European Tour 2012 - full schedule

January 2012

5th
AFRICA OPEN
East London GC, East London, South Africa

12th
JOBURG OPEN
Royal J'burg and Kensington GC, J'Burg, SA

19th
VOLVO GOLF CHAMPIONS
The Links at Fancourt, George, South Africa

26th
ABU DHABI HSBC GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
Abu Dhabi GC, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

February 2012

2nd
COMMERCIALBANK QATAR MASTERS
Doha GC, Doha, Qatar

9th
DUBAI DESERT CLASSIC
Emirates GC, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

16th
AVANTHA MASTERS
DLF Golf and Country Club, New Delhi, India

22nd
WGC - ACCENTURE MATCH PLAY
Ritz-Carlton GC, Dove Mountain, Marana, Arizona
March 2012

8th
WGC - CADILLAC CHAMPIONSHIP
TPC Blue Monster at Doral, Miami, Florida

15th
OPEN DE ANDALUCIA
Spain

22nd
TROPHEE HASSAN II
Golf du Palais Royal, Agadir, Morocco

29th
SICILIAN OPEN
Verdura Golf & Spa Resort, Sciacca, Italy

April 2012

5th
MASTERS TOURNAMENT
Augusta National GC, Augusta, Georgia

12th
MAYBANK MALAYSIAN OPEN
Kuala Lumpur G & CC, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

19th
VOLVO CHINA OPEN
Binhai Lake GC, Tianjin, China

26th
BALLANTINE'S CHAMPIONSHIP
Blackstone GC, Icheon, Seoul, Korea Republic

May 2012

3rd
OPEN DE ESPANA
Real Club de Golf de Sevilla, Seville, Spain

10th
TBA

10th
THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP
TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida

17th
MADEIRA ISLANDS OPEN
Santo da Serra, Madeira, Portugal

17th
VOLVO WORLD MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP
Finca Cortesin GC, Casares, Andalucia, Spain

24th
BMW PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
Wentworth Club, Surrey, England

31st
ISPS HANDA WALES OPEN
The Celtic Manor Resort, City of Newport, Wales
June 2012

6th
NORDEA MASTERS
Bro Hof Slott GC, Stockholm, Sweden

14th
SAINT-OMER OPEN
Aa Saint Omer GC, Lumbres, France

14th
THE U.S. OPEN
Olympic Club (Lake Course), San Francisco, Calif.

21st
BMW INTERNATIONAL OPEN
Golf Club Gut Larchenhof, Cologne, Germany

28th
THE IRISH OPEN
TBA

5th July 2012
ALSTOM OPEN DE FRANCE
Le Golf National, Paris, France

12th
THE SCOTTISH OPEN
Castle Stuart Golf Links, Inverness, Scotland

19th
THE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
Royal Lytham & St. Annes GC, Lancashire, UK

25th
AUSTRIAN GOLFOPEN
Diamond CC, Atzenbrugg, Austria
August 2012

2nd
WGC - BRIDGESTONE INVITATIONAL
Firestone CC (South Course), Akron, Ohio

9th
US PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
Kiawah Island Golf Resort, Kiawah Island, S.C.

16th
TBA

23rd
JOHNNIE WALKER CHAMPIONSHIP
The Gleneagles Hotel, Perthshire, Scotland

30th
OMEGA EUROPEAN MASTERS
Crans-sur-Sierre, Crans Montana, Switzerland
September 2012

6th
KLM OPEN
Hilversumsche GC, Hilversum, The Netherlands

13th
ITALIAN OPEN
Royal Park I Roveri, Turin, Italy

20th
MADRID MASTERS
TBA

27th
RYDER CUP
Medinah Country Club (Course No. 3), Medinah, Ill.
October 2012

4th
ALFRED DUNHILL LINKS CHAMPIONSHIP
Old Course, St Andrews, Carnoustie, Kingsbarns

11th
PORTUGAL MASTERS
Oceanico Victoria Golf Course, Vilamoura, Portugal

18th
PERTH INTERNATIONAL GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
Lake Karrinyup Country Club, Perth, Australia

18th
ANDALUCIA MASTERS
TBA

25th
TBA

1st November 2012
WGC - HSBC CHAMPIONS
China

8th
BARCLAYS SINGAPORE OPEN
Sentosa GC, Singapore

15th
SOUTH AFRICAN OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
Serengeti Golf Club, Ekurhuleni, South Africa

15th
HONG KONG OPEN
Hong Kong GC, Fanling, Hong Kong

22nd
DP WORLD TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP, DUBAI
Jumeirah Golf Estates, Dubai, UAE

Anyone know whey the play an event opposite the US open but not the other three majors or the WGC's. There must be some of the lower ranked players that wait all season for those events. OR maybe good chances for the challenge tour players?

