Duration | 5 January 2012 | – 25 November 2012
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Number of official events | 45 [a] |
Most wins |
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Race to Dubai |
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Golfer of the Year |
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Players' Player of the Year |
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Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year |
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←
2011
2013 → |
The 2012 European Tour was the 41st season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.
Prior to the start of the 2011 season, the tour had announced their intention to realign the schedule with the calendar. [1] As a result, in 2012 there were several changes from the previous season. There was initially one new tournament in 2012, the ISPS Handa Perth International, and several tournaments were dropped: the Castelló Masters, the Iskandar Johor Open, and the Alfred Dunhill Championship, [2] which was played in December as part of the 2013 season.
During the season, the BMW Masters in China was added to the schedule, [3] the Czech Open was cancelled, [4] and three tournaments in Spain were also cancelled: the Iberdrola Open, [5] the Madrid Masters, [6] and the Andalucía Masters. [7]
The following table lists official events during the 2012 season. [8]
Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse | Winner [b] |
OWGR points |
Other tours [c] |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8 Jan | Africa Open | South Africa | €1,000,000 |
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20 | AFR | |
15 Jan | Joburg Open | South Africa | €1,300,000 |
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22 | AFR | |
22 Jan | Volvo Golf Champions | South Africa | €2,000,000 |
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32 | Limited-field event | |
29 Jan | Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship | UAE | US$2,700,000 |
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58 | ||
5 Feb | Commercialbank Qatar Masters | Qatar | US$2,500,000 |
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48 | ||
12 Feb | Omega Dubai Desert Classic | UAE | US$2,500,000 |
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48 | ||
19 Feb | Avantha Masters | India | €1,800,000 |
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20 | ASA | |
26 Feb | WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship | United States | US$8,500,000 |
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76 | World Golf Championship | |
11 Mar | WGC-Cadillac Championship | United States | US$8,500,000 |
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78 | World Golf Championship | |
18 Mar | Open de Andalucía Costa del Sol | Spain | €1,000,000 |
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24 | ||
25 Mar | Trophée Hassan II | Morocco | €1,500,000 |
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24 | ||
1 Apr | Sicilian Open | Italy | €1,000,000 |
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24 | ||
8 Apr | Masters Tournament | United States | US$8,000,000 |
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100 | Major championship | |
15 Apr | Maybank Malaysian Open | Malaysia | US$2,500,000 |
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36 | ASA | |
22 Apr | Volvo China Open | China | CN¥20,000,000 |
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32 | ONE | |
29 Apr | Ballantine's Championship | South Korea | €2,205,000 |
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32 | ASA, KOR | |
6 May | Reale Seguros Open de España | Spain | €2,000,000 |
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30 | ||
Iberdrola Open | Spain | – | Cancelled | – | |||
13 May | Madeira Islands Open - Portugal | Portugal | €675,000 |
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18 | CHA | |
20 May | Volvo World Match Play Championship | Spain | €2,750,000 |
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34 | Limited-field event | |
27 May | BMW PGA Championship | England | €4,500,000 |
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64 | Flagship event | |
3 Jun | ISPS Handa Wales Open | Wales | £1,800,000 |
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28 | ||
9 Jun | Nordea Masters | Sweden | €1,500,000 |
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26 | ||
17 Jun | Saint-Omer Open | France | €500,000 |
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18 | CHA | |
17 Jun | U.S. Open | United States | US$8,000,000 |
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100 | Major championship | |
24 Jun | BMW International Open | Germany | €2,000,000 |
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30 | ||
1 Jul | Irish Open | Northern Ireland | €2,000,000 |
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38 | ||
8 Jul | Alstom Open de France | France | €3,000,000 |
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46 | ||
15 Jul | Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open | Scotland | £2,500,000 |
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48 | ||
22 Jul | The Open Championship | England | £5,000,000 |
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100 | Major championship | |
28 Jul | Lyoness Open | Austria | €1,000,000 |
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24 | ||
5 Aug | WGC-Bridgestone Invitational | United States | US$8,500,000 |
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76 | World Golf Championship | |
12 Aug | PGA Championship | United States | US$8,000,000 |
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100 | Major championship | |
Czech Open | Czech Republic | – | Cancelled | – | |||
26 Aug | Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles | Scotland | £1,400,000 |
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30 | ||
2 Sep | Omega European Masters | Switzerland | €2,100,000 |
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32 | ASA | |
9 Sep | KLM Open | Netherlands | €1,800,000 |
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30 | ||
16 Sep | BMW Italian Open | Italy | €1,500,000 |
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28 | ||
Madrid Masters | Spain | – | Cancelled | – | |||
7 Oct | Alfred Dunhill Links Championship | Scotland | US$5,000,000 |
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46 | Pro-Am | |
14 Oct | Portugal Masters | Portugal | €2,200,000 |
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34 | ||
Andalucía Masters | Spain | – | Cancelled | – | |||
21 Oct | ISPS Handa Perth International | Australia | US$2,000,000 |
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22 | ANZ | New tournament |
28 Oct | BMW Masters | China | US$7,000,000 |
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56 | New to European Tour Limited-field event | |
4 Nov | WGC-HSBC Champions | China | US$7,000,000 |
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64 | World Golf Championship | |
11 Nov | Barclays Singapore Open | Singapore | US$6,000,000 |
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48 | ASA | |
18 Nov | UBS Hong Kong Open | Hong Kong | US$2,750,000 |
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32 | ASA | |
18 Nov | SA Open Championship | South Africa | €1,000,000 |
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32 | AFR [d] | |
25 Nov | DP World Tour Championship, Dubai | UAE | US$8,000,000 |
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58 | Tour Championship |
The following events were sanctioned by the European Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse | Winners |
OWGR points |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
30 Sep | Ryder Cup | United States | n/a | ![]() |
n/a | Team event |
Location of official tournaments of the 2012 European Tour in Europe. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Location of official tournaments of the 2012 European Tour outside Europe. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
|
The Race to Dubai was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros. [9] [10] [11] [12]
Pos. | Player | Majors | WGCs | Principal events | Top 10s in other ET events | Tmts | Money | |||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mas | USO | Opn | PGA |
WGC MP |
WGC Cad |
WGC Inv |
WGC Cha |
BMW PGA |
DPW TC |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
Reg. (€) |
Bon. ($) |
Total (€) | |||||||||
1 |
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T40 | CUT | T60 | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T5 | • | CUT | 1st | 2nd | T5 | T10 | 2nd | 3rd | 15 | 4,738,027 | 1,000,000 | 5,519,118 | ||||||||
2 |
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T8 | T21 | CUT | T3 | T33 | 1st | T5 | T24 | T2 | 2nd | T9 | T9 | T6 | 13 | 3,260,635 | 650,000 | 3,768,345 | ||||||||||
3 |
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2nd | CUT | T19 | T21 | T17 | T60 | 4th | T6 | • | 5th | 1st | T7 | 1st | T6 | 16 | 2,796,819 | 500,000 | 3,187,364 | |||||||||
4 |
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T3 | CUT | T23 | T7 | T5 | T4 | T63 | T24 | CUT | T16 | T2 | T3 | 1st | 1st | 21 | 2,730,006 | 375,000 | 3,022,916 | |||||||||
5 |
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7th | T41 | T9 | T3 | T33 | T60 | T29 | 1st | T10 | T26 | T9 | T4 | 4th | 15 | 2,327,402 | 325,000 | 2,581,257 | ||||||||||
6 |
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• | T51 | T77 | CUT | • | T35 | T36 | T62 | 5th | 6th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 26 | 2,287,701 | 275,000 | 2,502,501 | |||||||||
7 |
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T32 | CUT | T5 | T32 | T33 | T6 | T8 | T18 | 1st | T3 | 3rd | 13 | 2,197,794 | 225,000 | 2,373,540 | ||||||||||||
8 |
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T19 | T29 | T39 | T54 | T17 | T13 | T40 | T39 | T7 | T34 | T8 | T6 | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | T6 | T5 | 25 | 2,078,538 | 175,000 | 2,215,229 | ||||||
9 |
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T12 | T2 | T5 | T11 | T33 | T13 | T24 | T42 | CUT | T52 | T3 | 2nd | 16 | 1,847,420 | 125,000 | 1,945,056 | |||||||||||
10 |
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T24 | • | T34 | T48 | T9 | T60 | T50 | T36 | T2 | T48 | T10 | T8 | 1st | T3 | 1st | T6 | T10 | 25 | 1,832,272 | 100,000 | 1,910,381 |
Award | Winner | Ref. |
---|---|---|
Golfer of the Year |
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[13] |
Players' Player of the Year |
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[14] |
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year |
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[15] |
The highest honour of the Players' Player of the Year award went to Rory McIlroy as his peers recognised his phenomenal achievements of winning US PGA Championship, topping both the US PGA Tour Money List and The Race to Dubai and reigning supreme as World Number One.
Duration | 5 January 2012 | – 25 November 2012
---|---|
Number of official events | 45 [a] |
Most wins |
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Race to Dubai |
![]() |
Golfer of the Year |
![]() |
Players' Player of the Year |
![]() |
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year |
![]() |
←
2011
2013 → |
The 2012 European Tour was the 41st season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.
Prior to the start of the 2011 season, the tour had announced their intention to realign the schedule with the calendar. [1] As a result, in 2012 there were several changes from the previous season. There was initially one new tournament in 2012, the ISPS Handa Perth International, and several tournaments were dropped: the Castelló Masters, the Iskandar Johor Open, and the Alfred Dunhill Championship, [2] which was played in December as part of the 2013 season.
During the season, the BMW Masters in China was added to the schedule, [3] the Czech Open was cancelled, [4] and three tournaments in Spain were also cancelled: the Iberdrola Open, [5] the Madrid Masters, [6] and the Andalucía Masters. [7]
The following table lists official events during the 2012 season. [8]
Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse | Winner [b] |
OWGR points |
Other tours [c] |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8 Jan | Africa Open | South Africa | €1,000,000 |
![]() |
20 | AFR | |
15 Jan | Joburg Open | South Africa | €1,300,000 |
![]() |
22 | AFR | |
22 Jan | Volvo Golf Champions | South Africa | €2,000,000 |
![]() |
32 | Limited-field event | |
29 Jan | Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship | UAE | US$2,700,000 |
![]() |
58 | ||
5 Feb | Commercialbank Qatar Masters | Qatar | US$2,500,000 |
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48 | ||
12 Feb | Omega Dubai Desert Classic | UAE | US$2,500,000 |
![]() |
48 | ||
19 Feb | Avantha Masters | India | €1,800,000 |
![]() |
20 | ASA | |
26 Feb | WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship | United States | US$8,500,000 |
![]() |
76 | World Golf Championship | |
11 Mar | WGC-Cadillac Championship | United States | US$8,500,000 |
![]() |
78 | World Golf Championship | |
18 Mar | Open de Andalucía Costa del Sol | Spain | €1,000,000 |
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24 | ||
25 Mar | Trophée Hassan II | Morocco | €1,500,000 |
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24 | ||
1 Apr | Sicilian Open | Italy | €1,000,000 |
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24 | ||
8 Apr | Masters Tournament | United States | US$8,000,000 |
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100 | Major championship | |
15 Apr | Maybank Malaysian Open | Malaysia | US$2,500,000 |
![]() |
36 | ASA | |
22 Apr | Volvo China Open | China | CN¥20,000,000 |
![]() |
32 | ONE | |
29 Apr | Ballantine's Championship | South Korea | €2,205,000 |
![]() |
32 | ASA, KOR | |
6 May | Reale Seguros Open de España | Spain | €2,000,000 |
![]() |
30 | ||
Iberdrola Open | Spain | – | Cancelled | – | |||
13 May | Madeira Islands Open - Portugal | Portugal | €675,000 |
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18 | CHA | |
20 May | Volvo World Match Play Championship | Spain | €2,750,000 |
![]() |
34 | Limited-field event | |
27 May | BMW PGA Championship | England | €4,500,000 |
![]() |
64 | Flagship event | |
3 Jun | ISPS Handa Wales Open | Wales | £1,800,000 |
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28 | ||
9 Jun | Nordea Masters | Sweden | €1,500,000 |
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26 | ||
17 Jun | Saint-Omer Open | France | €500,000 |
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18 | CHA | |
17 Jun | U.S. Open | United States | US$8,000,000 |
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100 | Major championship | |
24 Jun | BMW International Open | Germany | €2,000,000 |
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30 | ||
1 Jul | Irish Open | Northern Ireland | €2,000,000 |
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38 | ||
8 Jul | Alstom Open de France | France | €3,000,000 |
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46 | ||
15 Jul | Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open | Scotland | £2,500,000 |
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48 | ||
22 Jul | The Open Championship | England | £5,000,000 |
![]() |
100 | Major championship | |
28 Jul | Lyoness Open | Austria | €1,000,000 |
![]() |
24 | ||
5 Aug | WGC-Bridgestone Invitational | United States | US$8,500,000 |
![]() |
76 | World Golf Championship | |
12 Aug | PGA Championship | United States | US$8,000,000 |
![]() |
100 | Major championship | |
Czech Open | Czech Republic | – | Cancelled | – | |||
26 Aug | Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles | Scotland | £1,400,000 |
![]() |
30 | ||
2 Sep | Omega European Masters | Switzerland | €2,100,000 |
![]() |
32 | ASA | |
