2020 European Tour

In order to combat slow play, from the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship onwards, regulations were introduced whereby a player would receive a one-stroke penalty for two bad times during a tournament.[4]

With the addition of golf at the Olympic Games to the schedule in 2020, the Irish Open was moved to May from its previous date in July in order to avoid a clash with the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, which had already been moved to avoid the Olympics. The Open de France was then scheduled opposite the WGC Invitational, and the British Masters was scheduled opposite the Olympics.[5]

• Format change: the Scandinavian Invitation (formerly the Scandinavian Masters) became the Scandinavian Mixed, a co-sanctioned event with the Ladies European Tour consisting of a field of 78 men and 78 women.
• No longer part of the schedule: ISPS Handa World Super 6 Perth, Belgian Knockout

Due to the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests, the Honma Hong Kong Open, originally scheduled for 28 November – 1 December 2019 as a co-sanctioned event with the Asian Tour, was rescheduled for 9–12 January 2020 as an Asian Tour event without European Tour sanctioning.[6][7]

The remainder of the schedule was severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

• On 14 February, the Maybank Championship in Malaysia and the Volvo China Open were postponed.[8] Sponsors subsequently confirmed that the Maybank Championship had been cancelled.[9]
• On 6 March, the Magical Kenya Open was postponed.[10]
• On 11 March, the Hero Indian Open was postponed,[11] and the D+D Real Czech Masters was cancelled.[12]
• On 13 March, the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play was cancelled.[13]
• On 17 March, the Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters was postponed.[14]
• On 19 March, the GolfSixes Cascais was cancelled and the Made in Denmark was postponed.[15] Organisers subsequently confirmed that the Made in Denmark had been cancelled.[16]
• On 30 March, the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open was postponed.[17]
• On 6 April, the Trophée Hassan II was postponed and the inaugural Scandinavian Mixed was cancelled.[18] The R&A also announced the cancellation of the Open Championship in 2020, and the seasons other major championships were rescheduled.[19][20]
• On 16 April, the PGA Tour announced the rescheduling of several tournaments, including the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational.[21]
• On 17 April, the BMW International Open and Open de France were cancelled, and the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open was postponed.[22]
• On 1 May, the Omega European Masters was cancelled.[23]
• On 28 May, the European Tour announced a revamp to the 2020 schedule including a 6-week "UK swing" in July and August, starting with the Betfred British Masters which was brought forward a week, finishing on 25 July. That would be followed by revivals of the English Open and the Wales Open, and three new tournaments: the English Championship, the Celtic Classic, and the UK Championship. In addition to this, four Rolex Series events were given rescheduled dates, with the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open and the BMW PGA Championship being pushed into October, and the Nedbank Golf Challenge and the season-ending DP World Tour Championship, Dubai being played in December.[24] It was also announced that the Porsche European Open had been cancelled.[25]
• On 15 June, it was announced that both the European Tour and the Challenge Tour would return on 9 July with two consecutive dual-ranking events in Austria: the Austrian Open and the Euram Bank Open.[26]
• On 3 July, it was announced that the Hero Indian Open had been cancelled.[27]
• On 7 July, organisers announced the cancellation of the KLM Open.[28]
• On 8 July, new dates were announced for the postponed Andalucía Masters; the Portugal Masters was also rescheduled, with both tournaments being held during September.[29] Later in the day, it was announced that the 43rd Ryder Cup matches had been postponed until 2021.[30]
• On 10 July, new dates in November were announced for the Kenya Open, originally scheduled for March.[31] The Challenge Tour's Open de Portugal was also added to the schedule as a dual-ranking event; held in September following the Portugal Masters, the addition created a three event "Iberian Swing" starting with the Andalucía Masters.[32]
• On 13 July, the cancellation of the Mutuactivos Open de España was announced after suitable dates could not be found in the revised schedule.[33]
• On 27 July, the cancellation of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship was announced, with organisers citing complexities of accommodating the European Tour's COVID-19 safety plan given the event's scale as an international pro-am and its traditional use of three separate venues.[34][35]
• On 14 August, the Irish Open was rescheduled to 24–27 September with a change of venue to Galgorm Castle in Northern Ireland and a reduced prize fund, which also meant the loss of its status as a Rolex Series event.[36]
• On 17 August, it was announced that the previously rescheduled Scottish Open and the BMW PGA Championship had both been forward one week, such that they directly follow the Irish Open and create a second "UK swing".[37]
• On 28 August, two Rolex Series events, the Turkish Airlines Open and the Nedbank Golf Challenge, were cancelled and a third, the Italian Open, was rescheduled and downgraded. Three new tournaments were also announced, to take place in mid to late October and early November: the Scottish Championship, extending the second UK Swing to four tournaments, and the Cyprus Open and the Cyprus Classic, the first tour events to be held in Cyprus.[38] On 12 October, the Cyprus Classic was renamed as the Cyprus Showdown with a novel elimination-style format.[39]
• On 1 September, the cancellation of the 2020 edition of the WGC-HSBC Champions due to the COVID-19 pandemic was announced.[40]
• On 10 September, the Kenya Open was cancelled; it had previously been postponed in March and rescheduled to November.[41]
• On 16 September, it was announced that the Australian PGA Championship had been postponed, with the tournament provisionally rescheduled for February 2021. As such, it no longer forms part of the 2020 season schedule.[42] On 16 October, it was announced that it had been cancelled.[43]
• On 20 October, it was announced that the Joburg Open had been added to the calendar; scheduled for the week following the Masters Tournament, it was last held in 2017.[44]
• On 21 October, the Alfred Dunhill Championship was added to the schedule, creating a "South African Swing"; it was the second edition of the tournament during the 2020 season, the first having been held in November/December 2019.[45]
• On 22 October, the three-week "South African Swing" was completed with the addition of the South African Open to the schedule; it was the second edition of the tournament during the 2020 season, the first having been held in January.[46]
• On 9 November, a final adjustment to the schedule was made. The Golf in Dubai Championship was added as the penultimate event of the 2020 schedule, preceding the season ending DP World Tour Championship, Dubai.[47]

