# 2017 European Tour

The 2017 European Tour was the 46th season of the European Tour, 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 US$7,000,000. Seven tournaments were initially announced: the BMW PGA Championship, the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open, the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open, the Italian Open and the three former Final Series events; the Turkish Airlines Open, the Nedbank Golf Challenge 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, PGA Championship, the four World Golf Championships 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, Andalucía Masters, Open de Portugal.
* No longer part of the schedule: True Thailand Classic, King's Cup, AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open (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 competing in a 6-hole knockout match play tournament on the final day.

## Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2017 season.
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse | Winner | OWGR points | Other tours | Notes |
| 4 Dec | Australian PGA Championship | Australia | A$1,500,000 | Harold Varner III (1) | 22 | ANZ | |
| 4 Dec | Alfred Dunhill Championship | South Africa | €1,200,000 | Brandon Stone (2) | 32 | AFR | |
| 11 Dec | UBS Hong Kong Open | Hong Kong | US$2,000,000 | Sam Brazel (1) | 32 | ASA | |
| 15 Jan | BMW SA Open | South Africa | R15,000,000 | Graeme Storm (2) | 26 | AFR | |
| 22 Jan | Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship | UAE | US$2,700,000 | Tommy Fleetwood (2) | 50 | | |
| 29 Jan | Commercial Bank Qatar Masters | Qatar | US$2,500,000 | Wang Jeung-hun (3) | 32 | | |
| 5 Feb | Omega Dubai Desert Classic | UAE | US$2,650,000 | Sergio García (12) | 46 | | |
| 12 Feb | Maybank Championship | Malaysia | US$3,000,000 | Fabrizio Zanotti (2) | 36 | ASA | |
| 19 Feb | ISPS Handa World Super 6 Perth | Australia | A$1,750,000 | Brett Rumford (6) | 23 | ANZ, ASA | |
| 26 Feb | Joburg Open | South Africa | R16,500,000 | Darren Fichardt (5) | 19 | AFR | |
| 5 Mar | Tshwane Open | South Africa | R16,500,000 | Dean Burmester (1) | 19 | AFR | |
| 5 Mar | WGC-Mexico Championship | Mexico | US$9,750,000 | Dustin Johnson (n/a) | 76 | | World Golf Championship |
| 12 Mar | Hero Indian Open | India | US$1,750,000 | Shiv Chawrasia (4) | 21 | ASA | |
| 26 Mar | WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play | United States | US$9,750,000 | Dustin Johnson (n/a) | 74 | | World Golf Championship |
| 9 Apr | Masters Tournament | United States | US$11,000,000 | Sergio García (13) | 100 | | Major championship |
| 16 Apr | Trophée Hassan II | Morocco | €2,500,000 | Edoardo Molinari (3) | 24 | | |
| 23 Apr | Shenzhen International | China | US$2,800,000 | Bernd Wiesberger (4) | 26 | | |
| 30 Apr | Volvo China Open | China | CN¥20,000,000 | Alexander Lévy (4) | 24 | ONE | |
| 14 May | Open de Portugal | Portugal | €500,000 | Matt Wallace (1) | 18 | CHA | |
| 21 May | Rocco Forte Open | Italy | €1,000,000 | Álvaro Quirós (7) | 24 | | |
| 28 May | BMW PGA Championship | England | US$7,000,000 | Alex Norén (9) | 64 | | Flagship event |
| 4 Jun | Nordea Masters | Sweden | €1,500,000 | Renato Paratore (1) | 32 | | |
| 11 Jun | Lyoness Open | Austria | €1,000,000 | Dylan Frittelli (1) | 24 | | |
| 18 Jun | U.S. Open | United States | US$12,000,000 | Brooks Koepka (2) | 100 | | Major championship |
| 25 Jun | BMW International Open | Germany | €2,000,000 | Andrés Romero (2) | 32 | | |
| 2 Jul | HNA Open de France | France | US$7,000,000 | Tommy Fleetwood (3) | 46 | | Rolex Series |
| 9 Jul | Dubai Duty Free Irish Open | Northern Ireland | US$7,000,000 | Jon Rahm (1) | 48 | | Rolex Series |
| 16 Jul | Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open | Scotland | US$7,000,000 | Rafa Cabrera-Bello (3) | 50 | | Rolex Series |
| 23 Jul | The Open Championship | England | US$10,250,000 | Jordan Spieth (n/a) | 100 | | Major championship |
| 30 Jul | Porsche European Open | Germany | €2,000,000 | Jordan Smith (1) | 24 | | |
| 6 Aug | WGC-Bridgestone Invitational | United States | US$9,750,000 | Hideki Matsuyama (n/a) | 76 | | World Golf Championship |
| 13 Aug | PGA Championship | United States | US$10,500,000 | Justin Thomas (1) | 100 | | Major championship |
| 20 Aug | Fiji International | Fiji | A$1,500,000 | Jason Norris (1) | 15 | ANZ, ASA | |
| 20 Aug | Saltire Energy Paul Lawrie Match Play | Germany | €1,000,000 | Adrián Otaegui (1) | 24 | | Limited-field event |
| 27 Aug | Made in Denmark | Denmark | €1,800,000 | Julian Suri (1) | 24 | | |
| 3 Sep | D+D Real Czech Masters | Czech Republic | €1,000,000 | Haydn Porteous (2) | 24 | | |
| 10 Sep | Omega European Masters | Switzerland | €2,700,000 | Matt Fitzpatrick (4) | 32 | ASA | |
| 17 Sep | KLM Open | Netherlands | €1,800,000 | Romain Wattel (1) | 24 | | |
| 24 Sep | Portugal Masters | Portugal | €2,000,000 | Lucas Bjerregaard (1) | 24 | | |
| 1 Oct | British Masters | England | £3,000,000 | Paul Dunne (1) | 38 | | |
| 8 Oct | Alfred Dunhill Links Championship | Scotland | US$5,000,000 | Tyrrell Hatton (2) | 34 | | Pro-Am |
| 15 Oct | Italian Open | Italy | US$7,000,000 | Tyrrell Hatton (3) | 42 | | Rolex Series |
| 22 Oct | Andalucía Valderrama Masters | Spain | €2,000,000 | Sergio García (14) | 24 | | |
| 29 Oct | WGC-HSBC Champions | China | US$9,750,000 | Justin Rose (9) | 64 | | World Golf Championship |
| 5 Nov | Turkish Airlines Open | Turkey | US$7,000,000 | Justin Rose (10) | 40 | | Rolex Series Limited-field event |
| 12 Nov | Nedbank Golf Challenge | South Africa | US$7,500,000 | Branden Grace (8) | 44 | | Rolex Series Limited-field event |
| 19 Nov | DP World Tour Championship, Dubai | UAE | US$8,000,000 | Jon Rahm (2) | 50 | | Tour Championship |

