Rolex Series
Tournament information | |
---|---|
Location | International |
Established | 2017 |
Tour(s) | European Tour |
Format | Stroke play |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 260 Brandon Stone (2018) |
To par | −24 Jon Rahm (2017) |
The Rolex Series is a series of men's professional
European Tour
.
History
The series was unveiled for the
The inaugural events as part of the series were:
- BMW PGA Championship
- HNA Open de France
- Dubai Duty Free Irish Open
- Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open
- Italian Open
- The three limited-field no-cut events at the end of the season, which had previously been collectively known as the Final Series:
- Turkish Airlines Open
- Nedbank Golf Challenge
- DP World Tour Championship, Dubai
From the 2019 season onwards, the
Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship became a designated Rolex Series event and the Open de France was relegated to a regular tour event.[3] In 2020, the season was severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic; as a result, the Turkish Airlines Open and the Nedbank Golf Challenge were cancelled, and the Irish and Italian Opens were downgraded to regular events.[4]
In 2021, the Rolex Series was reduced to four tournaments; the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, the Scottish Open, the BMW PGA Championship and the season-ending DP World Tour Championship, Dubai. The four events did have increased prize funds up to $8 million however.[5] The Dubai Desert Classic was added to the series for the 2022 season.[6]
In 2023, all Rolex Series purses were increased to $9 million.[7]
2017 season
Schedule
Date | Tournament | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
28 May | BMW PGA Championship | Alex Norén | 277 | −11 | 2 strokes | Francesco Molinari | [8] |
2 Jul | HNA Open de France |
Tommy Fleetwood | 272 | −12 | 1 stroke | Peter Uihlein | [9] |
9 Jul | Dubai Duty Free Irish Open |
Jon Rahm | 264 | −24 | 6 strokes | Richie Ramsay Matthew Southgate |
[10] |
16 Jul | Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open |
Rafa Cabrera-Bello | 275 | −13 | Playoff | Callum Shinkwin | [11] |
15 Oct | Italian Open | Tyrrell Hatton | 263 | −21 | 1 stroke | Kiradech Aphibarnrat Ross Fisher |
[12] |
5 Nov | Turkish Airlines Open | Justin Rose | 266 | −18 | 1 stroke | Nicolas Colsaerts Dylan Frittelli |
[13] |
12 Nov | Nedbank Golf Challenge | Branden Grace | 277 | −11 | 1 stroke | Scott Jamieson | [14] |
19 Nov | DP World Tour Championship, Dubai |
Jon Rahm | 269 | −19 | 1 stroke | Kiradech Aphibarnrat Shane Lowry |
[15] |
2018 season
Schedule
Date | Tournament | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
27 May | BMW PGA Championship | Francesco Molinari | 271 | −17 | 2 strokes | Rory McIlroy | [16] |
3 Jun | Italian Open | Thorbjørn Olesen | 262 | −22 | 1 stroke | Francesco Molinari | [17] |
1 Jul | HNA Open de France |
Alex Norén | 277 | −7 | 1 stroke | Russell Knox Julian Suri Chris Wood |
[18] |
8 Jul | Dubai Duty Free Irish Open |
Russell Knox | 274 | −14 | Playoff | Ryan Fox | [19] |
15 Jul | Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open |
Brandon Stone | 260 | −20 | 4 strokes | Eddie Pepperell | [20] |
4 Nov | Turkish Airlines Open | Justin Rose | 267 | −17 | Playoff | Li Haotong | [21] |
11 Nov | Nedbank Golf Challenge | Lee Westwood | 273 | −15 | 3 strokes | Sergio García | [22] |
18 Nov | DP World Tour Championship, Dubai |
Danny Willett | 270 | −18 | 2 strokes | Patrick Reed Matt Wallace |
[23] |
2019 season
Schedule
Date | Tournament | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
19 Jan | Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship |
Shane Lowry | 270 | −18 | 1 stroke | Richard Sterne | [24] |
7 Jul | Dubai Duty Free Irish Open |
Jon Rahm | 264 | −16 | 2 strokes | Andy Sullivan Bernd Wiesberger |
[25] |
14 Jul | Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open |
Bernd Wiesberger | 262 | −22 | Playoff | Benjamin Hébert | [26] |
22 Sep | BMW PGA Championship | Danny Willett | 268 | −20 | 3 strokes | Jon Rahm | [27] |
13 Oct | Italian Open | Bernd Wiesberger | 268 | −16 | 1 stroke | Matt Fitzpatrick | [28] |
10 Nov | Turkish Airlines Open | Tyrrell Hatton | 268 | −20 | Playoff | Benjamin Hébert Kurt Kitayama Victor Perez Matthias Schwab Erik van Rooyen |
[29] |
17 Nov | Nedbank Golf Challenge | Tommy Fleetwood | 276 | −12 | Playoff | Marcus Kinhult | [30] |