9 Sep | KLM Open | Netherlands | €1,800,000 |
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30 | ||
16 Sep | BMW Italian Open | Italy | €1,500,000 |
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28 | ||
Madrid Masters | Spain | – | Cancelled | – | |||
7 Oct | Alfred Dunhill Links Championship | Scotland | US$5,000,000 |
![]() |
46 | Pro-Am | |
14 Oct | Portugal Masters | Portugal | €2,200,000 |
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34 | ||
Andalucía Masters | Spain | – | Cancelled | – | |||
21 Oct | ISPS Handa Perth International | Australia | US$2,000,000 |
![]() |
22 | ANZ | New tournament |
28 Oct | BMW Masters | China | US$7,000,000 |
![]() |
56 | New to European Tour Limited-field event | |
4 Nov | WGC-HSBC Champions | China | US$7,000,000 |
![]() |
64 | World Golf Championship | |
11 Nov | Barclays Singapore Open | Singapore | US$6,000,000 |
![]() |
48 | ASA | |
18 Nov | UBS Hong Kong Open | Hong Kong | US$2,750,000 |
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32 | ASA | |
18 Nov | SA Open Championship | South Africa | €1,000,000 |
![]() |
32 | AFR [d] | |
25 Nov | DP World Tour Championship, Dubai | UAE | US$8,000,000 |
![]() |
58 | Tour Championship |
The following events were sanctioned by the European Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse | Winners |
OWGR points |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
30 Sep | Ryder Cup | United States | n/a | ![]() |
n/a | Team event |
Location of official tournaments of the 2012 European Tour in Europe. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Location of official tournaments of the 2012 European Tour outside Europe. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
|
The Race to Dubai was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros. [9] [10] [11] [12]
Pos. | Player | Majors | WGCs | Principal events | Top 10s in other ET events | Tmts | Money | |||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mas | USO | Opn | PGA |
WGC MP |
WGC Cad |
WGC Inv |
WGC Cha |
BMW PGA |
DPW TC |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
Reg. (€) |
Bon. ($) |
Total (€) | |||||||||
1 |
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T40 | CUT | T60 | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T5 | • | CUT | 1st | 2nd | T5 | T10 | 2nd | 3rd | 15 | 4,738,027 | 1,000,000 | 5,519,118 | ||||||||
2 |
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T8 | T21 | CUT | T3 | T33 | 1st | T5 | T24 | T2 | 2nd | T9 | T9 | T6 | 13 | 3,260,635 | 650,000 | 3,768,345 | ||||||||||
3 |
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2nd | CUT | T19 | T21 | T17 | T60 | 4th | T6 | • | 5th | 1st | T7 | 1st | T6 | 16 | 2,796,819 | 500,000 | 3,187,364 | |||||||||
4 |
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T3 | CUT | T23 | T7 | T5 | T4 | T63 | T24 | CUT | T16 | T2 | T3 | 1st | 1st | 21 | 2,730,006 | 375,000 | 3,022,916 | |||||||||
5 |
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7th | T41 | T9 | T3 | T33 | T60 | T29 | 1st | T10 | T26 | T9 | T4 | 4th | 15 | 2,327,402 | 325,000 | 2,581,257 | ||||||||||
6 |
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• | T51 | T77 | CUT | • | T35 | T36 | T62 | 5th | 6th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 26 | 2,287,701 | 275,000 | 2,502,501 | |||||||||
7 |
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T32 | CUT | T5 | T32 | T33 | T6 | T8 | T18 | 1st | T3 | 3rd | 13 | 2,197,794 | 225,000 | 2,373,540 | ||||||||||||
8 |
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T19 | T29 | T39 | T54 | T17 | T13 | T40 | T39 | T7 | T34 | T8 | T6 | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | T6 | T5 | 25 | 2,078,538 | 175,000 | 2,215,229 | ||||||
9 |
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T12 | T2 | T5 | T11 | T33 | T13 | T24 | T42 | CUT | T52 | T3 | 2nd | 16 | 1,847,420 | 125,000 | 1,945,056 | |||||||||||
10 |
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T24 | • | T34 | T48 | T9 | T60 | T50 | T36 | T2 | T48 | T10 | T8 | 1st | T3 | 1st | T6 | T10 | 25 | 1,832,272 | 100,000 | 1,910,381 |
Award | Winner | Ref. |
---|---|---|
Golfer of the Year |
![]() |
[13] |
Players' Player of the Year |
![]() |
[14] |
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year |
![]() |
[15] |
The highest honour of the Players' Player of the Year award went to Rory McIlroy as his peers recognised his phenomenal achievements of winning US PGA Championship, topping both the US PGA Tour Money List and The Race to Dubai and reigning supreme as World Number One.