The 2013 European Tour will feature 45 tournaments and with hardly any surprises.
Next year’s Race to Dubai will actually commence next month with the December 6th starting Nelson Mandela Championship presented by ISPS Handa and will end on November 17th with the fifth staging of the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai.
In between there is three other new events – the February 28th commencing Tshwane Open in South Africa, the July 25th starting Russian Masters at a venue to be confirmed and the already announced November 7th to 10th first-ever Turkish Open being staged on the Montgomerie Maxx Royal course at Antalya.
In a first, there will be six events in South Africa compared to just one in England.
However there is also just one event in Spain in 2013 – the April 18th starting Reale Seguros Open de Espana at a venue als0 to be confirmed. This is after Spain hosted seven tournaments in 2011 but also had four cancelled this year.
Returning to the schedule and now counting as a Tour membership qualifying event is the October 3rd starting Vivendi Seve Trophy and also at a venue to be confirmed.
In fact, there is three weeks with TBA alongside the date and with Tour confident of adding the Maderia Islands Open and the Sicilian Open to the schedule.
As well, the Singapore Open and the Hong Kong Open don’t appear in the 2013 Race to Dubai. The Tour released a statement last week in Hong Kong saying the Hong Kong Open will go ahead in 2013 but will be a tournament counting on the 2014 Race to Dubai.
However there should be concern for the Singapore Open with rumours ripe it could be joining the PGA Tour and if that happens it would be a disappointing first for the European Tour in losing an event to the PGA Tour.
2013 Race to Dubai International Schedule
Dec 6 – 9 The Nelson Mandela Championship, Royal Durban GC, Durban, RSA
13-16 Alfred Dunhill Championship, Leopard Creek CC, Malelane, RSA
Jan 10-13 Volvo Golf Champions, Durban Country Club, Durban, RSA
17-20 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, Abu Dhabi GC, Abu Dhabi, UAE
23-26 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters, (Sat finish) Doha GC, Doha, Qatar
31-Feb 3 Omega Dubai Desert Classic, Dubai Emirates GC, Dubai, UAE
Feb 7-10 Joburg Open, Royal Johannesburg & Kensington GC, Joburg, RSA
14-17 Africa Open, East London GC, Eastern Cape, RSA
21-24 WGC – Accenture Match-Play Championship, Ritz-Carlton GC, Dove Mtn, AZ
28-Mar 3 Tshwane Open, Copperlead G & CC, Centurion, RSA
Mar 7-10 WGC – Cadillac Championship, Doral Golf Resort & Spa, Doral, Florida
14-17 Avantha Masters, Jaypee Greens GC, Greater Noida, Delhi, India
21-24 Maybank Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur G & CC, K L, Malaysia
28-31 Trophee Hassan 11, Golf de Pulais Royal, Agadir, Morocco
April 4-7 TBA
11-14 Masters, Augusta National GC, Augusta, Georgia
18-21 Reale Seguros Open de Espana, TBA, Spain
25-28 Ballantine’s Championship, Blackstone GC, Icheon, Seoul, South Korea
May 2-5 Volvo China Open, Binhai Lake GC, Tianjin, China
9-12 TBA
16-19 Volvo World Match-Play Championship, Thracian Cliffs GC, Kavarna, Bulgaria
23-26 BMW PGA Championship, Wentworth Club, Surrey, England
30-Jun 2 Nordea Masters, Bro Hof Slott GC, Stockholm, Sweden
6-9 Lyoness Open powered by Greenfinity, Diamond CC, Atzenbrugg, Austria
13-16 US Open, Merion GC, Ardmore, Pennsylvania. USA
13-16 Open Najeti Hotels and Golf, Aa Saint Omer GC, Lumbres, France
20-23 BMW International Open, Golf Club Mucheon, Eichenreid, Munich, Germany
27-30 Irish Open, Carton House, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland
Jul 4-7 Alstom Open de France, Le Golf National, Paris, France
11-14 Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open, Castle Stuart, Inverness
18-21 142nd Open Championship, Muirfield, Gullane, Scotland
25-28 Russian Masters, TBA
Aug 1-4 WGC – Bridgestone Invitational, Akron, Ohio, USA
8-11 PGA Championship, Oak Hill CC, Rochester, New York, USA
15-18 TBA
22-25 Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles, Perthshire, Scotland
29-Sept 1 ISPS Wales Open, Celtic Manor Resort, City of Newport, Wales
5-8 Omega European Masters, Crans-sur-Sierre, Crans Montana, Switzerland#
12-15 KLM Open, Kennemer G & CC, Zandvoort, Netherlands
19-22 BMW Italian Open, TBA, Italy
26-29 Alfred Dunhill Links, St. Andrews, Kingsbarns & Carnousite, Scotland
Oct 3-6 Vivendi Seve Trophy, TBA
10-13 Portugal Masters, TBA, Portugal
17-20 Perth International, Lake Karrinyup CC, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
24-27 BMW Masters, Lake Malaren GC, Shanghai, China
31-3 Nov HSBC Champions, Sheshan International GC, Shanghai, China#
7-10 Turkish Open, The Montgomerie Maxx Royal, Antalya, Turkey
14-17 DP World Tour Championship, Dubai, Jumeriah Estates, Dubai UAE
