The 2010 European Tour was the second edition of the

Race to Dubai The European Tour (currently known as the DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons), legally the PGA European Tour is the leading men's professional golf tour in Europe. The organisation also operates the European Senior Tour (for players aged fift ...

and the 39th season of golf tournaments since the

European Tour The European Tour (currently known as the DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons), legally the PGA European Tour is the leading men's professional golf tour in Europe. The organisation also operates the European Senior Tour (for players aged fift ...

officially began in 1972. The season consisted of 47 tournaments, beginning with two events in December 2009 and culminating with the

Dubai World Championship The DP World Tour Championship is a golf tournament on the European Tour and is the climax of the DP World Tour Rankings. It is contested on the Greg Norman-designed Earth course at the Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The tit ...

the following November. The schedule included the four major championships, four

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and the

Ryder Cup The Ryder Cup is a biennial men's golf competition between teams from Europe and the United States. The competition is contested every two years with the venue alternating between courses in the United States and Europe. The Ryder Cup is named af ...

. The Race to Dubai was won by Germany's

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. Kaymer and U.S. Open champion

Graeme McDowell Graeme McDowell (born 30 July 1979) is a professional golfer from Northern Ireland. He has a total of eleven tournament victories on the European Tour, and four on the PGA Tour, including one major championship, the 2010 U.S. Open at Pebble Be ...

from

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shared the Golfer of the Year award.

Changes for 2010

There were many changes from the 2009 season, including six new tournaments; they were the

Africa Open The Africa Open was a golf tournament on the Sunshine Tour held in Eastern Cape, South Africa. It was first contested in February 2008, over the Gary Player designed championship course at the Fish River Sun Country Club, near Port Alfred. In o ...

in South Africa, the returning

Avantha Masters The Avantha Masters was a professional golf tournament co-sanctioned by the European Tour, Asian Tour and the Professional Golf Tour of India. The tournament was played at the DLF Golf and Country Club in Delhi from 2010 to 2012 and moved to J ...

in India which had been cancelled in 2009, the

Trophée Hassan II The Hassan II Golf Trophy is a golf tournament in Morocco hosted by Prince Moulay Rachid. The tournament was founded by, and is now named for, his father, Hassan II, who served as King of Morocco. The tournament was originally staged as an invita ...

in Morocco, the

Iberdrola Open Cala Millor Mallorca The Iberdrola Open was a European Tour golf tournament which was played in 2010 and 2011 at Pula Golf Club, Son Servera on the island of Mallorca in Spain. The tournament was cancelled in 2012 due to lack of sponsorship. The venue had previously ...

and the

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in Spain, and the Vivendi Cup in France. Lost from the schedule were the European Open, the Mercedes-Benz Championship, the

Johnnie Walker Classic The Johnnie Walker Classic was a European Tour golf tournament which was played in the Asia-Pacific region. Johnnie Walker is a brand name and the owners have a long history of tournament sponsorship. They also sponsored the Johnnie Walker Champ ...

, the

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, the Indonesia Open and the

Volvo World Match Play Championship The Volvo World Match Play Championship was an annual match play men's professional golf tournament which was staged from 1964 to 2014. The World Match Play Championship was a limited field event, originally contested by just eight players before ...

. There were also three fewer tournaments due to a partial realignment of the schedule with the calendar.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2010 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

Since 2009, the European Tour's money list has been known as the Race to Dubai. It is based on money earned during the season and is calculated in

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, with earnings from tournaments that award prize money in other currencies being converted at the exchange rate available the week of the event.

Final standings

Final top 15 players in the Race to Dubai: • Did not play

Awards

Golfer of the Month

The winners of the European Tour Golfer of the Month Award were as follows:

Notes

References

External links

2010 season results on the PGA European Tour website
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