The 2018 European Tour is the 47th season of

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tournaments since the

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officially began in 1972 and the 10th 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 ...

. The Race to Dubai was won by Italian

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, who was also named Golfer of the Year. India's

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was named

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Changes for 2018

There were changes to membership criteria with the reversal of some of the changes introduced for the 2017 season; the number of players gaining exemption from the final Race to Dubai standings reverted to the top 110 and the Access List was scrapped, largely replaced by a re-ranking system. The Race to Dubai points system was adjusted, with all prize money being converted into

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before translating into points (1 point = 1 dollar) having previously been calculated after converting into

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. The points for all tournaments were also fixed prior to the start of the season, having previously been set during each tournament week, thereby negating any fluctuation in exchange rates.

Tournament changes

*New tournaments:

Oman Open The Oman Open is a European Tour golf tournament, held at Al Mouj Golf in Muscat, Oman. When founded in 2018, it was one of five European Tour events to be staged in the Arabian Peninsula, but is currently one of six. Though it was the first Eur ...

. *Returning tournaments (not part of the 2017 season):

Open de España The Acciona Open de España (formerly the Spanish Open) is the national open golf championship of Spain. It was founded in 1912 and has been part of the European Tour's schedule since the inception of the Tour in 1972. Except for a five-year peri ...

, AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open (missing from the 2017 schedule due to date change),

Belgian Knockout The Belgian Open (name owned by the Royal Belgian Golf Federation) is a men's golf tournament which has been played intermittently from 1910 to 2000. All editions since 1978 have been part of the European Tour. After not having been played since 20 ...

(formerly the Belgian Open). *No longer part of the schedule:

Alfred Dunhill Championship The Alfred Dunhill Championship is a men's professional golf tournament which is played in South Africa. It is part of the Southern African Sunshine Tour and is one of several events in South Africa that are co-sanctioned by the more prestigious ...

(not held due to course renovations; returned for the 2019 season), Open de Portugal (dropped down to the

Challenge Tour The Challenge Tour is the second-tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European Tour and, as with on the main European Tour and the European Senior Tour, some of the events are played outside Europe. History The ...

), Shenzhen International,

Paul Lawrie Matchplay The Paul Lawrie Match Play was a golf tournament on the European Tour that was played from 2015 to 2017 in Europe. The inaugural tournament was played from 30 July to 2 August 2015 at Murcar Links Golf Club in Aberdeen. The tournament's host was e ...

. *Format change: the Lyoness Open (Austrian Open) became the

Shot Clock Masters The Austrian Open is a men's professional golf tournament on the European Tour. It was founded in 1990, and was a European Tour event for seven straight years up to 1996, being held under a variety of names due to regular changes of title sponsor. ...

, with all shots subject to a strict time limit before incurring penalty strokes.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2018 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 was based on money earned during the season and calculated in points based on

with 1dollar=1point, and prize money for all tournaments being converted into points at the beginning of the season.

Final standings

Final top 10 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:

Notes

References

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