24 Nov | DP World Tour Championship, Dubai |
Jon Rahm | 269 | −19 | 1 stroke | Tommy Fleetwood | [31] |
2020 season
Schedule
Date | Tournament | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
19 Jan | Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship |
Lee Westwood | 269 | −19 | 2 strokes | Matt Fitzpatrick Tommy Fleetwood Victor Perez |
[32] |
Dubai Duty Free Irish Open |
Downgraded to regular event | ||||||
4 Oct |
Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open |
Aaron Rai | 273 | −11 | Playoff | Tommy Fleetwood | [33] |
Italian Open | Downgraded to regular event | ||||||
11 Oct |
BMW PGA Championship | Tyrrell Hatton | 269 | −19 | 4 strokes | Victor Perez | [34] |
Turkish Airlines Open | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | [35] | |||||
Nedbank Golf Challenge | |||||||
13 Dec |
DP World Tour Championship, Dubai |
Matt Fitzpatrick | 273 | −15 | 1 stroke | Lee Westwood | [36] |
2021 season
Schedule
Date | Tournament | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
24 Jan | Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship |
Tyrrell Hatton | 270 | −18 | 4 strokes | Jason Scrivener | [37] |
11 Jul | Abrdn Scottish Open |
Min Woo Lee | 266 | −18 | Playoff | Thomas Detry Matt Fitzpatrick |
[38] |
12 Sep | BMW PGA Championship | Billy Horschel | 269 | −19 | 1 stroke | Kiradech Aphibarnrat Laurie Canter Jamie Donaldson |
[39] |
21 Nov | DP World Tour Championship, Dubai |
Collin Morikawa | 271 | −17 | 3 strokes | Alexander Björk Matt Fitzpatrick |
[40] |
2022 season
Schedule
Date | Tournament | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
23 Jan | Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship |
Thomas Pieters | 278 | −10 | 1 stroke | Rafa Cabrera-Bello Shubhankar Sharma |
[41] |
30 Jan | Slync.io Dubai Desert Classic |
Viktor Hovland | 276 | −12 | Playoff | Richard Bland | [42] |
10 Jul | Genesis Scottish Open |
Xander Schauffele | 273 | −7 | 1 stroke | Kurt Kitayama | [43] |
11 Sep | BMW PGA Championship | Shane Lowry | 199[a] | −17 | 1 stroke | Rory McIlroy Jon Rahm |
[44] |
20 Nov | DP World Tour Championship | Jon Rahm | 268 | −20 | 2 strokes | Tyrrell Hatton Alex Norén |
[45] |
2023 season
Schedule
Date | Tournament | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
22 Jan | Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship |
Victor Perez | 270 | −18 | 1 stroke | Min Woo Lee Sebastian Söderberg |
[46] |
30 Jan | Hero Dubai Desert Classic |
Rory McIlroy | 269 | −19 | 1 stroke | Patrick Reed | [47] |
16 Jul | Genesis Scottish Open |
Rory McIlroy | 265 | −15 | 1 stroke | Robert MacIntyre | [48] |
17 Sep | BMW PGA Championship | Ryan Fox | 270 | −18 | 1 stroke | Tyrrell Hatton Aaron Rai |
[49] |
19 Nov | DP World Tour Championship | Nicolai Højgaard | 267 | −21 | 2 strokes | Tommy Fleetwood Viktor Hovland Matt Wallace |
[50] |
2024 season
Schedule
Date | Tournament | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
21 Jan | Hero Dubai Desert Classic |
Rory McIlroy | 274 | −14 | 1 stroke | Adrian Meronk | [51] |
14 Jul | Genesis Scottish Open |
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22 Sep | BMW PGA Championship | ||||||
10 Nov | Abu Dhabi Championship |
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17 Nov | DP World Tour Championship |
Multiple winners
Rank | Player | Wins | Tournaments won |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Jon Rahm | 5 | 2017 DP World Tour Championship, Dubai,
2022 DP World Tour Championship |
2 | Tyrrell Hatton | 4 | 2017 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship
|
3 | Rory McIlroy | 3 | 2023 Hero Dubai Desert Classic
|
T4 | Tommy Fleetwood | 2 | 2017 HNA Open de France,
2019 Nedbank Golf Challenge |
Shane Lowry | 2019 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship,
2022 BMW PGA Championship | ||
Alex Norén | HNA Open de France
| ||
Justin Rose | 2017 Turkish Airlines Open, 2018 Turkish Airlines Open | ||
Lee Westwood | 2018 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship
| ||
Bernd Wiesberger | 2019 Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open,
2019 Italian Open | ||
Danny Willett | 2018 DP World Tour Championship, Dubai,
2019 BMW PGA Championship |
See also
Notes
- ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to Operation London Bridge.
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