2012 European Tour

The 2012 European Tour is the fourth edition of the Race to Dubai and the 41st season of golf tournaments since the European Tour officially began in 1972.

Schedule

The table below shows the 2012 European Tour schedule.^[1] The season began in January with the Africa Open in South Africa, and will culminate with the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai in November. The full schedule will include the four major championships and four World Golf Championships.

Dates	Tournament	Host country	Winner	OWGR points	Notes
5–8 Jan	Africa Open	South Africa	Louis Oosthuizen (4)	20	Co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour
12–15 Jan	Joburg Open	South Africa	Branden Grace (1)	22	Co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour
19–22 Jan	Volvo Golf Champions	South Africa	Branden Grace (2)	32
26–29 Jan	Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship	United Arab Emirates	Robert Rock (2)	58
2–5 Feb	Commercialbank Qatar Masters	Qatar	Paul Lawrie (7)	48
9–12 Feb	Omega Dubai Desert Classic	United Arab Emirates	Rafael Cabrera-Bello (2)	48
16–19 Feb	Avantha Masters	India	Jbe' Kruger (1)	20	Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
22–26 Feb	WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship	United States	Hunter Mahan (n/a)	76	World Golf Championships
8–11 Mar	WGC-Cadillac Championship	United States	Justin Rose (5)	78	World Golf Championships
15–18 Mar	Open de Andalucía Costa del Sol	Spain	Julien Quesne (1)	24
22–25 Mar	Trophée Hassan II	Morocco	Michael Hoey (4)	24
29 Mar–1 Apr	Sicilian Open	Italy	Thorbjørn Olesen (1)	24
5–8 Apr	Masters Tournament	United States	Bubba Watson (n/a)	100	Major championship
12–15 Apr	Maybank Malaysian Open	Malaysia	Louis Oosthuizen (5)	36	Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
19–22 Apr	Volvo China Open	China	Branden Grace (3)	32	Co-sanctioned with the OneAsia Tour
26–29 Apr	Ballantine's Championship	South Korea	Bernd Wiesberger (1)	32	Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
3–6 May	Reale Seguros Open de España	Spain	Francesco Molinari (3)	30
10–13 May	Madeira Islands Open - Portugal	Portugal	Ricardo Santos (1)	18	Dual ranking event with the Challenge Tour.
17–20 May	Volvo World Match Play Championship	Spain	Nicolas Colsaerts (2)	34
24–27 May	BMW PGA Championship	England	Luke Donald (7)	64
31 May–3 Jun	ISPS Handa Wales Open	Wales
6–9 Jun	Nordea Masters	Sweden
14–17 Jun	U.S. Open	United States		100	Major championship
14–17 Jun	Saint-Omer Open	France			Alternate to U.S. Open. Dual ranking event with the Challenge Tour.
21–24 Jun	BMW International Open	Germany
28 Jun–1 Jul	The Irish Open	Northern Ireland
5–8 Jul	Alstom Open de France	France
12–15 Jul	Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open	Scotland
19–22 Jul	The Open Championship	United Kingdom		100	Major championship
25–28 Jul	Austrian Golf Open	Austria
2–5 Aug	WGC-Bridgestone Invitational	United States			World Golf Championships
9–12 Aug	PGA Championship	United States		100	Major championship
23–26 Aug	Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles	Scotland
30 Aug–2 Sep	Omega European Masters	Switzerland			Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
6–9 Sep	KLM Open	Netherlands
13–16 Sep	Italian Open	Italy
20–23 Sep	Madrid Masters	Spain
28–30 Sep	Ryder Cup	United States		n/a	Team event, unofficial money
4–7 Oct	Alfred Dunhill Links Championship	Scotland
11–14 Oct	Portugal Masters	Portugal
18–21 Oct	Perth International	Australia			New tournament. Co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour of Australasia
18–21 Oct	Andalucía Masters	Spain
25–28 Oct	BMW Masters	China			New tournament
1–4 Nov	WGC-HSBC Champions	China			World Golf Championships
8–11 Nov	Barclays Singapore Open	Singapore
15–18 Nov	Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong
15–18 Nov	SA Open Championship	South Africa
22–25 Nov	DP World Tour Championship, Dubai	United Arab Emirates			Tour Championship

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. The following table shows the current top 10 in the 2012 standings and includes the bonus pool.

• Updated through the Madeira Islands Open - Portugal 13 May 2012

Golfer of the Month

The winners of the European Tour Golfer of the Month Award:

See also

• 2012 in golf
• 2012 Challenge Tour
• 2012 European Seniors Tour
• 2012 PGA Tour
• List of golfers with most European Tour wins

References

External links

• Official website
• 2012 European Tour at ESPN