2013 European Tour

The 2013 European Tour was the fifth edition of the Race to Dubai and the 42nd season of golf tournaments since the European Tour officially began in 1972.

2013 European Tour season
Duration9 December 2012 (2012-12-09) – 17 November 2013 (2013-11-17)
Number of official events45
Most wins2:[lower-alpha 1]
Joost Luiten
Graeme McDowell
Brett Rumford
Race to Dubai Henrik Stenson
Golfer of the Year Henrik Stenson
Players' Player of the Year Henrik Stenson
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year Peter Uihlein
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Sweden's Henrik Stenson won the Race to Dubai and was named Golfer of the Year. Peter Uihlein of the United States was the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year.

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. In addition, participation in the first three events accrued a 20% bonus in the Race to Dubai standings for those events.[1]

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.[2]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2013 season.[3]

Date Tournament Host country Purse Winner[lower-alpha 2] OWGR
points		 Other
tours[lower-alpha 3]		 Notes
9 Dec Nelson Mandela Championship South Africa €1,000,000 Scott Jamieson (1) 20 AFR New tournament
16 Dec Alfred Dunhill Championship South Africa €1,500,000 Charl Schwartzel (8) 28 AFR
13 Jan Volvo Golf Champions South Africa €2,000,000 Louis Oosthuizen (6) 38 Limited-field event
20 Jan Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship UAE US$2,700,000 Jamie Donaldson (2) 54
26 Jan Commercial Bank Qatar Masters Qatar US$2,500,000 Chris Wood (1) 48
3 Feb Omega Dubai Desert Classic UAE US$2,500,000 Stephen Gallacher (2) 36
10 Feb Joburg Open South Africa €1,300,000 Richard Sterne (6) 22 AFR
17 Feb Africa Open South Africa €1,000,000 Darren Fichardt (4) 20 AFR
24 Feb WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship United States US$8,750,000 Matt Kuchar (n/a) 74 World Golf Championship
3 Mar Tshwane Open South Africa €1,500,000 Dawie van der Walt (1) 20 AFR New tournament
10 Mar WGC-Cadillac Championship United States US$8,750,000 Tiger Woods (n/a) 74 World Golf Championship
17 Mar Avantha Masters India €1,800,000 Thomas Aiken (2) 20 ASA
24 Mar Maybank Malaysian Open Malaysia US$2,750,000 Kiradech Aphibarnrat (1) 38 ASA
31 Mar Trophée Hassan II Morocco €1,500,000 Marcel Siem (3) 24
14 Apr Masters Tournament United States US$8,000,000 Adam Scott (9) 100 Major championship
21 Apr Open de España Spain €1,500,000 Raphaël Jacquelin (4) 24
28 Apr Ballantine's Championship South Korea €2,205,000 Brett Rumford (4) 34 ASA, KOR
5 May Volvo China Open China CN¥20,000,000 Brett Rumford (5) 28 ONE
19 May Volvo World Match Play Championship Bulgaria €3,000,000 Graeme McDowell (8) 32 Limited-field event
19 May Madeira Islands Open - Portugal - BPI Portugal €600,000 Peter Uihlein (1) 18 CHA
26 May BMW PGA Championship England €4,750,000 Matteo Manassero (4) 64 Flagship event
2 Jun Nordea Masters Sweden €1,500,000 Mikko Ilonen (3) 28
9 Jun Lyoness Open Austria €1,000,000 Joost Luiten (2) 24
16 Jun Najeti Hotels et Golfs Open France €500,000 Simon Thornton (1) 18 CHA
16 Jun U.S. Open United States US$8,000,000 Justin Rose (6) 100 Major championship
23 Jun BMW International Open Germany €2,000,000 Ernie Els (28) 32
30 Jun Irish Open Ireland €2,000,000 Paul Casey (12) 32
7 Jul Alstom Open de France France €3,000,000 Graeme McDowell (9) 44
14 Jul Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open Scotland £3,000,000 Phil Mickelson (n/a) 42
21 Jul The Open Championship Scotland £5,250,000 Phil Mickelson (n/a) 100 Major championship
28 Jul M2M Russian Open Russia €1,000,000 Michael Hoey (5) 24
4 Aug WGC-Bridgestone Invitational United States US$8,750,000 Tiger Woods (n/a) 76 World Golf Championship
11 Aug PGA Championship United States US$8,000,000 Jason Dufner (n/a) 100 Major championship
25 Aug Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles Scotland £1,400,000 Tommy Fleetwood (1) 24
1 Sep ISPS Handa Wales Open Wales £1,800,000 Grégory Bourdy (4) 24
8 Sep Omega European Masters Switzerland €2,200,000 Thomas Bjørn (14) 30 ASA
15 Sep KLM Open Netherlands €1,800,000 Joost Luiten (3) 24
22 Sep Open d'Italia Lindt Italy €1,500,000 Julien Quesne (2) 24
29 Sep Alfred Dunhill Links Championship Scotland US$5,000,000 David Howell (5) 36 Pro-Am
13 Oct Portugal Masters Portugal €2,000,000 David Lynn (2) 32
20 Oct ISPS Handa Perth International Australia US$2,000,000 Jin Jeong (1) 20 ANZ
27 Oct BMW Masters China US$7,000,000 Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (7) 50 Race to Dubai finals series
3 Nov WGC-HSBC Champions China US$8,500,000 Dustin Johnson (n/a) 66 World Golf Championship
Race to Dubai finals series
10 Nov Turkish Airlines Open Turkey US$7,500,000 Victor Dubuisson (1) 52 New tournament
Race to Dubai finals series
17 Nov DP World Tour Championship, Dubai UAE US$8,000,000 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 Team Continental Europe n/a Team event
24 Nov ISPS Handa World Cup of Golf Australia US$1,000,000 Jason Day and
Adam Scott		 n/a Team event
World Cup of Golf Individual Trophy US$7,000,000 Jason Day 40

