The 2010 European Tour is the second edition of the Race to Dubai and the 39th season of golf tournaments since the European Tour officially began in 1972.
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The Race to Dubai was won by Germany's Martin Kaymer. Kaymer and Graeme McDowell from Northern Ireland shared the Golfer of the Year award.
Schedule
The table below shows the 2010 European Tour schedule. The season consists of 47 tournaments and begins in December 2009 with the Alfred Dunhill Championship in South Africa, and culminates with the Dubai World Championship the following November. The schedule includes the four major championships, four World Golf Championships and the Ryder Cup. There are six new tournaments, the Africa Open in South Africa, the returning Avantha Masters in India which was cancelled in 2009, the Hassan II Golf Trophy in Morocco, the Open Calla Millor Mallorca and the Andalucía Valderrama Masters, both held in Spain, and the Vivendi Cup in France.
Race to Dubai
Since 2009, the European Tour's money list has been known as the Race to Dubai. It is based on money earned during the season and is calculated in Euro, with earnings from tournaments that award prize money in other currencies being converted at the exchange rate available the week of the event. The following table shows the top 15 in the 2010 standings following the Dubai World Championship and distribution of the bonus pool.
Golfer of the Month
The winners of the European Tour Golfer of the Month Award were as follows: