European Tour: 18 tournaments return to 2021 schedule

Lee Westwood won the Race to Dubai title in the last European Tour event of 2020 on Sunday

The European In the Tour's 2021 schedule, 18 tournaments have been postponed or canceled in 2020 that are returning to the calendar.

There will be four premium events worth $ 8 million each – the Abu Dhabi Championship in January, the Scottish Open in July North Berwick, the PGA Championship in Wentworth in September and the season-dependent Tour Championship in Dubai.

At least eight tournaments will be held in the UK.

They include the British Masters, English Open and Wales Open.

There are also plans for a UK event to be approved along with the Ladies European Tour and LPGA Tour in late July.

"There is no doubt that the challenge of reshaping our 2020 season was in many ways the foundation of our 2021 approach," said Keith Pelley, CEO of European Tour.

"One of the most important lessons was to group events in terms of their geographic location to create a more travel-friendly season for our members. This is reflected in myriad concentrations of event locations . "