Rolex Series (golf)

Rolex Series

Tournament information
Location	International
Established	2017
Tour(s)	European Tour
Format	Stroke play
Tournament record score
Aggregate	260 Brandon Stone (2018)
To par	−24 Jon Rahm (2017) −24 Paul Waring (2024)

The Rolex Series is a series of men's professional golf tournaments played internationally, as part of the European Tour.

History

The series was unveiled for the 2017 season and began with eight events, all with elevated purses in comparison with regular events on the European Tour. The minimum purse for each event was US$7,000,000, with the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai having an $8 million purse.[1][2]

The inaugural events as part of the series were:

• BMW PGA Championship
• HNA Open de France
• Dubai Duty Free Irish Open
• Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open
• Italian Open
• The three limited-field no-cut events at the end of the season, which had previously been collectively known as the Final Series:
  • Turkish Airlines Open
  • Nedbank Golf Challenge
  • DP World Tour Championship, Dubai

From the 2019 season onwards, the Abu 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 the COVID-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] The Dubai Desert Classic was added to the series for the 2022 season.[6]

In 2023, all Rolex Series purses were increased to $9 million.[7]

2017 season

Schedule

Date	Tournament	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref.
28 May	BMW PGA Championship	Alex Norén	277	−11	2 strokes	Francesco Molinari	[8]
2 Jul	HNA Open de France	Tommy Fleetwood	272	−12	1 stroke	Peter Uihlein	[9]
9 Jul	Dubai Duty Free Irish Open	Jon Rahm	264	−24	6 strokes	Richie Ramsay Matthew Southgate	[10]
16 Jul	Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open	Rafa Cabrera-Bello	275	−13	Playoff	Callum Shinkwin	[11]
15 Oct	Italian Open	Tyrrell Hatton	263	−21	1 stroke	Kiradech Aphibarnrat Ross Fisher	[12]
5 Nov	Turkish Airlines Open	Justin Rose	266	−18	1 stroke	Nicolas Colsaerts Dylan Frittelli	[13]
12 Nov	Nedbank Golf Challenge	Branden Grace	277	−11	1 stroke	Scott Jamieson	[14]
19 Nov	DP World Tour Championship, Dubai	Jon Rahm	269	−19	1 stroke	Kiradech Aphibarnrat Shane Lowry	[15]

2018 season

Schedule

Date	Tournament	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref.
27 May	BMW PGA Championship	Francesco Molinari	271	−17	2 strokes	Rory McIlroy	[16]
3 Jun	Italian Open	Thorbjørn Olesen	262	−22	1 stroke	Francesco Molinari	[17]
1 Jul	HNA Open de France	Alex Norén	277	−7	1 stroke	Russell Knox Julian Suri Chris Wood	[18]
8 Jul	Dubai Duty Free Irish Open	Russell Knox	274	−14	Playoff	Ryan Fox	[19]
15 Jul	Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open	Brandon Stone	260	−20	4 strokes	Eddie Pepperell	[20]
4 Nov	Turkish Airlines Open	Justin Rose	267	−17	Playoff	Li Haotong	[21]
11 Nov	Nedbank Golf Challenge	Lee Westwood	273	−15	3 strokes	Sergio García	[22]
18 Nov	DP World Tour Championship, Dubai	Danny Willett	270	−18	2 strokes	Patrick Reed Matt Wallace	[23]

2019 season

Schedule

Date	Tournament	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref.
19 Jan	Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship	Shane Lowry	270	−18	1 stroke	Richard Sterne	[24]
7 Jul	Dubai Duty Free Irish Open	Jon Rahm	264	−16	2 strokes	Andy Sullivan Bernd Wiesberger	[25]
14 Jul	Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open	Bernd Wiesberger	262	−22	Playoff	Benjamin Hébert	[26]
22 Sep	BMW PGA Championship	Danny Willett	268	−20	3 strokes	Jon Rahm	[27]
13 Oct	Italian Open	Bernd Wiesberger	268	−16	1 stroke	Matt Fitzpatrick	[28]
10 Nov	Turkish Airlines Open	Tyrrell Hatton	268	−20	Playoff	Benjamin Hébert Kurt Kitayama Victor Perez Matthias Schwab Erik van Rooyen	[29]
17 Nov	Nedbank Golf Challenge	Tommy Fleetwood	276	−12	Playoff	Marcus Kinhult	[30]
24 Nov	DP World Tour Championship, Dubai	Jon Rahm	269	−19	1 stroke	Tommy Fleetwood	[31]

2020 season

Schedule

Date	Tournament	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref.
19 Jan	Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship	Lee Westwood	269	−19	2 strokes	Matt Fitzpatrick Tommy Fleetwood Victor Perez	[32]
31 May	Dubai Duty Free Irish Open	Downgraded to regular event
4 Oct 12 Jul	Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open	Aaron Rai	273	−11	Playoff	Tommy Fleetwood	[33]
11 Oct	Italian Open	Downgraded to regular event
11 Oct 13 Sep	BMW PGA Championship	Tyrrell Hatton	269	−19	4 strokes	Victor Perez	[34]
8 Nov	Turkish Airlines Open	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic					[35]
6 Dec 15 Nov	Nedbank Golf Challenge
13 Dec 22 Nov	DP World Tour Championship, Dubai	Matt Fitzpatrick	273	−15	1 stroke	Lee Westwood	[36]

