2023 European Tour

2023 European Tour season

Duration	24 November 2022 (2022-11-24) – 19 November 2023 (2023-11-19)
Number of official events	45
Most wins	Adrian Meronk (3)
Race to Dubai	Rory McIlroy
Player of the Year	Adrian Meronk
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year	Ryo Hisatsune
Graduate of the Year	Daniel Hillier
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The 2023 European Tour, titled as the 2023 DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 52nd season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.

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

Changes for 2023

Player Earnings Assurance Programme

In November 2022, alongside the schedule release, the tour announced that they would introduce a "Player Earnings Assurance Programme", which would guarantee minimum earnings of US$150,000 for all exempt players from categories 1–17 if they competed in at least 15 tournaments. ^{[2] [3]}

Rankings name change

In November 2022, the tour announced that the DP World Tour Rankings would be reverted back to the Race to Dubai, the name which had been in place between 2009 and 2021. ^[4]

PGA Tour exemptions

As part of the PGA Tour strategic alliance expansion which had been signed in June 2022, ^[5] the 2023 season saw the beginning of PGA Tour status being awarded to the top 10 players (not otherwise exempt) on the Race to Dubai. ^[6]

Additions to the schedule

The Singapore Classic, ^[7] SDC Championship, Jonsson Workwear Open (previously a Challenge Tour event) and the Korea Championship were added to the schedule. The ISPS Handa Australian Open was also added to the schedule as co-sanctioned event with the PGA Tour of Australasia, the first time Australia's national open had gained European Tour status. ^[8]

The ISPS Handa Championship in Japan returned to the schedule, having been removed in 2022. ^[9] The Thailand Classic and the Hero Indian Open also returned to the schedule, having not been played since 2016 and 2019, respectively. ^{[10] [11]}

A new team event was created and also added to the schedule; the Hero Cup, which was played in January. Similarly to the defunct Seve Trophy, a team from Great Britain & Ireland competed against a team from Continental Europe. The event was used as a warm-up for the Ryder Cup matches in September. ^[12]

