The 2017 European Tour was the 46th season of the

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

Changes for 2017

For the 2017 season, the European Tour created the Rolex Series; a group of selected tournaments with a minimum purse of . Seven tournaments were initially announced: the

BMW PGA Championship The BMW PGA Championship is an annual men's professional golf tournament on the European Tour. It was founded in 1955 by the Professional Golfers' Association (Great Britain & Ireland), Professional Golfers' Association, and originally called the ...

, the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open, the

Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open The Genesis Scottish Open is a professional golf tournament in Scotland, and is one of five tournaments that are part of the Rolex Series, which identifies it as one of the European Tour's premier events. It has been played on various courses, b ...

, the Italian Open and the three former Final Series events; the

Turkish Airlines Open The Turkish Airlines Open is a European Tour golf tournament played annually in Turkey since 2013. In both 2013 and 2014 the tournament was the penultimate event of the European Tour Final Series. History The first three tournaments were held at ...

, the

Nedbank Golf Challenge The Nedbank Golf Challenge, previously known as the Million Dollar Challenge, is an annual men's professional golf tournament played at the Gary Player Country Club in Sun City, North West province, South Africa. It was first played in 1981 a ...

and the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai. The HNA Open de France was later announced as the eighth Rolex Series event. There were changes to membership criteria with the creation of a new "Access List", a season-long money list excluding the

Masters Tournament The Masters Tournament (usually referred to as simply the Masters, or as the U.S. Masters outside North America) is one of the four men's major championships in professional golf. Scheduled for the first full week in April, the Masters is the ...

PGA Championship The PGA Championship (often referred to as the US PGA Championship or USPGA outside the United States) is an annual golf tournament conducted by the Professional Golfers' Association of America. The PGA is one of the four men's major golf champi ...

, the four

World Golf Championships The World Golf Championships (WGC) were a group of annual professional golf tournaments played from 1999 through 2023 created by the International Federation of PGA Tours as a means of gathering the best players in the world together more freque ...

and the Rolex Series events. The top three players in the Access List standings would be invited to play in Rolex Series events, and the top 10 players in the Access List final standings not otherwise exempt would gain full European Tour membership for the following season. There was a corresponding reduction in numbers from the Race to Dubai final standings gaining cards, down from the top 110 to the top 100.

Tournament changes

*New tournaments: GolfSixes. *Returning tournaments (not part of the 2016 season): Hong Kong Open,

Sicilian Open The Sicilian Open was a European Tour men's professional golf tournament. It was played for the first time in 2011. The event was held in Sicily at the Donnafugata Golf Resort & Spa. In 2012 the event was held at Verdura Golf & Spa Resort on a lin ...

, Andalucía Masters, Open de Portugal. *No longer part of the schedule: True Thailand Classic, King's Cup,

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 ...

(due to date change from May to December; returned for the 2018 season). *Format change: the Perth International became the ISPS Handa World Super 6 Perth, with the top-24 players after 54-hole

stroke play Stroke play is a scoring system in the sport of golf. In the regular form of stroke play, also known as medal play, the total number of strokes is counted over one or more rounds of 18 holes. In a regular stroke play competition, the winner is the ...

competing in a 6-hole knockout

match play Match play is a scoring system for golf in which a player, or team, earns a point for each hole in which they have bested their opponents; as opposed to stroke play, in which the total number of strokes is counted over one or more rounds of 18 h ...

tournament on the final day.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2017 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

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