European Tour adds Dubai tournament before 2021 season finale

[October 06, 2021] (Reuters) - The European Tour on Tuesday added the AVIV Dubai Championship to its 2021 schedule, with the $1.5 million event returning for a second straight season and replacing the cancelled Nedbank Golf Challenge Hosted by Gary Player in South Africa.

General view during the final round. Action Images / Paul Childs

The event will be played on the Fire course at Jumeirah Golf Estates from Nov. 11-14 and forms a November Dubai double-header with the season-ending DP World Tour Championship, which will take place from Nov. 18-21 on the neighbouring Earth course.

The event, called the "Golf in Dubai Championship" last year and won by Frenchman Antoine Rozner, follows the Mallorca Golf Open (Oct. 21-24) and the Portugal Masters (Nov. 4-7) in being added to this year's schedule.

Players in the two Iberian swing events and the penultimate round in Dubai will look to seal their place in the $9 million DP World Tour Championship.

The European Tour said the cancelled South Africa tournament will return for its 40th anniversary in 2022.

(Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru; Editing by Hugh Lawson)

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