LIV Golf agreement

In June 2023, it was announced that the Public Investment Fund, the PGA Tour and the European Tour would create a new entity to serve the best interests of each entity. ^[13]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2023 season. ^[14]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (US$)	R2D points	Winner [lower-alpha 1]	OWGR points	Other tours [lower-alpha 2]	Notes
27 Nov	Fortinet Australian PGA Championship	Australia	A$2,000,000	2,000	Cameron Smith (n/a)	10.06	ANZ
27 Nov	Joburg Open	South Africa	R17,500,000	2,000	Dan Bradbury (1)	9.24	AFR
4 Dec	ISPS Handa Australian Open	Australia	A$1,700,000	2,000	Adrian Meronk (2)	10.26	ANZ	New to European Tour
4 Dec	Investec South African Open Championship	South Africa	1,500,000	2,000	Thriston Lawrence (3)	12.12	AFR
11 Dec	Alfred Dunhill Championship	South Africa	€1,500,000	2,000	Ockie Strydom (1)	14.59	AFR
18 Dec	AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open	Mauritius	€1,000,000	2,000	Antoine Rozner (3)	8.60	AFR
22 Jan	Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship	UAE	9,000,000	8,000	Victor Perez (3)	25.94		Rolex Series
30 Jan	Hero Dubai Desert Classic	UAE	9,000,000	8,000	Rory McIlroy (15)	29.49		Rolex Series
5 Feb	Ras Al Khaimah Championship	UAE	2,000,000	2,750	Daniel Gavins (2)	17.53
12 Feb	Singapore Classic	Singapore	2,000,000	2,750	Ockie Strydom (2)	16.49		New tournament
19 Feb	Thailand Classic	Thailand	2,000,000	2,750	Thorbjørn Olesen (7)	15.97
26 Feb	Hero Indian Open	India	2,000,000	2,750	Marcel Siem (5)	9.29	PGTI
12 Mar	Magical Kenya Open	Kenya	2,000,000	2,750	Jorge Campillo (3)	14.34
19 Mar	SDC Championship	South Africa	1,500,000	2,000	Matthew Baldwin (1)	14.81	AFR	New tournament
26 Mar	Jonsson Workwear Open	South Africa	1,500,000	2,000	Nick Bachem (1)	13.85	AFR	New to European Tour
26 Mar	WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play	United States	20,000,000	8,000	Sam Burns (n/a)	52.41		World Golf Championship
9 Apr	Masters Tournament	United States	18,000,000	10,000	Jon Rahm (10)	100		Major championship
23 Apr	ISPS Handa Championship	Japan	2,000,000	2,750	Lucas Herbert (3)	19.22	JPN	New to European Tour [lower-alpha 3]
30 Apr	Korea Championship	South Korea	2,000,000	2,750	Pablo Larrazábal (8)	17.05	KOR	New tournament
7 May	DS Automobiles Italian Open	Italy	3,250,000	4,250	Adrian Meronk (3)	20.48
14 May	Soudal Open	Belgium	2,000,000	2,750	Simon Forsström (1)	15.24
21 May	PGA Championship	United States	17,500,000	10,000	Brooks Koepka (7)	100		Major championship
28 May	KLM Open	Netherlands	2,000,000	2,750	Pablo Larrazábal (9)	18.57
4 Jun	Porsche European Open	Germany	2,000,000	2,750	Tom McKibbin (1)	18.10
11 Jun	Volvo Car Scandinavian Mixed	Sweden	2,000,000	2,750	Dale Whitnell (1)	12.25	LET	Mixed event [lower-alpha 4]
18 Jun	U.S. Open	United States	20,000,000	10,000	Wyndham Clark (n/a)	100		Major championship
25 Jun	BMW International Open	Germany	2,000,000	2,750	Thriston Lawrence (4)	16.77
2 Jul	Betfred British Masters	England	3,500,000	4,250	Daniel Hillier (1)	20.55
9 Jul	Made in HimmerLand	Denmark	3,250,000	4,250	Rasmus Højgaard (4)	16.53
16 Jul	Genesis Scottish Open	Scotland	9,000,000	8,000	Rory McIlroy (16)	62.26	PGAT	Rolex Series
16 Jul	Barbasol Championship	United States	3,800,000	4,250	Vincent Norrman (1)	15.95	PGAT
23 Jul	The Open Championship	England	16,500,000	10,000	Brian Harman (n/a)	100		Major championship
23 Jul	Barracuda Championship	United States	3,800,000	4,250	Akshay Bhatia (n/a)	23.76	PGAT
20 Aug	ISPS Handa World Invitational	Northern Ireland	1,500,000	2,000	Dan Brown (1)	11.23
27 Aug	D+D Real Czech Masters	Czech Republic	2,000,000	2,750	Todd Clements (1)	20.09
3 Sep	Omega European Masters	Switzerland	€2,500,000	3,500	Ludvig Åberg (1)	22.74
10 Sep	Horizon Irish Open	Ireland	6,000,000	6,000	Vincent Norrman (2)	30.10
17 Sep	BMW PGA Championship	England	9,000,000	8,000	Ryan Fox (4)	39.10		Rolex Series
24 Sep	Cazoo Open de France	France	3,250,000	4,250	Ryo Hisatsune (1)	20.71
9 Oct	Alfred Dunhill Links Championship	Scotland	5,000,000	5,500	Matt Fitzpatrick (9)	26.05		Pro-Am
15 Oct	Acciona Open de España	Spain	3,250,000	4,250	Matthieu Pavon (1)	21.37
22 Oct	Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters	Spain	3,750,000	4,250	Adrian Meronk (4)	21.14
29 Oct	Commercial Bank Qatar Masters	Qatar	3,750,000	4,250	Sami Välimäki (2)	18.11
12 Nov	Nedbank Golf Challenge	South Africa	6,000,000	7,000	Max Homa (n/a)	19.44		Limited-field event
19 Nov	DP World Tour Championship	UAE	10,000,000	12,000	Nicolai Højgaard (3)	27.72		Tour Championship [lower-alpha 5]

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	Winners	OWGR points	Notes
15 Jan	Hero Cup	UAE	€2,000,000	Team Continental Europe	n/a	New team event
1 Oct	Ryder Cup	Italy	n/a	Team Europe	n/a	Team event

Race to Dubai

The Race to Dubai was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system. ^{[15] [16]}

