten (2)
NIR Graeme McDowell (2)
AUS Brett Rumford (2)
honor1	Race to Dubai
honoree1	SWE Henrik Stenson
honor2	Golfer of the Year
honoree2	SWE Henrik Stenson
honor3	Players' Player of the Year
honoree3	SWE Henrik Stenson
honor4	Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year
honoree4	USA Peter Uihlein
honor5	Graduate of the Year
honoree5	ZAF Justin Walters
prevseason	2012
nextseason	2014

NIR Graeme McDowell (2) AUS Brett Rumford (2) The 2013 European Tour was the 42nd season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.

Changes for 2013

New for 2013 was the "Final Series", consisting of the final four tournaments of the season: BMW Masters, WGC-HSBC Champions, Turkish Airlines Open, and DP World Tour Championship, Dubai; with a requirement to play in two of the first three in order to compete in the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai. In addition, participation in the first three events accrued a 20% bonus in the Race to Dubai standings for those events.

There were several changes from the 2012 season. Additions for 2013 were the season opening Nelson Mandela Championship, the Tshwane Open, the returning Russian Open and the Turkish Airlines Open. Dropped from the schedule were the Sicilian Open and the Barclays Singapore Open; the UBS Hong Kong Open and the South African Open were also missing from the 2013 schedule as they were played in late in the year as part of the 2014 season.

Rule changes

In a change to the European Tour's membership criteria, from 2013 the Ryder Cup, Presidents Cup and Seve Trophy were included in the 13-event minimum requirement. The move was seen as an attempt to retain leading European players based in the United States on the PGA Tour, and attract top Americans to join the tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2013 season.

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse	Winner	OWGR
points	Other
tours	Notes
9 Dec	Nelson Mandela Championship	South Africa	€1,000,000	SCO Scott Jamieson (1)	20	AFR	New tournament
16 Dec	Alfred Dunhill Championship	South Africa	€1,500,000	ZAF Charl Schwartzel (8)	28	AFR
13 Jan	Volvo Golf Champions	South Africa	€2,000,000	ZAF Louis Oosthuizen (6)	38		Limited-field event
20 Jan	Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship	UAE	US$2,700,000	WAL Jamie Donaldson (2)	54
26 Jan	Commercial Bank Qatar Masters	Qatar	US$2,500,000	ENG Chris Wood (1)	48
3 Feb	Omega Dubai Desert Classic	UAE	US$2,500,000	SCO Stephen Gallacher (2)	36
10 Feb	Joburg Open	South Africa	€1,300,000	ZAF Richard Sterne (6)	22	AFR
17 Feb	Africa Open	South Africa	€1,000,000	ZAF Darren Fichardt (4)	20	AFR
24 Feb	WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship	United States	US$8,750,000	USA Matt Kuchar (n/a)	74		World Golf Championship
3 Mar	Tshwane Open	South Africa	€1,500,000	ZAF Dawie van der Walt (1)	20	AFR	New tournament
10 Mar	WGC-Cadillac Championship	United States	US$8,750,000	USA Tiger Woods (n/a)	74		World Golf Championship
17 Mar	Avantha Masters	India	€1,800,000	ZAF Thomas Aiken (2)	20	ASA
24 Mar	Maybank Malaysian Open	Malaysia	US$2,750,000	THA Kiradech Aphibarnrat (1)	38	ASA
31 Mar	Trophée Hassan II	Morocco	€1,500,000	DEU Marcel Siem (3)	24
14 Apr	Masters Tournament	United States	US$8,000,000	AUS Adam Scott (9)	100		Major championship
21 Apr	Open de España	Spain	€1,500,000	FRA Raphaël Jacquelin (4)	24
28 Apr	Ballantine's Championship	South Korea	€2,205,000	AUS Brett Rumford (4)	34	ASA, KOR
5 May	Volvo China Open	China	CN¥20,000,000	AUS Brett Rumford (5)	28	ONE
19 May	Volvo World Match Play Championship	Bulgaria	€3,000,000	NIR Graeme McDowell (8)	32		Limited-field event
19 May	Madeira Islands Open - Portugal - BPI	Portugal	€600,000	USA Peter Uihlein (1)	18	CHA
26 May	BMW PGA Championship	England	€4,750,000	ITA Matteo Manassero (4)	64		Flagship event
2 Jun	Nordea Masters	Sweden	€1,500,000	FIN Mikko Ilonen (3)	28
9 Jun	Lyoness Open	Austria	€1,000,000	NLD Joost Luiten (2)	24
16 Jun	Najeti Hotels et Golfs Open	France	€500,000	IRL Simon Thornton (1)	18	CHA
16 Jun	U.S. Open	United States	US$8,000,000	ENG Justin Rose (6)	100		Major championship
23 Jun	BMW International Open	Germany	€2,000,000	ZAF Ernie Els (28)	32
30 Jun	Irish Open	Ireland	€2,000,000	ENG Paul Casey (12)	32
7 Jul	Alstom Open de France	France	€3,000,000	NIR Graeme McDowell (9)	44
14 Jul	Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open	Scotland	£3,000,000	USA Phil Mickelson (n/a)	42
21 Jul	The Open Championship	Scotland	£5,250,000	USA Phil Mickelson (n/a)	100		Major championship
28 Jul	M2M Russian Open	Russia	€1,000,000	NIR Michael Hoey (5)	24
4 Aug	WGC-Bridgestone Invitational	United States	US$8,750,000	USA Tiger Woods (n/a)	76		World Golf Championship
11 Aug	PGA Championship	United States	US$8,000,000	USA Jason Dufner (n/a)	100		Major championship
25 Aug	Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles	Scotland	£1,400,000	ENG Tommy Fleetwood (1)	24
1 Sep	ISPS Handa Wales Open	Wales	£1,800,000	FRA Grégory Bourdy (4)	24
8 Sep	Omega European Masters	Switzerland	€2,200,000	DNK Thomas Bjørn (14)	30	ASA
15 Sep	KLM Open	Netherlands	€1,800,000	NLD Joost Luiten (3)	24
22 Sep	Open d'Italia Lindt	Italy	€1,500,000	FRA Julien Quesne (2)	24
29 Sep	Alfred Dunhill Links Championship	Scotland	US$5,000,000	ENG David Howell (5)	36		Pro-Am
13 Oct	Portugal Masters	Portugal	€2,000,000	ENG David Lynn (2)	32
20 Oct	ISPS Handa Perth International	Australia	US$2,000,000	KOR Jin Jeong (1)	20	ANZ
27 Oct	BMW Masters	China	US$7,000,000	ESP Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (7)	50		Race to Dubai finals series
3 Nov	WGC-HSBC Champions	China	US$8,500,000	USA Dustin Johnson (n/a)	66		World Golf Championship
Race to Dubai finals series
10 Nov	Turkish Airlines Open	Turkey	US$7,500,000	FRA Victor Dubuisson (1)	52		New tournament
Race to Dubai finals series
17 Nov	DP World Tour Championship, Dubai	UAE	US$8,000,000	SWE Henrik Stenson (8)	54		Race to Dubai finals series