Location of tournaments

Race to Dubai

Since 2009, the European Tour's money list has been known as the "Race to Dubai". It is based on money earned during the season and is calculated in euro, with earnings from tournaments that award prize money in other currencies being converted at the exchange rate available the week of the event.[4]

Final standings

Final top 10 players in the Race to Dubai:[5][6]

Pos. Player Majors WGCs Flagship event and R2D finals series[lower-alpha 4] Top 10s in other ET events Tmts Points and money
Mas USO Opn PGA WGC
MP		 WGC
Cad		 WGC
Inv		 WGC
Cha		 BMW
PGA		 BMW
Mas		 Tur DPW
TC		 1 2 3 4 5 6 Reg.
points		 FS
bonus
($)		 Bon.
($)		 Total
points
1 Stenson T18T212nd3rd T33•T2T31 •T34T71st 173,321,29843,3721,000,000 4,103,796
2 Poulter CUTT21T3T61 4thT28T192nd CUTT15T52nd 142,515,369176,929650,000 2,969,469
3 Rose T251stCUTT33 T17T8T175th T50•T3T10 T2 132,295,813–500,000 2,776,244
4 McDowell CUTCUTT58T12 T5T3T403rd CUTT53•T17 1st1st 142,143,134–375,000 2,512,696
5 Donaldson CUTT32T32WD T33T63T17T8 T37T342ndT8 1stT6T6 231,796,974143,924325,000 2,181,113
6 Dubuisson •••• •••• CUTT441st3rd T9T9T9T43rd3rd 211,828,415–275,000 1,920,805
7 F'dez-Castaño T20T10T54CUT T9T43T38T39 T621st•T37 T9T9T8 221,600,853–225,000 1,804,112
8 Sterne T25•T21CUT T17T12T9T39 T57T31T36T14 T72nd1stT92nd 221,533,90223,765175,000 1,687,014
9 Jaidee •CUTT32T47 T33••T46 T40T2T29T47 3rdT9T9T62ndT9 251,388,018105,112125,000 1,659,433
10 Bjørn T46•T73CUT T33••T39 T40T5T18T21 T9T82nd2ndT81st 261,415,52957,295100,000 1,546,735
  Win
  Top 10
  Made cut
  Missed cut
  Withdrew

• Did not play

Awards
AwardWinner
Golfer of the Year Henrik Stenson
Players' Player of the Year Henrik Stenson
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year Peter Uihlein

Golfer of the Month
MonthPlayer
January Chris Wood
February Darren Fichardt
March Marcel Siem
April Raphaël Jacquelin
May Matteo Manassero
June Justin Rose
July Graeme McDowell
August Henrik Stenson
September Henrik Stenson
October Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño
November Henrik Stenson

See also

Notes
  1. Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods also won 2 events, but were not European Tour members.
  2. 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. Victories in "Approved Special Events" are not recognised as official tour wins.
  3. AFR − Sunshine Tour; ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; ASA − Asian Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour; KOR − Korean Tour; ONE − OneAsia Tour.
  4. The WGC-HSBC Champions was also a Race to Dubai finals series event.

References
  1. O'Reilly, Jake (27 November 2012). "European Tour Announce 2013 Schedule Including New £19 Million 'Final Series'". Today's Golfer. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  2. Hoggard, Rex (10 October 2012). "Pres. Cup, Ryder Cup, Seve Trophy to count for Euro Tour". Golf Channel. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  3. "2013 European Tour Schedule". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  4. "The Race To Dubai – European Tour Final Series Summary". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  5. Davenport, Ryan (17 November 2013). "Race to Dubai 2013 Standings: Final Rankings and Prize Money Earnings". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  6. "The Final Series – Eligibility criteria". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 8 February 2021 – via Yumpu.
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