2007 European Tour

The 2007 European Tour was the 36th season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.

2007 European Tour season

Duration	9 November 2006 (2006-11-09) – 4 November 2007 (2007-11-04)
Number of official events	52
Most wins	Ernie Els (2)[a] Pádraig Harrington (2) Mikko Ilonen (2) Justin Rose (2) Henrik Stenson (2) Lee Westwood (2)
Order of Merit	Justin Rose
Golfer of the Year	Pádraig Harrington
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year	Martin Kaymer
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Changes for 2007

There were three new tournaments, the Joburg Open in South Africa, the Open de Andalucía in Spain and the Portugal Masters.^[1] In addition, the long-established Australian Masters joined the tour schedule and two tournaments returned after missing the 2006 season; the New Zealand Open skipped a season due to date changes,^[2] and the German Masters having not been held in 2006, came back with a new sponsor and was re-titled as the Mercedes-Benz Championship.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2007 season.^[3][4][1]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse	Winner[b]	OWGR points	Other tours[c]	Notes
12 Nov	HSBC Champions	China	US$5,000,000	Yang Yong-eun (1)	52	AFR,[d] ANZ,[e] ASA[f]	Limited-field event
19 Nov	UBS Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong	US$2,000,000	José Manuel Lara (1)	32	ASA
26 Nov	MasterCard Masters	Australia	A$1,500,000	Justin Rose (3)	30	ANZ	New to European Tour
3 Dec	Blue Chip New Zealand Open	New Zealand	NZ$1,500,000	Nathan Green (1)	20	ANZ
10 Dec	Alfred Dunhill Championship	South Africa	€1,000,000	Álvaro Quirós (1)	18	AFR
17 Dec	South African Airways Open	South Africa	€1,000,000	Ernie Els (23)	32	AFR[g]
14 Jan	Joburg Open	South Africa	€1,000,000	Ariel Cañete (1)	20	AFR	New tournament
21 Jan	Abu Dhabi Golf Championship	UAE	US$2,000,000	Paul Casey (8)	44
28 Jan	Commercialbank Qatar Masters	Qatar	US$2,200,000	Retief Goosen (14)	48	ASA
4 Feb	Dubai Desert Classic	UAE	US$2,400,000	Henrik Stenson (5)	50
11 Feb	Maybank Malaysian Open	Malaysia	US$1,290,000	Peter Hedblom (2)	26	ASA
18 Feb	Enjoy Jakarta Astro Indonesia Open	Indonesia	US$1,000,000	Mikko Ilonen (1)	20	ASA
25 Feb	WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship	United States	US$8,000,000	Henrik Stenson (6)	76		World Golf Championship
4 Mar	Johnnie Walker Classic	Thailand	£1,250,000	Anton Haig (1)	40	ANZ, ASA
11 Mar	Clariden Leu Singapore Masters	Singapore	US$1,100,000	Liang Wenchong (1)	30	ASA
18 Mar	TCL Classic	China	US$1,000,000	Chapchai Nirat (1)	20	ASA
25 Mar	Madeira Islands Open BPI	Portugal	€700,000	Daniel Vancsik (1)	24
25 Mar	WGC-CA Championship	United States	US$8,000,000	Tiger Woods (n/a)	76		World Golf Championship
1 Apr	Estoril Open de Portugal	Portugal	€1,250,000	Pablo Martín (a) (1)	24
8 Apr	Masters Tournament	United States	US$7,000,000	Zach Johnson (n/a)	100		Major championship
15 Apr	Volvo China Open	China	US$2,000,000	Markus Brier (2)	20	ASA
22 Apr	BMW Asian Open	China	US$2,300,000	Raphaël Jacquelin (2)	32	ASA
29 Apr	Open de España	Spain	€2,000,000	Charl Schwartzel (2)	24
6 May	Telecom Italia Open	Italy	€1,700,000	Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (3)	24
13 May	Valle Romano Open de Andalucía	Spain	€1,000,000	Lee Westwood (17)	24		New tournament
20 May	Irish Open	Ireland	€2,500,000	Pádraig Harrington (11)	28
27 May	BMW PGA Championship	England	€4,350,000	Anders Hansen (2)	64		Flagship event
3 Jun	Celtic Manor Wales Open	Wales	£1,500,000	Richard Sterne (2)	26
10 Jun	BA-CA Golf Open	Austria	€1,300,000	Richard Green (2)	24
17 Jun	Open de Saint-Omer	France	€500,000	Carl Suneson (1)	18	CHA
17 Jun	U.S. Open	United States	US$7,000,000	Ángel Cabrera (4)	100		Major championship
24 Jun	BMW International Open	Germany	€2,000,000	Niclas Fasth (6)	34
1 Jul	Open de France Alstom	France	€4,000,000	Graeme Storm (1)	30
8 Jul	Smurfit Kappa European Open	Ireland	£2,400,000	Colin Montgomerie (31)	32
15 Jul	Barclays Scottish Open	Scotland	£3,000,000	Grégory Havret (2)	50
22 Jul	The Open Championship	Scotland	£4,200,000	Pádraig Harrington (12)	100		Major championship
29 Jul	Deutsche Bank Players Championship of Europe	Germany	€3,600,000	Andrés Romero (1)	40
5 Aug	Russian Open Golf Championship	Russia	US$2,000,000	Per-Ulrik Johansson (6)	24
5 Aug	WGC-Bridgestone Invitational	United States	US$8,000,000	Tiger Woods (n/a)	76		World Golf Championship
12 Aug	PGA Championship	United States	US$7,000,000	Tiger Woods (n/a)	100		Major championship
19 Aug	Scandinavian Masters	Sweden	€1,600,000	Mikko Ilonen (2)	24
26 Aug	KLM Open	Netherlands	€1,600,000	Ross Fisher (1)	24
2 Sep	Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles	Scotland	£1,400,000	Marc Warren (2)	24
9 Sep	Omega European Masters	Switzerland	€2,000,000	Brett Rumford (3)	30
16 Sep	Mercedes-Benz Championship	Germany	€2,000,000	Søren Hansen (2)	40		Limited-field event
23 Sep	Quinn Direct British Masters	England	£1,800,000	Lee Westwood (18)	32
7 Oct	Alfred Dunhill Links Championship	Scotland	US$5,000,000	Nick Dougherty (2)	48		Pro-Am
14 Oct	HSBC World Match Play Championship	England	£1,660,000	Ernie Els (24)	40		Limited-field event
14 Oct	Open de Madrid Valle Romano	Spain	€900,000	Mads Vibe-Hastrup (1)	24
21 Oct	Portugal Masters	Portugal	€3,000,000	Steve Webster (2)	34		New tournament
28 Oct	Mallorca Classic	Spain	€2,000,000	Grégory Bourdy (1)	24
4 Nov	Volvo Masters	Spain	€4,000,000	Justin Rose (4)	46		Tour Championship

