Golf tournament series
Golf tournament
TheRolex Series is a series of men's professionalgolf tournaments played internationally, as part of theEuropean Tour .
The series was unveiled for the2017 season and began with eight events, all with elevated purses in comparison with regular events on theEuropean Tour . The minimum purse for each event wasUS$ 7,000,000, with theDP 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, theAbu 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 theCOVID-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] TheDubai Desert Classic was added to the series for the 2022 season.[ 6]
In 2023, all Rolex Series purses were increased to $9 million.[ 7]
Rank Player Wins Tournaments won T1 Tyrrell Hatton 5 2017Italian Open , 2019Turkish Airlines Open ,2020 BMW PGA Championship , 2021Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship , 2025Hero Dubai Desert Classic Jon Rahm 2017Dubai Duty Free Irish Open , 2017DP World Tour Championship, Dubai , 2019Dubai Duty Free Irish Open , 2019DP World Tour Championship, Dubai , 2022DP World Tour Championship 3 Rory McIlroy 4 2023Hero Dubai Desert Classic , 2023Genesis Scottish Open , 2024Hero Dubai Desert Classic , 2024DP World Tour Championship 4 Alex Norén 3 2017 BMW PGA Championship , 2018HNA Open de France , 2025BMW PGA Championship T5 Matt Fitzpatrick 2 2020DP World Tour Championship, Dubai , 2025DP World Tour Championship Tommy Fleetwood 2017HNA Open de France , 2019Nedbank Golf Challenge Billy Horschel 2021 BMW PGA Championship , 2024BMW PGA Championship Shane Lowry 2019Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship , 2022BMW PGA Championship Aaron Rai 2020Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open , 2025Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship Justin Rose 2017Turkish Airlines Open , 2018Turkish Airlines Open Lee Westwood 2018Nedbank Golf Challenge , 2020Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship Bernd Wiesberger 2019Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open , 2019Italian Open Danny Willett 2018DP World Tour Championship, Dubai ,2019 BMW PGA Championship
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