# 2014 European Tour

The 2014 European Tour was the 43rd season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.

## Changes for 2014

New tournaments for the 2014 season were the Made in Denmark, D+D Real Czech Masters tournaments and the EurAsia Cup team event between the European Tour and the Asian Tour. Lost from the schedule were the Avantha Masters and the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles, with the venue hosting the 2014 Ryder Cup. In addition, the Ballantine's Championship moved from South Korea to Singapore and was renamed as The Championship at Laguna National. A third new tournament, the NH Collection Open, a dual-ranking event with the second-tier Challenge Tour, was later added to the schedule.

## Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2014 season.
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse | Winner | OWGR points | Other tours | Notes |
| 24 Nov | South African Open Championship | South Africa | €1,100,000 | Morten Ørum Madsen (1) | 32 | AFR | |
| 1 Dec | Alfred Dunhill Championship | South Africa | €1,500,000 | Charl Schwartzel (9) | 22 | AFR | |
| 8 Dec | Hong Kong Open | Hong Kong | US$1,300,000 | Miguel Ángel Jiménez (20) | 20 | ASA | |
| 8 Dec | Nedbank Golf Challenge | South Africa | US$6,500,000 | Thomas Bjørn (15) | 46 | AFR | New to European Tour Limited-field event |
| 14 Dec | Nelson Mandela Championship | South Africa | €1,000,000 | Dawie van der Walt (2) | 20 | AFR | |
| 12 Jan | Volvo Golf Champions | South Africa | US$4,000,000 | Louis Oosthuizen (7) | 34 | | Limited-field event |
| 19 Jan | Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship | UAE | US$2,700,000 | Pablo Larrazábal (3) | 48 | | |
| 25 Jan | Commercial Bank Qatar Masters | Qatar | US$2,500,000 | Sergio García (11) | 44 | | |
| 2 Feb | Omega Dubai Desert Classic | UAE | US$2,500,000 | Stephen Gallacher (3) | 48 | | |
| 9 Feb | Joburg Open | South Africa | €1,300,000 | George Coetzee (1) | 20 | AFR | |
| 16 Feb | Africa Open | South Africa | €1,000,000 | Thomas Aiken (3) | 20 | AFR | |
| 23 Feb | WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship | United States | US$9,000,000 | Jason Day (n/a) | 72 | | World Golf Championship |
| 2 Mar | Tshwane Open | South Africa | €1,500,000 | Ross Fisher (5) | 20 | AFR | |
| 9 Mar | WGC-Cadillac Championship | United States | US$9,000,000 | Patrick Reed (1) | 76 | | World Golf Championship |
| 16 Mar | Trophée Hassan II | Morocco | €1,500,000 | Alejandro Cañizares (2) | 24 | | |
| 6 Apr | NH Collection Open | Spain | €600,000 | Marco Crespi (1) | 18 | CHA | New tournament |
| 13 Apr | Masters Tournament | United States | US$9,000,000 | Bubba Watson (n/a) | 100 | | Major championship |
| 20 Apr | Maybank Malaysian Open | Malaysia | US$2,750,000 | Lee Westwood (23) | 32 | ASA | |
| 27 Apr | Volvo China Open | China | CN¥20,000,000 | Alexander Lévy (1) | 32 | ONE | |