The following table lists official events for 2019–20.[48]

Date (R4)	Tournament	Host country	Winner[lower-alpha 1]	OWGR points[lower-alpha 2]	R2D points	Purse	Other tours[lower-alpha 3]	Notes
1 Dec	Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong	Postponed[lower-alpha 4]	–	–	–	ASA
1 Dec	Alfred Dunhill Championship	South Africa	Pablo Larrazábal (5)	19	2,750	€1,500,000	AFR
8 Dec	AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open	Mauritius	Rasmus Højgaard (1)	17	2,000	€1,000,000	AFR, ASA
22 Dec	Australian PGA Championship	Australia	Adam Scott (11)	20	2,000	A$1,500,000	ANZ
12 Jan	South African Open	South Africa	Branden Grace (9)	32	2,000	ZAR17,500,000	AFR[lower-alpha 5]
19 Jan	Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship	UAE	Lee Westwood (25)	50	7,000	$7,000,000		Rolex Series event
26 Jan	Omega Dubai Desert Classic	UAE	Lucas Herbert (1)	48	4,250	$3,250,000
2 Feb	Saudi International	Saudi Arabia	Graeme McDowell (11)	48	4,250	$3,500,000
9 Feb	ISPS Handa Vic Open	Australia	Min Woo Lee (1)	20	2,000	A$1,600,000	ANZ
23 Feb	WGC-Mexico Championship	Mexico	Patrick Reed (3)	70	9,000	$10,500,000		World Golf Championships
1 Mar	Oman Open	Oman	Sami Välimäki (1)	24	2,750	$1,750,000
8 Mar	Commercial Bank Qatar Masters	Qatar	Jorge Campillo (2)	24	2,750	$1,750,000
22 Mar[lower-alpha 6]	Hero Indian Open	India	Cancelled	–	–	–	ASA
29 Mar[lower-alpha 7]	WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play	United States	Cancelled	–	–	–		World Golf Championships
19 Apr[lower-alpha 6]	Maybank Championship	Malaysia	Cancelled	–	–	–	ASA
26 Apr	Volvo China Open	China	Postponed[lower-alpha 8]	–	–	–	ASA
24 May[lower-alpha 6]	Made in Denmark	Denmark	Cancelled	–	–	–
7 Jun[lower-alpha 6]	Trophée Hassan II	Morocco	Cancelled	–	–	–
14 Jun[lower-alpha 7]	Scandinavian Mixed	Sweden	Cancelled	–	–	–	LET	Field of 78 men and 78 women[lower-alpha 9]
28 Jun[lower-alpha 7]	BMW International Open	Germany	Cancelled	–	–	–
5 Jul[lower-alpha 7]	Open de France	France	Cancelled	–	–	–
12 Jul	Austrian Open[lower-alpha 10]	Austria	Marc Warren (4)	18	1,000	€500,000	CHA	Not played since 2018
18 Jul	Euram Bank Open[lower-alpha 10]	Austria	Joël Stalter (1)	18	1,000	€500,000	CHA	New to European Tour
19 Jul[lower-alpha 7]	The Open Championship	England	Cancelled	–	–	–		Major championship
25 Jul 2 Aug[lower-alpha 11]	Betfred British Masters	England	Renato Paratore (2)	24	2,000	€1,250,000
2 Aug	Hero Open[lower-alpha 10]	England	Sam Horsfield (1)	24	2,000	€1,000,000		Not played since 2002
2 Aug 5 Jul[lower-alpha 11]	WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational	United States	Justin Thomas (n/a)	76	9,000	$10,500,000		World Golf Championships
9 Aug	English Championship[lower-alpha 10]	England	Andy Sullivan (4)	24	2,000	€1,000,000		New tournament
9 Aug 17 May[lower-alpha 11]	PGA Championship	United States	Collin Morikawa (1)	100	10,000	$11,000,000		Major championship
16 Aug	Celtic Classic[lower-alpha 10]	Wales	Sam Horsfield (2)	24	2,000	€1,000,000		New tournament
23 Aug	ISPS Handa Wales Open[lower-alpha 10]	Wales	Romain Langasque (1)	24	2,000	€1,000,000		Not played since 2014