2021 season

Schedule

Date	Tournament	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref.
24 Jan	Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship	Tyrrell Hatton	270	−18	4 strokes	Jason Scrivener	[37]
11 Jul	Abrdn Scottish Open	Min Woo Lee	266	−18	Playoff	Thomas Detry Matt Fitzpatrick	[38]
12 Sep	BMW PGA Championship	Billy Horschel	269	−19	1 stroke	Kiradech Aphibarnrat Laurie Canter Jamie Donaldson	[39]
21 Nov	DP World Tour Championship, Dubai	Collin Morikawa	271	−17	3 strokes	Alexander Björk Matt Fitzpatrick	[40]

2022 season

Schedule

Date	Tournament	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref.
23 Jan	Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship	Thomas Pieters	278	−10	1 stroke	Rafa Cabrera-Bello Shubhankar Sharma	[41]
30 Jan	Slync.io Dubai Desert Classic	Viktor Hovland	276	−12	Playoff	Richard Bland	[42]
10 Jul	Genesis Scottish Open	Xander Schauffele	273	−7	1 stroke	Kurt Kitayama	[43]
11 Sep	BMW PGA Championship	Shane Lowry	199[a]	−17	1 stroke	Rory McIlroy Jon Rahm	[45]
20 Nov	DP World Tour Championship	Jon Rahm	268	−20	2 strokes	Tyrrell Hatton Alex Norén	[46]

2023 season

Schedule

Date	Tournament	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref.
22 Jan	Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship	Victor Perez	270	−18	1 stroke	Min Woo Lee Sebastian Söderberg	[47]
30 Jan	Hero Dubai Desert Classic	Rory McIlroy	269	−19	1 stroke	Patrick Reed	[48]
16 Jul	Genesis Scottish Open	Rory McIlroy	265	−15	1 stroke	Robert MacIntyre	[49]
17 Sep	BMW PGA Championship	Ryan Fox	270	−18	1 stroke	Tyrrell Hatton Aaron Rai	[50]
19 Nov	DP World Tour Championship	Nicolai Højgaard	267	−21	2 strokes	Tommy Fleetwood Viktor Hovland Matt Wallace	[51]

2024 season

Schedule

Date	Tournament	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref.
21 Jan	Hero Dubai Desert Classic	Rory McIlroy	274	−14	1 stroke	Adrian Meronk	[52]
14 Jul	Genesis Scottish Open	Robert MacIntyre	262	−18	1 stroke	Adam Scott	[53]
22 Sep	BMW PGA Championship	Billy Horschel	268	−20	Playoff	Thriston Lawrence Rory McIlroy	[54]
10 Nov	Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship	Paul Waring	264	−24	2 strokes	Tyrrell Hatton	[55]
17 Nov	DP World Tour Championship	Rory McIlroy	273	−15	2 strokes	Rasmus Højgaard	[56]

2025 season

Schedule

Date	Tournament	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref.
19 Jan	Hero Dubai Desert Classic	Tyrrell Hatton	273	−15	1 stroke	Daniel Hillier	[57]
13 Jul	Genesis Scottish Open
14 Sep	BMW PGA Championship
9 Nov	Abu Dhabi Championship
16 Nov	DP World Tour Championship

Multiple winners

Rank	Player	Wins	Tournaments won
T1	Tyrrell Hatton	5	2017 Italian Open, 2019 Turkish Airlines Open, 2020 BMW PGA Championship, 2021 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, 2025 Hero Dubai Desert Classic
	Jon Rahm		2017 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open, 2017 DP World Tour Championship, Dubai, 2019 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open, 2019 DP World Tour Championship, Dubai, 2022 DP World Tour Championship
3	Rory McIlroy	4	2023 Hero Dubai Desert Classic, 2023 Genesis Scottish Open, 2024 Hero Dubai Desert Classic, 2024 DP World Tour Championship
T4	Tommy Fleetwood	2	2017 HNA Open de France, 2019 Nedbank Golf Challenge
	Billy Horschel		2021 BMW PGA Championship, 2024 BMW PGA Championship
	Shane Lowry		2019 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, 2022 BMW PGA Championship
	Alex Norén		2017 BMW PGA Championship, 2018 HNA Open de France
	Justin Rose		2017 Turkish Airlines Open, 2018 Turkish Airlines Open
	Lee Westwood		2018 Nedbank Golf Challenge, 2020 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship
	Bernd Wiesberger		2019 Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open, 2019 Italian Open
	Danny Willett		2018 DP World Tour Championship, Dubai, 2019 BMW PGA Championship

See also

• International Series (golf)

Notes

1. Shortened to 54 holes due to Operation London Bridge.[44]

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External links

• European Tour official site