The 2018 European Tour was the 47th season of the

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, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.

Changes for 2018

There were changes to membership criteria with the reversal of some of the changes introduced for the 2017 season; the number of players gaining exemption from the final Race to Dubai standings reverted to the top 110 and the Access List was scrapped, largely replaced by a re-ranking system. The Race to Dubai points system was adjusted, with all prize money being converted into

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before translating into points (1 point = 1 dollar) having previously been calculated after converting into

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. The points for all tournaments were also fixed prior to the start of the season, having previously been set during each tournament week, thereby negating any fluctuation in exchange rates.

Tournament changes

*New tournaments:

Oman Open The Oman Open is a European Tour golf tournament, held at Al Mouj Golf in Muscat, Oman. When founded in 2018, it was one of five European Tour events to be staged in the Arabian Peninsula, but is currently one of six. Though it was the first Europ ...

. *Returning tournaments (not part of the 2017 season): Open de España,

AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open The AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open is a men's professional golf tournament co-sanctioned by the European Tour and Sunshine Tour, and formerly by the Asian Tour The Asian Tour is the principal men's professional golf professional golf tours, t ...

(missing from the 2017 schedule due to date change), Belgian Knockout (formerly the Belgian Open). *No longer part of the schedule: Alfred Dunhill Championship (not held due to course renovations; returned for the 2019 season), Open de Portugal (dropped down to the

Challenge Tour The Challenge Tour, currently titled as the HotelPlanner Tour for sponsorship reasons and also sometimes referred to as the European Challenge Tour, is the second-tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European To ...

), Shenzhen International, Paul Lawrie Matchplay. *Format change: the Lyoness Open (Austrian Open) became the

Shot Clock Masters The Austrian Open is a men's professional golf tournament on the European Tour. It was founded in 1990, and was a European Tour event for seven straight years up to 1996, being held under a variety of names due to regular changes of title sponsor ...

, with all shots subject to a strict time limit before incurring penalty strokes.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2018 season.

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the European Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Location of tournaments

Race to Dubai

The Race to Dubai was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.

Awards

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:European Tour, 2018

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