Rolex Series (golf)

The Rolex Series is a series of men's professional golf tournaments played internationally, as part of the European Tour.

Rolex Series
Tournament information
LocationInternational
Established2017
Tour(s)European Tour
FormatStroke play
Tournament record score
Aggregate260 Brandon Stone (2018)
To par−24 Jon Rahm (2017)

History

The series was unveiled for the 2017 season and began with eight events, all with elevated purses in comparison with regular events on the European Tour. The minimum purse for each event was US$7,000,000, with the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai having an $8 million purse.[1][2]

The inaugural events as part of the series were:

From the 2019 season onwards, the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship became a designated Rolex Series event and the Open de France was relegated to a regular tour event.[3] In 2020, the season was severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic; as a result, the Turkish Airlines Open and the Nedbank Golf Challenge were cancelled, and the Irish and Italian Opens were downgraded to regular events.[4]

In 2021, the Rolex Series was reduced to four tournaments; the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, the Scottish Open, the BMW PGA Championship and the season-ending DP World Tour Championship, Dubai. The four events did have increased prize funds up to $8 million however.[5] The Dubai Desert Classic was added to the series for the 2022 season.[6]

In 2023, all Rolex Series purses were increased to $9 million.[7]

2017 season

Schedule
DateTournamentWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upRef.
28 MayBMW PGA Championship Alex Norén277−112 strokes Francesco Molinari[8]
2 JulHNA Open de France Tommy Fleetwood272−121 stroke Peter Uihlein[9]
9 JulDubai Duty Free Irish Open Jon Rahm264−246 strokes Richie Ramsay
Matthew Southgate		[10]
16 JulAberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open Rafa Cabrera-Bello275−13Playoff Callum Shinkwin[11]
15 OctItalian Open Tyrrell Hatton263−211 stroke Kiradech Aphibarnrat
Ross Fisher		[12]
5 NovTurkish Airlines Open Justin Rose266−181 stroke Nicolas Colsaerts
Dylan Frittelli		[13]
12 NovNedbank Golf Challenge Branden Grace277−111 stroke Scott Jamieson[14]
19 NovDP World Tour Championship, Dubai Jon Rahm269−191 stroke Kiradech Aphibarnrat
Shane Lowry		[15]

2018 season

Schedule
DateTournamentWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upRef.
27 MayBMW PGA Championship Francesco Molinari271−172 strokes Rory McIlroy[16]
3 JunItalian Open Thorbjørn Olesen262−221 stroke Francesco Molinari[17]
1 JulHNA Open de France Alex Norén277−71 stroke Russell Knox
Julian Suri
Chris Wood		[18]
8 JulDubai Duty Free Irish Open Russell Knox274−14Playoff Ryan Fox[19]
15 JulAberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open Brandon Stone260−204 strokes Eddie Pepperell[20]
4 NovTurkish Airlines Open Justin Rose267−17Playoff Li Haotong[21]
11 NovNedbank Golf Challenge Lee Westwood273−153 strokes Sergio García[22]
18 NovDP World Tour Championship, Dubai Danny Willett270−182 strokes Patrick Reed
Matt Wallace		[23]

2019 season

Schedule
DateTournamentWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upRef.
19 JanAbu Dhabi HSBC Championship Shane Lowry270−181 stroke Richard Sterne[24]
7 JulDubai Duty Free Irish Open Jon Rahm264−162 strokes Andy Sullivan
Bernd Wiesberger		[25]
14 JulAberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open Bernd Wiesberger262−22Playoff Benjamin Hébert[26]
22 SepBMW PGA Championship Danny Willett268−203 strokes Jon Rahm[27]
13 OctItalian Open Bernd Wiesberger268−161 stroke Matt Fitzpatrick[28]
10 NovTurkish Airlines Open Tyrrell Hatton268−20Playoff Benjamin Hébert
Kurt Kitayama
Victor Perez
Matthias Schwab
Erik van Rooyen		[29]
17 NovNedbank Golf Challenge Tommy Fleetwood276−12Playoff Marcus Kinhult[30]
24 NovDP World Tour Championship, Dubai Jon Rahm269−191 stroke Tommy Fleetwood[31]

2020 season

Schedule
DateTournamentWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upRef.
19 JanAbu Dhabi HSBC Championship Lee Westwood269−192 strokes Matt Fitzpatrick
Tommy Fleetwood
Victor Perez		[32]
31 MayDubai Duty Free Irish OpenDowngraded to regular event
4 Oct
12 Jul		Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open Aaron Rai273−11Playoff Tommy Fleetwood[33]
11 OctItalian OpenDowngraded to regular event
11 Oct
13 Sep		BMW PGA Championship Tyrrell Hatton269−194 strokes Victor Perez[34]
8 NovTurkish Airlines OpenCancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[35]
6 Dec
15 Nov		Nedbank Golf Challenge
13 Dec
22 Nov		DP World Tour Championship, Dubai Matt Fitzpatrick273−151 stroke Lee Westwood[36]

2021 season

Schedule
DateTournamentWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upRef.
24 JanAbu Dhabi HSBC Championship Tyrrell Hatton270−184 strokes Jason Scrivener[37]
11 JulAbrdn Scottish Open Min Woo Lee266−18Playoff Thomas Detry
Matt Fitzpatrick		[38]
12 SepBMW PGA Championship Billy Horschel269−191 stroke Kiradech Aphibarnrat
Laurie Canter
Jamie Donaldson		[39]
21 NovDP World Tour Championship, Dubai Collin Morikawa271−173 strokes Alexander Björk
Matt Fitzpatrick		[40]

2022 season

Schedule
DateTournamentWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upRef.
23 JanAbu Dhabi HSBC Championship Thomas Pieters278−101 stroke Rafa Cabrera-Bello
Shubhankar Sharma		[41]
30 JanSlync.io Dubai Desert Classic Viktor Hovland276−12Playoff Richard Bland[42]
10 JulGenesis Scottish Open Xander Schauffele273−71 stroke Kurt Kitayama[43]
11 SepBMW PGA Championship Shane Lowry199[lower-alpha 1]−171 stroke Rory McIlroy
Jon Rahm		[44]
20 NovDP World Tour Championship Jon Rahm268−202 strokes Tyrrell Hatton
Alex Norén		[45]

2023 season

Schedule
DateTournamentWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upRef.
22 JanAbu Dhabi HSBC Championship Victor Perez270−181 stroke Min Woo Lee
Sebastian Söderberg		[46]
30 JanHero Dubai Desert Classic Rory McIlroy269−191 stroke Patrick Reed[47]
16 JulGenesis Scottish Open Rory McIlroy265−151 stroke Robert MacIntyre[48]
17 SepBMW PGA Championship Ryan Fox270−181 stroke Tyrrell Hatton
Aaron Rai		[49]
19 NovDP World Tour Championship Nicolai Højgaard267−212 strokes Tommy Fleetwood
Viktor Hovland
Matt Wallace		[50]

2024 season

Schedule
DateTournamentWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upRef.
21 JanHero Dubai Desert Classic Rory McIlroy274−141 stroke Adrian Meronk[51]
14 JulGenesis Scottish Open
22 SepBMW PGA Championship
10 NovAbu Dhabi Championship
17 NovDP World Tour Championship

Multiple winners
RankPlayerWinsTournaments won
1 Jon Rahm52017 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open,
2017 DP World Tour Championship, Dubai,
2019 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open,
2019 DP World Tour Championship, Dubai,
2022 DP World Tour Championship
2 Tyrrell Hatton42017 Italian Open,
2019 Turkish Airlines Open,
2020 BMW PGA Championship,
2021 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship
3 Rory McIlroy32023 Hero Dubai Desert Classic,
2023 Genesis Scottish Open,
2024 Hero Dubai Desert Classic
T4 Tommy Fleetwood22017 HNA Open de France,
2019 Nedbank Golf Challenge
Shane Lowry2019 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship,
2022 BMW PGA Championship
Alex Norén2017 BMW PGA Championship,
2018 HNA Open de France
Justin Rose2017 Turkish Airlines Open,
2018 Turkish Airlines Open
Lee Westwood2018 Nedbank Golf Challenge,
2020 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship
Bernd Wiesberger2019 Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open,
2019 Italian Open
Danny Willett2018 DP World Tour Championship, Dubai,
2019 BMW PGA Championship

See also

Notes
  1. Shortened to 54 holes due to Operation London Bridge.

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