2024 European Tour season
Duration23 November 2023 (2023-11-23) – 17 November 2024 (2024-11-17)
Number of official events45
2023
2025 →

The 2024 European Tour, titled as the 2024 DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons, is the 53rd season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.

It is the third season of the tour under a title sponsorship agreement with DP World that was announced in November 2021.[1]

Changes for 2024

When the 2024 schedule was announced in August 2023, there were many changes from previous seasons, including:[2][3][4]

  • The calendar was split into three phases: the "Global Swings", the "Back 9" and the "DP World Tour Play-Offs".
    • There are five global swings: the "Opening Swing", the "International Swing", the "Asian Swing", the "European Swing" and the "Closing Swing". Each swing has its own mini Order of Merit, with the champion of each winning US$200,000. The swings also serve as a qualification route for the Rolex Series and Back 9 events.
    • The Back 9 consists of nine events in Europe, including several national opens and beginning with the Betfred British Masters.
    • The season-ending "DP World Tour Playoffs" consists of two events: the Abu Dhabi Championship and the DP World Tour Championship. The top 70 in the Race to Dubai Rankings qualify for the playoffs, with the top 50 in the rankings after the first event qualifying for the Tour Championship.
  • Two new tournaments were added to the calendar for 2024: the Dubai Invitational and the Bahrain Championship. The Volvo China Open also returned to the schedule, having not been played on the European Tour since 2019 due to restrictions in place during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Several tournaments held in 2023 were not included in the initial announcement: the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, the Thailand Classic, the Hero Indian Open, the ISPS Handa World Invitational,[5] the Qatar Masters and the Barbasol Championship, for which a replacement event was to be announced at a later date. Additionally, a change of dates for the Nedbank Golf Challenge meant it would not be part of the 2024 season, but was scheduled to return as one of the opening events of the 2025 season.[6] The Hero Indian Open[7] and the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters were later added to the schedule.[8]
  • Race to Dubai points were simplified, with regular tournaments during the swings all awarding 3,000 points and Back 9 events awarding 5,000 points. Points available in Rolex Series events, major championships and the tour championship all remained the same, at 8,000, 10,000 and 12,000 respectively.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2024 season.[9]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(US$)
R2D
points
Winner[lower-alpha 1] OWGR
points
Other
tours[lower-alpha 2]
Notes
26 NovFortinet Australian PGA ChampionshipAustraliaA$2,000,0003,000Australia Min Woo Lee (3)13.51ANZ
26 NovJoburg OpenSouth AfricaR20,500,0003,000South Africa Dean Burmester (3)11.95AFR
3 DecISPS Handa Australian OpenAustraliaA$1,700,0003,000Chile Joaquín Niemann (1)14.80ANZ
3 DecInvestec South African Open ChampionshipSouth Africa1,500,0003,000South Africa Dean Burmester (4)12.59AFR
11 DecAlfred Dunhill ChampionshipSouth Africa€1,500,0003,000South Africa Louis Oosthuizen (10)14.07AFR
17 DecAfrAsia Bank Mauritius OpenMauritius1,200,0003,000South Africa Louis Oosthuizen (11)11.05AFR
14 JanDubai InvitationalUAE2,500,0003,00020.13New limited-field pro-am
21 JanHero Dubai Desert ClassicUAE9,000,0008,000Rolex Series
28 JanRas Al Khaimah ChampionshipUAE2,500,0003,000
4 FebBahrain ChampionshipBahrain2,500,0003,000New tournament
11 FebCommercial Bank Qatar MastersQatar2,500,0003,000
25 FebMagical Kenya OpenKenya2,000,0003,000
3 MarSDC ChampionshipSouth Africa1,500,0003,000AFR
10 MarJonsson Workwear OpenSouth Africa1,500,0003,000AFR
24 MarPorsche Singapore ClassicSingapore2,000,0003,000
31 MarHero Indian OpenIndia2,000,0003,000PGTI
14 AprMasters TournamentUnited States10,000100Major championship
21 AprKorea ChampionshipSouth Korea2,000,0003,000KOR
28 AprISPS Handa ChampionshipJapan2,000,0003,000JPN
5 MayVolvo China OpenChina2,000,0003,000CHN
19 MayPGA ChampionshipUnited States10,000100Major championship
26 MaySoudal OpenBelgium2,000,0003,000
2 JunEuropean OpenGermany2,000,0003,000
9 JunVolvo Car Scandinavian MixedSweden2,000,0003,000LETMixed event[lower-alpha 3]
16 JunU.S. OpenUnited States10,000100Major championship
23 JunKLM OpenNetherlands2,000,0003,000
30 JunItalian OpenItaly3,250,0003,000
7 JulBMW International OpenGermany2,000,0003,000
14 JulGenesis Scottish OpenScotland9,000,0008,000PGATRolex Series
14 JulTBAUnited States4,000,0003,000PGAT
21 JulThe Open ChampionshipScotland10,000100Major championship
21 JulBarracuda ChampionshipUnited States4,000,0003,000PGAT
18 AugD+D Real Czech MastersCzech Republic2,000,0003,000
25 AugDanish Golf ChampionshipDenmark2,000,0003,000
1 SepBetfred British MastersEngland3,500,0005,000
8 SepOmega European MastersSwitzerland€2,500,0005,000
15 SepAmgen Irish OpenNorthern Ireland6,000,0005,000
22 SepBMW PGA ChampionshipEngland9,000,0008,000Rolex Series
29 SepAcciona Open de EspañaSpain3,250,0005,000
6 OctAlfred Dunhill Links ChampionshipScotland5,000,0005,000Pro-Am
13 OctOpen de FranceFrance3,250,0005,000
20 OctAndalucía MastersSpain3,250,0005,000
27 OctTBATBA5,000
10 NovAbu Dhabi ChampionshipUAE9,000,0008,000Playoff event[lower-alpha 4]
17 NovDP World Tour ChampionshipUAE10,000,00012,000Playoff event[lower-alpha 4]

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the European Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date Tournament Host country Purse Winner OWGR
points
Notes
4 AugOlympic GamesFrancen/aLimited-field event

Notes

  1. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of European Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for European Tour members.
  2. AFR − Sunshine Tour; CHN − China Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour; KOR − Korean Tour; LET − Ladies European Tour; PGAT − PGA Tour; PGTI − Professional Golf Tour of India.
  3. Field of 78 men and 78 women playing from different sets of tees. Tour ranking and world ranking points based on finish among men's field only.
  4. 1 2 Also a Rolex Series tournament.

References

  1. Murray, Ewan (9 November 2021). "'A new era in global golf': European Tour to be renamed DP World Tour". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  2. "New look 2024 DP World Tour schedule unveiled". European Tour. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  3. "DP World Tour 2024 schedule: Tournament dates and venues, plus when golf majors are taking place". Sky Sports. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  4. Coles, Matt (14 August 2023). "DP World Tour announces new-look 2024 schedule". National Club Golfer. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  5. Haughey, John (15 August 2023). "World Invitational not on 2024 schedule but Galgorm say 'exciting new event' planned". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  6. "Nedbank Golf Challenge to return as part of 2025 Race to Dubai". European Tour. 11 September 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  7. "Indian Open to complete the 2024 Asian Swing". The Times of India. 14 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  8. "Commercial Bank Qatar Masters added to International Swing". European Tour. 19 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  9. "2024 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
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