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the European Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse	Winners	OWGR points	Notes
30 Sep	Seve Trophy	Ireland	n/a	Team GB&I	n/a	Team event
25 Nov	Omega Mission Hills World Cup	China	US$5,000,000	Colin Montgomerie and Marc Warren	n/a	Team event

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros.^[5][6]

Position	Player	Prize money (€)
1	Justin Rose	2,944,945
2	Ernie Els	2,496,237
3	Pádraig Harrington	2,463,742
4	Henrik Stenson	2,014,841
5	Niclas Fasth	1,919,339
6	Ángel Cabrera	1,753,024
7	Andrés Romero	1,741,707
8	Søren Hansen	1,692,054
9	Retief Goosen	1,478,245
10	Lee Westwood	1,420,327

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Golfer of the Year	Pádraig Harrington	[7]
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year	Martin Kaymer	[8]

See also

• 2007 in golf
• 2007 European Seniors Tour

Notes

1. Tiger Woods won three events, but was not a European Tour member.
2. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of European Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for European Tour members and are inclusive of the three United States-based major championships which were included on the schedule for the first time in 1998, with earlier editions having retrospectively been recognised as official tour wins.
3. AFR − Sunshine Tour; ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; ASA − Asian Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour.
4. Sunshine Tour unofficial event
5. PGA Tour of Australasia unofficial event
6. Asian Tour unofficial event
7. Sunshine Tour flagship event