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.

2014 European Tour season

Duration	21 November 2013 (2013-11-21) – 23 November 2014 (2014-11-23)
Number of official events	49
Most wins	Rory McIlroy (4)
Race to Dubai	Rory McIlroy
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
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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.^[1] Lost from the schedule were the Avantha Masters^[2] 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.^[3] A third new tournament, the NH Collection Open, a dual-ranking event with the second-tier Challenge Tour, was later added to the schedule.^[4]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2014 season.^[5]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse	Winner[a]	OWGR points	Other tours[b]	Notes
24 Nov	South African Open Championship	South Africa	€1,100,000	Morten Ørum Madsen (1)	32	AFR[c]
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

Location of tournaments

Location of official tournaments of the 2014 European Tour in Europe. Major Championship Flagship event Final Series event Regular event

x2 Location of official tournaments of the 2014 European Tour outside Europe. Major Championship World Golf Championship Final Series event Regular event South Africa United Arab Emirates

Race to Dubai

The Race to Dubai was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.^[6][7][8][9]

Pos.	Player		Majors					WGCs					Flagship event and R2D finals series[d]					Top 10s in other ET events									Tmts		Points and money[e]
			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				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

  Win

  Top 10

  Made cut

  Missed cut

  Withdrew

• Did not play

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Golfer of the Year	Rory McIlroy	[10]
Players' Player of the Year	Rory McIlroy	[11]
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year	Brooks Koepka	[12]
Graduate of the Year	Brooks Koepka	[11]

See also

• 2013 in golf
• 2014 in golf
• 2014 European Senior Tour

Notes

1. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of European Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for European Tour members.
2. AFR − Sunshine Tour; ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; ASA − Asian Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour; ONE − OneAsia Tour.
3. Sunshine Tour flagship event
4. The WGC-HSBC Champions was also a Race to Dubai finals series event.
5. In addition to tournament prize money, the top 15 point scorers received a share of a $5m bonus pool.

References

1. "The European Tour schedule for the coming year has been unveiled". Sky Sports. 17 November 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
2. "India loses top golf event Avantha Masters due to falling rupee". The Times of India. 6 September 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
3. "Laguna National to host 'The Championship'". European Tour. 10 April 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
4. "La Reserva de Sotogrande to host 2014 European Tour event". Golf Monthly. 14 February 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
5. "2014 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
6. Roberts, Andy (18 March 2014). "European Tour freshens up 2014 Race to Dubai". GolfMagic. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
7. Jones, Matt (23 November 2014). "Race to Dubai 2014 Standings: Final Rankings and Prize Money Payouts". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
8. "Facts & stats | European Tour Race to Dubai 2014 final rankings". Par Golf. January 2015. p. 16. Retrieved 11 February 2021 – via Issuu.
9. Butler, Michael (16 November 2014). "Rory McIlroy wins Race to Dubai after Brooks Koepka wins in Turkey". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
10. "Rory McIlroy wins European Tour Player of Year award". BBC Sport. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
11. "McIlroy wins Golfer of the Year, Player of the Year". The Irish Times. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2023. American Brooks Koepka was another double winner as he received the Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year Award and the Challenge Tour Graduate of the Year Award, after winning November's Turkish Airlines Open to go with four other top-10 finishes.
12. "European Tour: Brooks Koepka named Rookie of the Year". Sky Sports. 25 November 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2023.

External links

• Official website