Duration | 16 November 2000 | – 11 November 2001
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Number of official events | 46 |
Most wins |
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Order of Merit |
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Golfer of the Year |
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Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year |
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The 2001 European Tour, titled as the 2001 PGA European Tour, [1] was the 30th season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.
There were several changes from the previous season, with the Dunhill Links Championship replacing the Dunhill Cup, [2] the Open de Madrid replacing the Turespaña Masters, the Standard Life Loch Lomond being rebranded as the revived Scottish Open, [3] the addition the Caltex Singapore Masters, the Argentine Open [4] and the São Paulo Brazil Open; the return of the Estoril Open; and the loss of the Brazil Rio de Janeiro 500 Years Open and the Belgian Open.
The terrorist attacks in the United States on 11 September led to changes on the tour schedule with the WGC-American Express Championship being cancelled and the Ryder Cup matches at The Belfry being postponed until 2002. The Estoril Open was also cancelled in the wake of the attacks, and was replaced on the schedule with a revival of the Cannes Open. [5]
The following table lists official events during the 2001 season. [6]
Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse | Winner [b] |
OWGR points |
Other tours [c] |
Notes |
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19 Nov | Johnnie Walker Classic | Thailand | £800,000 |
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24 | ANZ, ASA | |
7 Jan | WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship | Australia | US$5,000,000 |
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58 | World Golf Championship | |
21 Jan | Alfred Dunhill Championship | South Africa | £500,000 |
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18 | AFR | |
28 Jan | Mercedes-Benz South African Open | South Africa | US$1,000,000 |
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32 | AFR [d] | |
4 Feb | Heineken Classic | Australia | A$1,750,000 |
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20 | ANZ | |
11 Feb | Greg Norman Holden International | Australia | A$2,000,000 |
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22 | ANZ | |
18 Feb | Carlsberg Malaysian Open | Malaysia | US$910,000 |
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18 | ASA | |
25 Feb | Caltex Singapore Masters | Singapore | US$850,000 |
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24 | ASA | New tournament |
4 Mar | Dubai Desert Classic | UAE | US$1,500,000 |
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44 | ||
11 Mar | Qatar Masters | Qatar | US$750,000 |
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24 | ||
18 Mar | Madeira Island Open | Portugal | €550,000 |
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24 | ||
25 Mar | São Paulo Brazil Open | Brazil | €750,000 |
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24 | ||
1 Apr | Open de Argentina | Argentina | US$700,000 |
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24 | ARG | New to European Tour |
8 Apr | Masters Tournament | United States | US$5,600,000 |
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100 | Major championship | |
15 Apr | Moroccan Open | Morocco | €650,000 |
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24 | ||
22 Apr | Via Digital Open de España | Spain | €1,200,000 |
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24 | ||
29 Apr | Algarve Open de Portugal | Portugal | €1,000,000 |
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24 | ||
6 May | Novotel Perrier Open de France | France | €1,300,000 |
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24 | ||
13 May | Benson & Hedges International Open | England | £1,000,000 |
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48 | ||
20 May | Deutsche Bank - SAP Open TPC of Europe | Germany | €2,700,000 |
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54 | ||
28 May | Volvo PGA Championship | England | €3,200,000 |
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64 | Flagship event | |
3 Jun | Victor Chandler British Masters | England | £1,200,000 |
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32 | ||
10 Jun | Compass Group English Open | England | £800,000 |
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28 | ||
17 Jun | U.S. Open | United States | US$5,000,000 |
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100 | Major championship | |
24 Jun | Great North Open | England | £800,000 |
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24 | ||
1 Jul | Murphy's Irish Open | Ireland | €1,600,000 |
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30 | ||
8 Jul | Smurfit European Open | Ireland | £2,000,000 |
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46 | ||
15 Jul | Scottish Open | Scotland | £2,200,000 |
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50 | ||
22 Jul | The Open Championship | England | £3,300,000 |
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100 | Major championship | |
29 Jul | TNT Dutch Open | Netherlands | €1,800,000 |
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34 | ||
5 Aug | Volvo Scandinavian Masters | Sweden | €1,800,000 |
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40 | ||
12 Aug | Celtic Manor Resort Wales Open | Wales | £750,000 |
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24 | ||
19 Aug | North West of Ireland Open | Ireland | €350,000 |
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16 | CHA | |
19 Aug | PGA Championship | United States | US$5,200,000 |
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100 | Major championship | |
26 Aug | Gleneagles Scottish PGA Championship | Scotland | £1,000,000 |
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24 | ||
26 Aug | WGC-NEC Invitational | United States | US$5,000,000 |
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68 | World Golf Championship | |
2 Sep | BMW International Open | Germany | €1,800,000 |
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42 | ||
9 Sep | Omega European Masters | Switzerland | €1,500,000 |
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24 | ||
WGC-American Express Championship | United States | – | Cancelled | – | World Golf Championship | ||
23 Sep | Trophée Lancôme | France | €1,400,000 |
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28 | ||
7 Oct | Linde German Masters | Germany | €2,700,000 |
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44 | ||
Estoril Open | Portugal | – | Cancelled | – | |||
14 Oct | Cannes Open | France | €550,000 |
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24 | ||
21 Oct | Dunhill Links Championship | Scotland | US$5,000,000 |
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48 | New tournament Pro-Am | |
28 Oct | Telefónica Open de Madrid | Spain | €1,400,000 |
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30 | ||
4 Nov | Atlanet Italian Open | Italy | €1,000,000 |
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24 | ||
11 Nov | Volvo Masters Andalucía | Spain | US$3,000,000 |
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46 | Tour Championship |
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 |
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Ryder Cup | England | n/a | Postponed [7] | n/a | Team event | |
14 Oct | Cisco World Match Play Championship | England | £1,000,000 |
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n/a | Limited-field event |
18 Nov | WGC-World Cup | Japan | US$3,000,000 |
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n/a |
World Golf Championship Team event |
The Order of Merit was titled as the Volvo Order of Merit and was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros. [8] [9]
Position | Player | Prize money ( €) |
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1 |
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2,862,806 |
2 |
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2,090,166 |
3 |
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1,988,055 |
4 |
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1,716,287 |
5 |
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1,578,676 |
6 |
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1,577,130 |
7 |
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1,474,802 |
8 |
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1,464,434 |
9 |
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1,428,831 |
10 |
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1,224,588 |
Award | Winner | Ref. |
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Golfer of the Year |
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[10] |
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year |
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[11] |
The European Tour will expand yet into another country on this year's schedule with the inclusion on the calendar of the Argentina Open...