European Tour UK Swing Schedule

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published 24 August 2020

Make sure you know when and where the upcoming UK swing golf tournaments take place with this schedule guide.

European Tour UK Swing Schedule

Thanks to the Coronavirus, as many as 30 tournaments were cancelled or postponed on the European Tour which saw chief executive Keith Pelley look at alternative ways of staging golf tournaments.

Eventually the idea of a 'UK swing' of golf tournaments was created and you can check out the full six-week schedule below.

Close House Colt — The Lee Westwood Colt Course at Close House will host the first event of the UK swing

The behind-closed-doors schedule started with the Betfred (opens in new tab) British Masters hosted by Lee Westwood at Close House (opens in new tab) in Newcastle on the 22nd July.

Italian Renato Paratore won his second European Tour title with a dominating display.

That was followed by the Hero Open at the Marriott Forest of Arden where Sam Horsfield won his maiden European Tour title, beating Belgium's Thomas Detry by one stroke.

The English Championship at Marriott Hanbury Manor came next before the series headed to Wales.

Andy Sullivan won the event by seven strokes after finishing at 27 under par.

From there the Tour staged two tournaments, the Celtic Classic and Wales Open, at Celtic Manor (opens in new tab), the Welsh course that hosted the thrilling 2010 Ryder Cup.

Celtic Manor will host two consecutive tournaments (Getty Images)

Sam Horsfield won the Celtic Classic by two strokes for his second career victory and second within the space of three weeks.

Frenchman Romain Langasque then won the following event in the Wales Open, coming back from five strokes behind after 54-holes thanks to a bogey-free 65 on Sunday.

The series of tournaments will conclude with the UK Championship at The Belfry (opens in new tab), another venue that has played a key role in the history of the Ryder Cup.

The par-4 10th at the Brabazon course at The Belfry. The UK swing will conclude at the iconic course (Getty Images)

Importantly there will also be 10 U.S. Open spots up for grabs during the UK swing. After qualification was cancelled, it was announced the top 10 on the mini order of merit after the fifth event, the Wales Open, who haven’t already made it into the US Open will qualify into Winged Foot.

European Tour UK Swing Schedule

Betfred (opens in new tab) British Masters hosted by Lee Westwood, Close House - 22-25 July - WINNER - Renato Paratore

Hero Open, Marriott Forest of Arden - 30 July - 2 August - WINNER - Sam Horsfield

English Championship, Marriott Hanbury Manor - 6-9 August - WINNER - Andy Sullivan

Celtic Classic, Celtic Manor - 13-16 August - WINNER - Sam Horsfield

Wales Open, Celtic Manor - 20-23 August - WINNER - Romain Langasque

UK Championship, The Belfry - 37-30 August

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