Does anyone else find it odd that the biggest golf market outside the USA, England, has only one regular tour event? It is ok to try and grow the game in new locations but surely the base of your sports popularity also needs to be maintained?

Scotland has three regular events although one of them is so far out the way you have to wonder about the location. I would imagine that getting to Inverness is at the very least a 3 hour journey for 99.x % of the UK population. The other venues not being that much more accessible. Seems a raw deal for the UK golf public who keep the European golf market afloat.

Mac, it's mostly down to tax reasons, you have to blame your favourite political party for changing the way in which sports stars are taxed on their earnings in this country.

I'd love to see the British Masters and English Open back on some of hte great Parkland or Heathland courses we have.

There are 3 events in Scotland, 2 in England, another in Wales, and another in Eire.

That's 7 events in the British Isles in what is effectively a five month season in this part of the world - May to September.

I think that's reasonable and fair.

I know there are a lot of events in strange far flung places, but I don't know how much demand there would be if those events were uprooted and brought to the UK.

Mac
The English events are poorly supported compared to Scotland.
With a population ten times that of Scotland you have to ask why?

I've been to the PGA Championship a few times at Wentworth.

It's very well supported, but it's very definitely a 'corporate set' who attend, as opposed to the events in Scotland which are much more about regular golfers on a day out.

Must admit, and only because it's almost in England, I went to Celtic Manor for the Friday of the Wales Open a couple of years ago, and I was shocked how poorly supported it was.
Not to mention how poorly catered for the spectators were.

George1507 wrote:I've been to the PGA Championship a few times at Wentworth.

It's very well supported, but it's very definitely a 'corporate set' who attend, as opposed to the events in Scotland which are much more about regular golfers on a day out.

I quite fancy the Wentworth tournament, especially as if you have a BMW you don't have to park next to the riff raff.

If you want a well supported tournament you can always come to the Irish Open. As you can see, the location of that event is still TBC and the big rumour over the past 1-2 weeks around here is that now there is a good chance that it will be moved back in the Dublin area. Monty's course at Carton House is probably favorite (staged the Open a couple of times in '05/'06 I think), but other sites such as Killeen Castle (the Solheim Cup venue) and even Portmarnock have been mentioned... Guys like McDowell have made it public recently that he would very much prefer a move back to Dublin from Killarney (said the course didn't suit him). Rory hasn't been particularily happy either last year (and the year before) when he played over there. Still waiting the confirmation of the new sponsor (tomorrow may well be the day of the big announcement...)

No mention of Sergios tournament but think it was stated earlier this year it was likely to continue so probably 25th of October and swapping weeks with Valderamma.

Pd. Would love to see Irish open in portmarnock. One of the best courses over here in my opinion.

Surprised that the sicilian open is still there as I remember watching it on tv and I could count the crowd on the fairways with one hand.May have been different. At the prize giving ceromony.

Doon the Water wrote:Mac
The English events are poorly supported compared to Scotland.
With a population ten times that of Scotland you have to ask why?

Wentworth last year was absolutely heaving! Think nearly 40,000 were there on the last day. It was mentioned in the commentary how well attended the whole week was. I can tell you because it was so difficult to get a good view on the back nine on Sunday!!

Doon the Water wrote:Mac
The English events are poorly supported compared to Scotland.
With a population ten times that of Scotland you have to ask why?

Not sure that's true.
Hoylake made more money than any other Open ever has. Venues easier to get to.

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Doon the Water wrote:Mac


Not sure that's true.
Hoylake made more money than any other Open ever has. Venues easier to get to.

Easier to get to than - the Moon? Timbuktu?

There was a good crowd at Hoylake, but it was very good weather at that Championship. Still 10K people down on St Andrews though.