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Oldest Events *

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First Held	First Year Tour Event	Historical Name	Current Name
1860	1972	Open Championship	British Open
1895	1972	US Open	US Open
1903	1997	South African Open	Investec South African Open
1904	2022	Australian Open	Crown Australian Open
1910	1978	Belgian Open	Soudal Open
1912	1972	Dutch Open	KLM Open
1912	1972	Spanish Open	Open de España
1916	1972	PGA Championship	PGA Championship
1923	1972	Swiss Open (then European Masters)	Omega European Masters
1925	1972	Italian Open	Open d’Italia
1926	1972	French Open	FedEx Open de France
1927	1975	Irish Open	Amgen Irish Open
1929	2015	Australian PGA Championship	BMW Australian PGA Championship

* Based on the first staging of tournaments that were on the 2026 Tour schedule.

There were 20 official events on the inaugural PGA European Tour in 1972 including the three US Majors. with the Masters being the first event of the season. A week later, Spain´s Antonio Garrido won the Spanish Open at Girona.

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