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The European Tour has unveiled its full schedule for 2021 – and there’s plenty on it to excite Scottish fans.
As chief executive Keith Pelley revealed on last week’s episode of The bunkered Podcast, the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open returns to its traditional summer slot having moved to October this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
It will take place from for the third year running at The Renaissance Club in East Lothian from July 8-11, the week before the Open Championship at Royal St George’s.
The Scottish Open will be one of four Rolex Series events on the schedule – along with the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, BMW PGA Championship and DP World Tour Championship – and will carry a prize fund of $8million, a $1million increase on 2020.
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Elsewhere in the home of golf, after staging the hastily-arranged Scottish Championship this year, Fairmont St Andrews is rewarded with the Hero Open, which will take place from August 5-8, whilst the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship returns to the schedule after a one-year hiatus due to the coronavirus outbreak. It will take place at the Old Course, Kingsbarns and Carnoustie from September 30 to October 3, the week after the rescheduled Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits.
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Other highlights from the 2021 schedule include:
• Increased prize funds for all four UK Swing events in July / August;
• The
second event of the UK Swing (July 29-Aug 1) – whose details will be
announced early next year – will be co-sanctioned with the LET/LPGA;
• The UK Swing will have a Bonus Pool for the players in addition to a charity element;
• Prize funds for the new tournaments in Tenerife and Gran Canaria in
April will each be €1.5million. The Portugal Masters, which follows
these two events, will also increase to €1.5million;
• The prize fund for the Betfred British Masters, which will be hosted by Danny Willett at The Belfry, will rise to €2million from €1.25million
• Prize funds for the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open and the Italian Open
will each rise to €3million, from €1.25million and €1million
respectively.
All told, the schedule comprises 42 events in 24 countries.
“I am incredibly
proud to announce our 2021 global schedule today, one that once again
sees us journey through continents and across the world,” said Keith Pelley.
“With
the pursuit of Ryder Cup points beginning again in January for our
European members, qualification spots now available for our Rolex Series
events, a sustained pursuit of innovation and a continued celebration
of our wonderful heritage, it is understandable that our overarching
narrative for this season is that: ‘Every Week Counts.’
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“There
is no question that the challenge of reshaping our 2020 season in many
ways informed our approach to 2021. One of the key learnings was to
group events together in terms of their geographical location to create a
more travel friendly season for our members. That is reflected in
numerous concentrations of event locations.”
European Tour 2021 schedule in full
Jan 21-24
Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, Abu Dhabi GC, UAE
Jan 28-31
Omega Dubai Desert Classic, Emirates GC, UAE
Feb 4-7
Saudi International, Royal Greens GC, Saudi Arabia
Feb 25-28
WGC-Mexico Championship, Chapultepec GC, Mexico
Mar 4-7
Oman Open, Al Mouj Golf, Oman
Mar 11-14
Commercial Bank Qatar Masters, Education City GC, Qatar
Mar 18-21
Magical Kenya Open, Karen CC, Kenya
Mar 24-28
WGC-Dell Technoliogies Match Play, Austin CC, USA
Apr 8-11
The Masters, Augusta National GC, USA
Apr 15-18
Tenerife Open, Golf Costa Adeje, Tenerife
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Apr 22-25
Gran Canaria Open, TBC
Apr 29-May 2
Portugal Masters, Dom Pedro Victoria, Portugal
May 6-9
European Event, TBC
May 12-15
Betfred British Masters, The Belfry, England
May 20-23
US PGA Championship, Kiawah Island, USA
May 27-30
Made in HimmerLand, HimmeLand, Denmark
Jun 3-6
Porsche European Open, Green Eagle GC, Germany
Jun 10-13
Scandinavian Mixed, Valida G&CC, Sweden
Jun 17-20
US Open, Torrey Pines GC, USA
Jun 24-27
BMW International Open, Golfclub Munchen Eichenreid, Germany
Jul 1-4
Dubai Duty Free Irish Open, Mount Juliet, Ireland
Jul 8-11
Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open, The Renaissance, Scotland
Jul 15-18
The Open, Royal St George’s England
Jul 29-Aug 1
UK Event, TBC
Jul 29-Aug 1
Olympic Men’s Golf Competition, Kasumigaseki GC, Japan
Aug 5-8
Hero Open, Fairmont St Andrews, Scotland
Aug 5-8
WGC-FedEx St Jude Invitational, TPC Southwind, USA
Aug 12-15
English Open, TBC
Aug 19-22
D+D Real Czech Masters, Albatross Golf Resort, Czech Republic
Aug 26-29
Omega European Masters, Crans-sur-Sierre GC, Switzerland
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Sep 2-5
Italian Open, Marco Simone GC, Italy
Sep 9-12
BMW PGA Championship, Wentworth, England
Sep 16-19
KLM Open, Bernardus Golf, The Netherlands
Sep 24-26
Ryder Cup, Whistling Straits, USA
Sep 30-Oct 3
Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, St Andrews / Kingsbarns / Carnoustie, Scotland
Oct 7-10
Open de Espana, Club de Campo Villa de Madrid, Spain
Oct 14-17
Estrella Damm Andalucia Masters, Valderrama, Spain
Oct 21-24
Trophee Hassan II (TBC), Royal Golf Dar Es Salam, Morocco
Oct 28-31
WGC-HSBC Champions, Sheshan International GC, China
Oct 28-31
Hero Indian Open, TBC
Nov 4-7
Volvo China Open, Genzon GC, China
Nov 11-14
Nedbank Golf Challenge, Gary Player CC, South Africa
Nov 18-21
DP World Tour Championship, Jumeirah Golf Estates, UAE
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