When is the… 2017 Tour Championship?
The top 60 players in the Race to Dubai will battle it out to be crowned the tour champion and receive a $1 million bonus.
Here’s all you need to know about the tournament.
A brief history of the Tour Championship
The Tour Championship was introduced in 2009 when the Race to Dubai replaced the Order of Merit. It replaced the Volvo Masters as the final money list event on the European Tour schedule.
Originally the tournament was supposed to have a record prize purse of $10 million but had to be reduced by 25% to $7.5 million.
The winner of the first tournament was Lee Westwood.
Did you know…
Henrik Stenson, who has won the tournament twice, holds the record for the lowest tournament score with an aggregate score of 263 (-25).
Rory McIlroy has also won the tournament twice, winning it in 2012 and 2015.
Race to Dubai leader Tommy Fleetwood consolidated his number one spot with a tied 10th place finish and now knows that only Justin Rose and Sergio Garcia can stop him finishing the season at the top of the pile this week.
Where is the 2017 Tour Championship?
The Tour Championship is held on the Earth Course at the Jumeirah Golf Estate. The course measures at 7,675 yards long and was designed by Greg Norman.
Justin Rose holds the course record on the Earth course with a round of 62.
When is the 2017 Tour Championship?
The tournament will take place between 16th-19th November.
Who is the defending champion?
Matthew Fitzpatrick won the tournament last year by shooting a final round of 67 to beat Tyrell Hatton by one shot.
Matthew Beedle
Matthew has been playing golf since he was around 13 and took up the game at a local nine-hole municipal course with his friends before joining Pontefract & District Golf Club just over the hedge.
Still a member of Pontefract with a handicap of 3, he currently sits on the board of directors to help with digital and marketing initiatives in order to improve membership and visitor income.
Matthew graduated university with a First Class in Sports Journalism from Leeds Trinity University and has been working in the golf industry since graduating.
NCG’s social media & marketing manager, Matthew’s main job role is to increase website traffic to the National Club Golfer website via our email and social media channels as well as driving entries to grow our NCG Top 100s Tour events amongst other tasks.
Not one to change his equipment too often, Matthew currently plays the TaylorMade M2 driver which has lasted the test of time in his bag. Elsewhere, you’ll find him using the TaylorMade Stealth 2 three-wood with a Ping G425 Crossover 2-iron to aid his long game.
Through his 4-iron to Gap Wedge, Matthew uses the Ping i500 irons accompanied by Ping’s Glide 3.0 56-degree and 60-degree wedges.
Another club that has stood the test of time in his bag is a Nike Method Core MC-3i putter which has had to have the SuperStroke grip changed at least three times. Ball of choice is the Titleist ProV1.