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	Winner(s)	OWGR
points	Notes
6 Oct	Seve Trophy	France	€1,750,000	EUR Team Continental Europe	n/a	Team event
24 Nov	ISPS Handa World Cup of Golf	Australia	US$1,000,000	AUS Jason Day and
AUS Adam Scott	n/a	Team event
World Cup of Golf Individual Trophy	US$7,000,000	AUS Jason Day	40

Location of tournaments

Race to Dubai

The Race to Dubai was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.

Pos.	Player	Majors	WGCs	Flagship event and R2D finals series	Top 10s in other ET events	Tmts	Points and money	Mas	USO	Opn	PGA	[WGC
MP](2013-wgc-accenture-match-play-championship)	[WGC
Cad](2013-wgc-cadillac-championship)	[WGC
Inv](2013-wgc-bridgestone-invitational)	[WGC
Cha](2013-wgc-hsbc-champions)	[BMW
PGA](2013-bmw-pga-championship)	BMW
Mas	Tur	DPW
TC	1	2	3	4	5	6	Reg.
points	FS
bonus
($)	Bon.
($)	Total
points	4,103,796	2,969,469	2,776,244	2,512,696	2,181,113	1,920,805	1,804,112	1,687,014	1,659,433	1,546,735
1	SWE Stenson	T18	T21	2nd	3rd	T33	•	T2	T31	•	T34	T7	1st							17	3,321,298	43,372	1,000,000
2	ENG Poulter	CUT	T21	T3	T61	4th	T28	T19	2nd	CUT	T15	T5	2nd							14	2,515,369	176,929	650,000
3	ENG Rose	T25	1st	CUT	T33	T17	T8	T17	5th	T50	•	T3	T10	T2						13	2,295,813	–	500,000
4	NIR McDowell	CUT	CUT	T58	T12	T5	T3	T40	3rd	CUT	T53	•	T17	1st	1st					14	2,143,134	–	375,000
5	WAL Donaldson	CUT	T32	T32	WD	T33	T63	T17	T8	T37	T34	2nd	T8	1st	T6	T6				23	1,796,974	143,924	325,000
6	FRA Dubuisson	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	CUT	T44	1st	3rd	T9	T9	T9	T4	3rd	3rd	21	1,828,415	–	275,000
7	ESP F'dez-Castaño	T20	T10	T54	CUT	T9	T43	T38	T39	T62	1st	•	T37	T9	T9	T8				22	1,600,853	–	225,000
8	ZAF Sterne	T25	•	T21	CUT	T17	T12	T9	T39	T57	T31	T36	T14	T7	2nd	1st	T9	2nd		22	1,533,902	23,765	175,000
9	THA Jaidee	•	CUT	T32	T47	T33	•	•	T46	T40	T2	T29	T47	3rd	T9	T9	T6	2nd	T9	25	1,388,018	105,112	125,000
10	DEN Bjørn	T46	•	T73	CUT	T33	•	•	T39	T40	T5	T18	T21	T9	T8	2nd	2nd	T8	1st	26	1,415,529	57,295	100,000

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Golfer of the Year	SWE Henrik Stenson
Players' Player of the Year	SWE Henrik Stenson
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year	USA Peter Uihlein
Graduate of the Year	ZAF Justin Walters

Notes

References

O'Reilly, Jake. (27 November 2012). "European Tour Announce 2013 Schedule Including New £19 Million 'Final Series'".
Hoggard, Rex. (10 October 2012). "Pres. Cup, Ryder Cup, Seve Trophy to count for Euro Tour". Golf Channel.
"2013 Tournament schedule". European Tour.
"The Final Series – Eligibility criteria". European Tour.
Davenport, Ryan. (17 November 2013). "Race to Dubai 2013 Standings: Final Rankings and Prize Money Earnings". Bleacher Report.
Alexander, Kit. (18 November 2013). "Stenson clinches Race to Dubai with DP World Tour Championship win".
Carter, Iain. (17 December 2013). "Henrik Stenson wins European Tour's Golfer of the Year award". BBC Sport.
(21 May 2014). "The Players' Awards - an evening of celebration". European Tour.
Dennett, Craig. (19 November 2013). "Uihlein wins Euro rookie award".
(22 May 2014). "Justin Walters named as inaugural Challenge Tour Graduate of the Year". European Tour.

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