European Tour announces full 2015 schedule

Dubai, United Arab Emirates (SportsNetwork.com) – The European Tour announced the remainder of their 2014-15 international schedule on Sunday.

The early portion, that included two new events, had previously been released. With the full schedule now out, there will be six new tournaments and seven new venues.

In February, two new events will be contested in back-to-back weeks in Thailand and India. The tour will have a pair of events in South Africa in March, then shift to Morocco and Madeira.

Following the Masters, the next new event will be in China with the Shenzhen International. That will be followed by the Volvo China Open and the WGC- Accenture Match Play.

May kicks off with another new event, the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open. The tour finally returns to Europe for a long stretch after that. Traditional stops in Spain, England and Ireland will start that run.

The yearly stops in Sweden and Austria will again proceed the U.S. Open at Chambers Bay. The Scottish Open serves as the final tune-up for the Open Championship, which will be played on the Old Course at St. Andrews.

After the Open Championship are stops in Switzerland and Scotland for a new event, the Saltire Energy Paul Lawrie Matchplay.

The first two events in August are the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits. Several events in Eastern Europe follow the PGA and lead into the Italian Open and European Open, which returns to the schedule for the first time since 2009.

The Dunhill Links and Portugal Masters are the final events in Europe once again. Following those events is a stop in Hong Kong before the final series kicks off in China with the BMW Masters. The tour championship will be in Dubai for a seventh straight year.

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