| 4 May | The Championship at Laguna National | Singapore | US$1,500,000 | Felipe Aguilar (2) | 22 | ASA | |
| 11 May | Madeira Islands Open - Portugal - BPI | Portugal | €600,000 | Daniel Brooks (1) | 18 | CHA | |
| 18 May | Open de España | Spain | €1,500,000 | Miguel Ángel Jiménez (21) | 30 | | |
| 25 May | BMW PGA Championship | England | €4,750,000 | Rory McIlroy (6) | 64 | | Flagship event |
| 1 Jun | Nordea Masters | Sweden | €1,500,000 | Thongchai Jaidee (6) | 36 | | |
| 8 Jun | Lyoness Open | Austria | €1,000,000 | Mikael Lundberg (3) | 24 | | |
| 15 Jun | U.S. Open | United States | US$9,000,000 | Martin Kaymer (11) | 100 | | Major championship |
| 22 Jun | Irish Open | Ireland | €2,000,000 | Mikko Ilonen (4) | 26 | | |
| 29 Jun | BMW International Open | Germany | €2,000,000 | Fabrizio Zanotti (1) | 42 | | |
| 6 Jul | Alstom Open de France | France | €3,000,000 | Graeme McDowell (10) | 36 | | |
| 13 Jul | Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open | Scotland | £3,000,000 | Justin Rose (7) | 52 | | |
| 20 Jul | The Open Championship | England | £5,400,000 | Rory McIlroy (7) | 100 | | Major championship |
| 27 Jul | M2M Russian Open | Russia | €1,000,000 | David Horsey (3) | 24 | | |
| 3 Aug | WGC-Bridgestone Invitational | United States | US$9,000,000 | Rory McIlroy (8) | 76 | | World Golf Championship |
| 10 Aug | PGA Championship | United States | US$10,000,000 | Rory McIlroy (9) | 100 | | Major championship |
| 17 Aug | Made in Denmark | Denmark | €1,500,000 | Marc Warren (3) | 24 | | New tournament |
| 24 Aug | D+D Real Czech Masters | Czech Republic | €1,000,000 | Jamie Donaldson (3) | 24 | | New tournament |
| 31 Aug | Open d'Italia | Italy | €1,500,000 | Hennie Otto (3) | 24 | | |
| 7 Sep | Omega European Masters | Switzerland | €2,300,000 | David Lipsky (1) | 30 | ASA | |
| 14 Sep | KLM Open | Netherlands | €1,800,000 | Paul Casey (13) | 28 | | |
| 21 Sep | ISPS Handa Wales Open | Wales | £1,800,000 | Joost Luiten (4) | 30 | | |
| 5 Oct | Alfred Dunhill Links Championship | Scotland | US$5,000,000 | Oliver Wilson (1) | 44 | | Pro-Am |
| 12 Oct | Portugal Masters | Portugal | €2,000,000 | Alexander Lévy (2) | 24 | | |
| 19 Oct | Volvo World Match Play Championship | England | €2,250,000 | Mikko Ilonen (5) | 28 | | Limited-field event |
| 19 Oct | Hong Kong Open | Hong Kong | US$1,300,000 | Scott Hend (1) | 19 | ASA | |
| 26 Oct | Perth International | Australia | A$1,750,000 | Thorbjørn Olesen (2) | 22 | ANZ | |
| 2 Nov | BMW Masters | China | US$7,000,000 | Marcel Siem (4) | 46 | | Race to Dubai finals series |
| 9 Nov | WGC-HSBC Champions | China | US$8,500,000 | Bubba Watson (n/a) | 68 | | World Golf Championship Race to Dubai finals series |
| 16 Nov | Turkish Airlines Open | Turkey | US$7,000,000 | Brooks Koepka (1) | 48 | | Race to Dubai finals series |
| 23 Nov | DP World Tour Championship, Dubai | UAE | US$8,000,000 | Henrik Stenson (9) | 56 | | Race to Dubai finals series |

