2007 European Tour
Duration | 9 November 2006 | – 4 November 2007
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Number of official events | 52 |
Most wins | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Order of Merit | ![]() |
Golfer of the Year | ![]() |
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year | ![]() |
← 2006 2008 → |
The 2007 European Tour was the 36th season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.
Changes for 2007
[edit]There were three new tournaments, the Joburg Open in South Africa, the Open de Andalucía in Spain and the Portugal Masters.[1] In addition, the long-established Australian Masters joined the tour schedule and two tournaments returned after missing the 2006 season; the New Zealand Open skipped a season due to date changes,[2] and the German Masters having not been held in 2006, came back with a new sponsor and was re-titled as the Mercedes-Benz Championship.
Schedule
[edit]The following table lists official events during the 2007 season.[3][4][1]
Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse | Winner[b] | OWGR points |
Other tours[c] |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
12 Nov | HSBC Champions | China | US$5,000,000 | ![]() |
52 | AFR,[d] ANZ,[e] ASA[f] | Limited-field event |
19 Nov | UBS Hong Kong Open | Hong Kong | US$2,000,000 | ![]() |
32 | ASA | |
26 Nov | MasterCard Masters | Australia | A$1,500,000 | ![]() |
30 | ANZ | New to European Tour |
3 Dec | Blue Chip New Zealand Open | New Zealand | NZ$1,500,000 | ![]() |
20 | ANZ | |
10 Dec | Alfred Dunhill Championship | South Africa | €1,000,000 | ![]() |
18 | AFR | |
17 Dec | South African Airways Open | South Africa | €1,000,000 | ![]() |
32 | AFR[g] | |
14 Jan | Joburg Open | South Africa | €1,000,000 | ![]() |
20 | AFR | New tournament |
21 Jan | Abu Dhabi Golf Championship | UAE | US$2,000,000 | ![]() |
44 | ||
28 Jan | Commercialbank Qatar Masters | Qatar | US$2,200,000 | ![]() |
48 | ASA | |
4 Feb | Dubai Desert Classic | UAE | US$2,400,000 | ![]() |
50 | ||
11 Feb | Maybank Malaysian Open | Malaysia | US$1,290,000 | ![]() |
26 | ASA | |
18 Feb | Enjoy Jakarta Astro Indonesia Open | Indonesia | US$1,000,000 | ![]() |
20 | ASA | |
25 Feb | WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship | United States | US$8,000,000 | ![]() |
76 | World Golf Championship | |
4 Mar | Johnnie Walker Classic | Thailand | £1,250,000 | ![]() |
40 | ANZ, ASA | |
11 Mar | Clariden Leu Singapore Masters | Singapore | US$1,100,000 | ![]() |
30 | ASA | |
18 Mar | TCL Classic | China | US$1,000,000 | ![]() |
20 | ASA | |
25 Mar | Madeira Islands Open BPI | Portugal | €700,000 | ![]() |
24 | ||
25 Mar | WGC-CA Championship | United States | US$8,000,000 | ![]() |
76 | World Golf Championship | |
1 Apr | Estoril Open de Portugal | Portugal | €1,250,000 | ![]() |
24 | ||
8 Apr | Masters Tournament | United States | US$7,000,000 | ![]() |
100 | Major championship | |
15 Apr | Volvo China Open | China | US$2,000,000 | ![]() |
20 | ASA | |
22 Apr | BMW Asian Open | China | US$2,300,000 | ![]() |
32 | ASA | |
29 Apr | Open de España | Spain | €2,000,000 | ![]() |
24 | ||
6 May | Telecom Italia Open | Italy | €1,700,000 | ![]() |
24 | ||
13 May | Valle Romano Open de Andalucía | Spain | €1,000,000 | ![]() |
24 | New tournament | |
20 May | Irish Open | Ireland | €2,500,000 | ![]() |
28 | ||
27 May | BMW PGA Championship | England | €4,350,000 | ![]() |
64 | Flagship event | |
3 Jun | Celtic Manor Wales Open | Wales | £1,500,000 | ![]() |
26 | ||
10 Jun | BA-CA Golf Open | Austria | €1,300,000 | ![]() |
24 | ||
17 Jun | Open de Saint-Omer | France | €500,000 | ![]() |
18 | CHA | |
17 Jun | U.S. Open | United States | US$7,000,000 | ![]() |
100 | Major championship | |
24 Jun | BMW International Open | Germany | €2,000,000 | ![]() |
34 | ||
1 Jul | Open de France Alstom | France | €4,000,000 | ![]() |