### Unofficial events

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 |
| 7 May | GolfSixes | England | €1,000,000 | Lucas Bjerregaard and Thorbjørn Olesen | n/a | New tournament Team event |

## Race to Dubai

The Race to Dubai was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.
| Pos. | Player | Majors | Majors | Majors | Majors | WGCs | WGCs | WGCs | WGCs | Rolex Series | Rolex Series | Rolex Series | Rolex Series | Rolex Series | Rolex Series | Rolex Series | Rolex Series | Top 10s in other ET events | Top 10s in other ET events | Top 10s in other ET events | Top 10s in other ET events | Tmts | Points and money | Points and money | Points and money |
| Pos. | Player | Mas | USO | Opn | PGA | WGC Mex | WGC MP | WGC Inv | WGC Cha | BMW PGA | Fra | Ire | Sco | Ita | Tur | Ned | DPW TC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Tmts | Reg. points | Bon. ($) | Total points |
| 1 | Fleetwood | CUT | 4th | T27 | T61 | 2nd | T39 | T28 | T20 | CUT | 1st | T10 | • | T6 | T23 | T10 | T21 | T3 | 1st | 2nd | T6 | 24 | 4,316,566 | 1,250,000 | 5,420,530 |
| 2 | Rose | 2nd | CUT | T54 | CUT | T38 | • | T63 | 1st | T12 | • | T4 | • | • | 1st | • | T4 | | | | | 12 | 4,252,135 | 750,000 | 4,921,062 |
| 3 | Rahm | T27 | CUT | T44 | T58 | T3 | 2nd | T28 | T36 | • | T10 | 1st | • | T15 | • | • | 1st | | | | | 13 | 4,040,202 | 600,000 | 4,602,281 |
| 4 | García | 1st | T21 | T37 | CUT | T12 | T30 | T39 | • | • | • | • | • | T30 | • | • | T4 | 1st | 1st | | | 13 | 3,457,467 | 500,000 | 3,906,072 |
| 5 | Hatton | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | T10 | T17 | T36 | T11 | T30 | CUT | CUT | CUT | 1st | T16 | T19 | T8 | T3 | T3 | T8 | 1st | 21 | 2,879,918 | 400,000 | 3,237,346 |
| 6 | R. Fisher | T41 | CUT | T44 | CUT | T3 | T5 | T44 | T58 | T9 | T7 | • | T35 | T2 | • | T34 | T17 | T3 | T6 | 2nd | | 23 | 2,631,633 | 350,000 | 2,942,728 |
| 7 | Cabrera-Bello | • | T42 | T4 | CUT | T38 | T17 | 72nd | T5 | • | • | CUT | 1st | • | • | T42 | T21 | 2nd | T6 | T5 | | 19 | 2,481,527 | 325,000 | 2,770,297 |
| 8 | Norén | CUT | CUT | T6 | T67 | T55 | T5 | T28 | T31 | 1st | T10 | • | CUT | T38 | • | T12 | T45 | T6 | | | | 20 | 2,218,368 | 300,000 | 2,483,867 |
| 9 | F. Molinari | T33 | CUT | CUT | T2 | T20 | T58 | T24 | T46 | 2nd | T38 | • | • | T6 | • | T27 | T17 | | | | | 13 | 2,037,707 | 275,000 | 2,282,706 |
| 10 | Grace | T27 | T50 | T6 | CUT | T32 | T39 | T28 | T15 | T9 | • | • | T15 | • | • | 1st | T31 | | | | | 15 | 2,030,137 | 250,000 | 2,252,135 |

## Awards

| Award | Winner |
| Golfer of the Year | Sergio García |
| Players' Player of the Year (Seve Ballesteros Award) | Tommy Fleetwood |
| Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year | Jon Rahm |
| Graduate of the Year | Dylan Frittelli |