### 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 |
| 29 Mar | EurAsia Cup | Malaysia | n/a | Tied | n/a | New team event |
| 28 Sep | Ryder Cup | Scotland | n/a | Team Europe | n/a | 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 | Flagship event and R2D finals series | Flagship event and R2D finals series | Flagship event and R2D finals series | Flagship event and R2D finals 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 | 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 MP | WGC Cad | WGC Inv | WGC Cha | BMW PGA | BMW Mas | Tur | DPW TC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Tmts | Reg. points | Bon. ($) | Total points |
| 1 | McIlroy | T8 | T23 | 1st | 1st | T17 | T25 | 1st | • | 1st | • | • | T2 | T2 | T9 | T2 | | | | | | 15 | 6,149,023 | 1,250,000 | 7,149,503 |
| 2 | Stenson | T14 | T4 | T39 | T3 | T17 | T16 | T19 | T24 | T7 | • | T3 | 1st | 4th | T5 | 5th | T2 | 2nd | | | | 20 | 4,340,786 | 800,000 | 4,981,093 |
| 3 | Rose | T14 | T12 | T23 | T24 | T17 | T34 | T4 | T48 | 25th | T4 | • | T2 | T7 | 1st | | | | | | | 14 | 2,756,185 | 530,000 | 3,180,388 |
| 4 | Donaldson | T14 | CUT | CUT | T24 | T33 | T2 | T37 | T24 | T30 | T4 | T19 | T12 | T2 | T5 | T5 | 1st | 7th | T4 | | | 25 | 2,738,012 | 400,000 | 3,058,166 |
| 5 | Dubuisson | CUT | T28 | T9 | T7 | 2nd | T62 | T31 | WD | • | T21 | T15 | T2 | T5 | T2 | T5 | 2nd | | | | | 23 | 2,686,390 | 350,000 | 2,966,524 |
| 6 | García | CUT | T35 | T2 | T35 | T9 | T16 | 2nd | T28 | WD | • | T25 | T12 | T2 | 1st | | | | | | | 17 | 2,621,814 | 300,000 | 2,861,930 |
| 7 | Siem | • | T12 | • | • | • | • | • | T48 | T7 | 1st | T8 | T39 | | | | | | | | | 22 | 2,539,276 | 250,000 | 2,739,373 |
| 8 | Koepka | • | T4 | T67 | T15 | • | • | • | • | CUT | T48 | 1st | T42 | T3 | T3 | T9 | | | | | | 15 | 2,471,796 | 200,000 | 2,631,873 |
| 9 | Lévy | • | • | • | T30 | • | • | T58 | T14 | T12 | T2 | T11 | T26 | 1st | 1st | | | | | | | 30 | 2,316,692 | 170,000 | 2,452,757 |
| 10 | Lowry | • | CUT | T9 | T46 | • | • | • | 34th | 2nd | T16 | T25 | 5th | T4 | T2 | T6 | T9 | | | | | 27 | 2,053,806 | 150,000 | 2,173,864 |
| 11 | Luiten | T26 | CUT | CUT | 26th | T33 | T13 | T56 | T28 | T12 | T13 | T25 | T9 | T3 | 6th | 4th | 3rd | T4 | T5 | 1st | 3rd | 27 | 2,046,118 | 140,000 | 2,158,172 |
| 12 | Bjørn | T8 | • | T26 | CUT | T17 | T44 | T15 | T41 | T3 | T24 | • | T36 | 1st | T10 | T10 | T8 | T4 | | | | 26 | 2,018,352 | 130,000 | 2,122,402 |
| 13 | Poulter | T20 | T17 | CUT | T58 | T33 | T52 | T52 | T6 | T26 | T48 | 2nd | T21 | T5 | | | | | | | | 15 | 1,996,523 | 120,000 | 2,092,569 |
| 14 | McDowell | CUT | T28 | T9 | T46 | T5 | T9 | T8 | T3 | • | T16 | • | T47 | T6 | 1st | T9 | | | | | | 15 | 1,961,314 | 110,000 | 2,049,356 |
| 15 | Kaymer | T31 | 1st | 70th | CUT | T33 | T58 | T56 | T6 | T12 | • | T60 | T39 | | | | | | | | | 18 | 1,960,512 | 100,000 | 2,040,550 |

## Awards

| Award | Winner |
| Golfer of the Year | Rory McIlroy |
| Players' Player of the Year | Rory McIlroy |
| Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year | Brooks Koepka |
| Graduate of the Year | Brooks Koepka |