Pos.	Player		Majors					WGCs		Rolex Series						Top 10s in other ET events									Total pts		Tmts		Money
			Mas	PGA	USO	Opn		WGC MP		Abu	Dub	Sco	BMW PGA	DPW TC		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8						Reg. (€m)	Bon. ($m)
1	McIlroy		CUT 0	T7 275	2nd 1113	T6 325		3rd 500		•	1st 1335	1st 1335	T7 206	T22 131											5,296		10		7.5	2.0
2	N. Højgaard		•	T50 45	•	T23 98		•		T10 132	T38 50	T6 212	T64 20	1st 2000		T10 33	T5 98	T5 152	3rd 172	T5 125	2nd 780				3,985		17		4.4	1.2
3	Rahm		1st 1665	T50 45	T10 179	T2 666		T31 54		•	•	•	4th 400	T5 429		T9 73									3,511		8		5.3	0.7
4	Meronk		CUT 0	T40 59	CUT 0	T23 98		T17 92		T10 132	CUT 0	CUT 0	T28 72	T32 100		1st 335	T4 127	1st 710	T5 98	T3 130	1st 710				2,969		24		2.4	0.6
5	Fox		T26 102	T23 108	T43 59	T52 42		T17 92		T65 20	T20 89	T12 119	1st 1335	T34 95		T3 285	T2 411								2,898		19		3.0	0.5
6	Hovland		T7 275	T2 870	19th 123	T13 151		T31 54		•	•	T25 73	5th 339	T2 896											2,780		8		3.8
7	Perez		•	T12 162	CUT 0	T41 59		T31 54		1st 1335	T28 69	T35 58	CUT 0	8th 300		T9 75	T9 83								2,406		22		2.5
8	Fleetwood		33rd 84	T18 121	T5 358	T10 185		T52 32		T38 52	T59 24	T6 212	6th 280	T2 896											2,356		12		2.9
9	Olesen		•	CUT 0	•	CUT 0		•		T20 88	T16 106	T25 73	T33 65	T26 122		T4 127	1st 460	T6 90	3rd 172	T10 76	T9 83	T9 77	3rd 438		2,226		24		1.7
10	Lee		CUT 0	T18 121	T5 358	T41 59		T31 54		T2 695	T13 123	T35 58	T14 115	T15 173		T4 92	3rd 125	T7 139							2,176		15		2.5

  Win

  Top 10

  Made cut

  Missed cut

• Did not play

PGA Tour exemptions

The top 10 players on the Race to Dubai (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2024 PGA Tour. They were as follows: ^{[17] [18]}

• Adrian Meronk (4th)
• Ryan Fox (5th)
• Victor Perez (7th)
• Thorbjørn Olesen (9th)
• Alexander Björk (11th)
• Sami Välimäki (12th)
• Robert MacIntyre (13th)
• Matthieu Pavon (15th)
• Jorge Campillo (16th)
• Ryo Hisatsune (17th)

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Player of the Year (Seve Ballesteros Award)	Adrian Meronk	[19]
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year	Ryo Hisatsune	[20]
Graduate of the Year	Daniel Hillier	[21]

See also

• 2023 Challenge Tour
• 2023 European Senior Tour

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; JPN − Japan Golf Tour; KOR − Korean Tour; LET − Ladies European Tour; PGAT − PGA Tour; PGTI − Professional Golf Tour of India.
3. Tournament's debut on European Tour delayed from 2022.
4. 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.
5. Also a Rolex Series tournament.

References

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3. "DP World Tour announces global 2023 schedule". European Tour. 3 November 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
4. "The DP World Tour Rankings to become the Race to Dubai Rankings in Partnership with Rolex for the 2023 season". European Tour. 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
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6. Morfit, Cameron (24 December 2022). "Five things to know about the PGA Tour for 2023". PGA Tour. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
7. Chia, Laura (21 June 2022). "Golf: European Tour to return to Singapore in 2023 after nine-year hiatus". The Straits Times. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
8. Hytner, Mike (29 April 2022). "Australian Open to make golf history with equal billing and prize money for men and women". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
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11. "Hero Indian Open returns with record prize fund". European Tour. 9 February 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
12. McAuley, John (6 September 2022). "DP World Tour announce new match-play team event to take place in Abu Dhabi". The National. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
13. "PGA Tour, DP World Tour and LIV Golf agree to stunning merger". Sky Sports. 6 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
14. "2023 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
15. "2023 Race to Dubai". European Tour. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
16. "Rory McIlroy secures fifth Race to Dubai title after Max Homa's Nedbank Golf Challenge win". Sky Sports. 13 November 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
17. Hodowanic, Paul (20 November 2023). "Meet the 10: Adrian Meronk leads DP World Tour players to earn dual membership on PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
18. Roberts, Andy (19 November 2023). "Which 10 DP World Tour players have earned PGA Tour cards". GolfMagic. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
19. "Adrian Meronk wins the 2023 Seve Ballesteros Award". European Tour. 16 January 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
20. "Ryo Hisatsune wins Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year Award". European Tour. 28 November 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
21. "Hillier credits Challenge Tour after being named Graduate of the Year". European Tour. 23 November 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.

External links

• Official website