30 | ||
8 Jul | Smurfit Kappa European Open | Ireland | £2,400,000 | ![]() |
32 | ||
15 Jul | Barclays Scottish Open | Scotland | £3,000,000 | ![]() |
50 | ||
22 Jul | The Open Championship | Scotland | £4,200,000 | ![]() |
100 | Major championship | |
29 Jul | Deutsche Bank Players Championship of Europe | Germany | €3,600,000 | ![]() |
40 | ||
5 Aug | Russian Open Golf Championship | Russia | US$2,000,000 | ![]() |
24 | ||
5 Aug | WGC-Bridgestone Invitational | United States | US$8,000,000 | ![]() |
76 | World Golf Championship | |
12 Aug | PGA Championship | United States | US$7,000,000 | ![]() |
100 | Major championship | |
19 Aug | Scandinavian Masters | Sweden | €1,600,000 | ![]() |
24 | ||
26 Aug | KLM Open | Netherlands | €1,600,000 | ![]() |
24 | ||
2 Sep | Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles | Scotland | £1,400,000 | ![]() |
24 | ||
9 Sep | Omega European Masters | Switzerland | €2,000,000 | ![]() |
30 | ||
16 Sep | Mercedes-Benz Championship | Germany | €2,000,000 | ![]() |
40 | Limited-field event | |
23 Sep | Quinn Direct British Masters | England | £1,800,000 | ![]() |
32 | ||
7 Oct | Alfred Dunhill Links Championship | Scotland | US$5,000,000 | ![]() |
48 | Pro-Am | |
14 Oct | HSBC World Match Play Championship | England | £1,660,000 | ![]() |
40 | Limited-field event | |
14 Oct | Open de Madrid Valle Romano | Spain | €900,000 | ![]() |
24 | ||
21 Oct | Portugal Masters | Portugal | €3,000,000 | ![]() |
34 | New tournament | |
28 Oct | Mallorca Classic | Spain | €2,000,000 | ![]() |
24 | ||
4 Nov | Volvo Masters | Spain | €4,000,000 | ![]() |
46 | Tour Championship |
Unofficial events
[edit]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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
30 Sep | Seve Trophy | Ireland | n/a | ![]() ![]() |
n/a | Team event |
25 Nov | Omega Mission Hills World Cup | China | US$5,000,000 | ![]() ![]() |
n/a | Team event |
Order of Merit
[edit]The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros.[5][6]
Position | Player | Prize money (€) |
---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
2,944,945 |
2 | ![]() |
2,496,237 |
3 | ![]() |
2,463,742 |
4 | ![]() |
2,014,841 |
5 | ![]() |
1,919,339 |
6 | ![]() |
1,753,024 |
7 | ![]() |
1,741,707 |
8 | ![]() |
1,692,054 |
9 | ![]() |
1,478,245 |
10 | ![]() |
1,420,327 |
Awards
[edit]Award | Winner | Ref. |
---|---|---|
Golfer of the Year | ![]() |
[7] |
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year | ![]() |
[8] |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Tiger Woods won 3 events, but was not a European Tour member.
- ^ 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.
- ^ AFR − Sunshine Tour; ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; ASA − Asian Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour.
- ^ Sunshine Tour unofficial event
- ^ PGA Tour of Australasia unofficial event
- ^ Asian Tour unofficial event
- ^ Sunshine Tour flagship event
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Euro Tour breaks 50 events mark". BBC Sport. 9 October 2006. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ^ "Shanghai kicks off 2007 Euro Tour". BBC Sport. 27 March 2006. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ^ "2007 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
- ^ "European Tour 2007". BBC Sport. 6 January 2007. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ^ "2007 Order of Merit". European Tour. Archived from the original on 12 June 2008. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
- ^ "Rose wins Volvo Masters - and Order of Merit". The Guardian. 4 November 2007. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
- ^ "Harrington voted golfer for the year". Today's Golfer. 12 December 2007. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
- ^ "Kaymer named Rookie of the Year". CNN. 6 November 2007. Retrieved 24 April 2023.