23 Aug[lower-alpha 7]	D+D Real Czech Masters	Czech Republic	Cancelled	–	–	–
30 Aug	ISPS Handa UK Championship[lower-alpha 10]	England	Rasmus Højgaard (2)	24	2,000	€1,000,000		New tournament
30 Aug[lower-alpha 7]	Omega European Masters	Switzerland	Cancelled	–	–	–
6 Sep 3 May[lower-alpha 11]	Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters	Spain	John Catlin (1)	24	2,000	€1,250,000
6 Sep[lower-alpha 7]	Porsche European Open	Germany	Cancelled	–	–	–
13 Sep 25 Oct[lower-alpha 11]	Portugal Masters	Portugal	George Coetzee (5)	24	2,000	€1,000,000
20 Sep 21 Jun[lower-alpha 11]	U.S. Open	United States	Bryson DeChambeau (2)	100	10,000	$12,500,000		Major championship
20 Sep[lower-alpha 7]	KLM Open	Netherlands	Cancelled	–	–	–
20 Sep	Open de Portugal[lower-alpha 10]	Portugal	Garrick Higgo (1)	18	1,000	€500,000	CHA	Last played on the European Tour in 2017
27 Sep 31 May[lower-alpha 11]	Dubai Duty Free Irish Open	Northern Ireland	John Catlin (2)	24	2,000	€1,250,000		Rolex Series event[lower-alpha 12]
4 Oct 11 Oct[lower-alpha 11] 12 Jul	Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open	Scotland	Aaron Rai (2)	36	7,000	$7,000,000		Rolex Series event
4 Oct[lower-alpha 7]	Alfred Dunhill Links Championship	Scotland	Cancelled	–	–	–
11 Oct 18 Oct[lower-alpha 11] 13 Sep	BMW PGA Championship	England	Tyrrell Hatton (5)	64	7,000	$7,000,000		Flagship event; Rolex Series event
18 Oct[lower-alpha 7]	Mutuactivos Open de España	Spain	Cancelled	–	–	–
18 Oct	Scottish Championship[lower-alpha 10]	Scotland	Adrián Otaegui (3)	24	2,000	€1,000,000		New tournament
25 Oct 11 Oct[lower-alpha 11]	Italian Open	Italy	Ross McGowan (2)	24	2,000	€1,000,000		Rolex Series event[lower-alpha 12]
1 Nov[lower-alpha 7]	WGC-HSBC Champions	China	Cancelled	–	–	–		World Golf Championships
1 Nov	Aphrodite Hills Cyprus Open[lower-alpha 10]	Cyprus	Callum Shinkwin (1)	24	2,000	€1,000,000		New tournament
8 Nov[lower-alpha 7]	Turkish Airlines Open	Turkey	Cancelled	–	–	–		Rolex Series event
8 Nov	Aphrodite Hills Cyprus Showdown[lower-alpha 10]	Cyprus	Robert MacIntyre (1)	24	2,000	€1,000,000		New tournament
15 Nov 12 Apr[lower-alpha 11]	Masters Tournament	United States	Dustin Johnson (n/a)	100	10,000	$11,500,000		Major championship
15 Nov[lower-alpha 7] 15 Mar	Magical Kenya Open	Kenya	Cancelled	–	–	–
22 Nov	Joburg Open[lower-alpha 10]	South Africa	Joachim B. Hansen (1)	19	2,000	ZAR19,500,000	AFR	Last played in 2017
29 Nov	Alfred Dunhill Championship[lower-alpha 10]	South Africa	Christiaan Bezuidenhout (2)	32	2,750	ZAR29,000,000	AFR[lower-alpha 5]
5 Dec	Golf in Dubai Championship[lower-alpha 10]	UAE	Antoine Rozner (1)	24	2,000	$1,200,000
6 Dec[lower-alpha 7] 15 Nov	Nedbank Golf Challenge	South Africa	Cancelled	–	–	–	AFR	Rolex Series event
6 Dec[lower-alpha 6]	Australian PGA Championship	Australia	Cancelled	–	–	–	ANZ
6 Dec	South African Open[lower-alpha 10]	South Africa	Christiaan Bezuidenhout (3)	19	2,000	ZAR19,500,000	AFR
13 Dec 22 Nov[lower-alpha 11]	DP World Tour Championship, Dubai	UAE	Matthew Fitzpatrick (6)	46	12,000	$8,000,000		Tour Championship; Rolex Series event

The following events appear on the schedule, but do not carry official money.