VoltFrom Thursday to Sunday, the final game of the top 50 of the season, DP World Touring Championship On the earth course of Jumeirah Golf Estate in Dubai, the 2020/2021 season of the European Tour has come to an end. More importantly: This also marks the end of the European Tour, but it will be described in detail later. Because for the first time in the history of the Dubai competition, Americans can collect this prize list and three million dollars from the eight million prize pool.
On Thursday, Colin Senchuan and his compatriot Billy Horschel are the two leaders in this ranking, as the last duo to enter the first round, even though they almost only participate in the US PGA Tour. The 23-year-old Morikawa climbed to the top because he was British Open And won the World Golf Championship (WGC) championship.
Grand Slam and WGC events are included in the season ratings, the FedEx Cup and the Dubai game. The 34-year-old Horschel also won the World Championships and the European Tour flagship event in September. BMW The PGA Championship in Wentworth. In recent days, the chances of the two have increased. Because the third-ranked world number one in Dubai and the US Open champion Jon Ram canceled the game a few days before the start of the tournament, this was a heavy blow to the European Tour.
A new chapter begins
After all, some Europeans also have a chance to succeed the British Lee Westwood Participating in the competition: his compatriots Tyrell Hatton, Matt Fitzpatrick and Paul Casey and Li Minyu of Australia. But all four of them must win the season finale, receive nine million dollars in prize money, and receive two million dollars in prize money.
On the other hand, Morikawa can be ranked last and still win the Dubai competition, provided that none of the four nominees will win the competition and Horschel’s result will be lower than eighth. Two Germans from Düsseldorf, Martin Kaymer and Max Kieffer, entered the final season of the season. However, the two Rhinelanders successfully advanced to the final with their 47th and 49th place.
When the game ends on Sunday, the history of the European Tour, established in 1972, will open a new chapter. Because it is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary with a new name. When the 2021/2022 season begins with three games in South Africa at the end of November, it will be called the DP World Tour. The Canadian CEO of the European Tour, Keith Pelley, successfully won the Dubai-based logistics company DP World as the title sponsor for ten years. The deal is said to have brought 70 million US dollars to the European Championship series. income. Pandemic.
This will increase the minimum prize money for all tournaments to US$2 million-23 in Europe and 24 in the rest of the world. There is also the lucrative Rolex series, with five games, each offering 8 million U.S. dollars in prize money. The European Tour, which had to lay off 70 jobs during the pandemic, also managed to gain support from the PGA Tour.
McIlroy: The new event is just “making money”
The most profitable tour in the world bought 15% of the shares of a European tour production company for 100 million US dollars-this amount is paid in installments every year. The two largest series also announced strategic alliances. The Scottish Open as well as the Barracuda and Barbasso Championships appeared for the first time in ratings in two seasons, the FedEx Cup in the United States and Dubai.
The cooperation between the PGA Tour and the new DP World Tour and the South Africa Sunshine Tour also seems to be urgently needed, as a new competitor has emerged, the LIV Golf Investment Company funded by the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund. The company is owned by the former Australian World Tour. The top ranked Greg Norman (Greg Norman) led the announcement that next year will host 10 events on the Asian Tour, with a total prize money of 200 million US dollars.
McIlroy, the biggest trick of the DP World Tour, once again opened up his distance with these new events in Dubai. For Northern Irish people, this has nothing to do with golf, but just about “grabbing money” (greed).
