2024 European Tour

2024 European Tour season

Duration	23 November 2023 (2023-11-23) – 17 November 2024 (2024-11-17)
Number of official events	44 [lower-alpha 1]
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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]
• In April 2024, the tour announced that Genesis Motor had become a title partner of the tour. As part of this deal, the Korea Championship, which had been played in 2023 and was due to be played in April 2024, was merged into the Genesis Championship, a long-standing Korean Tour event, which became a "Back 9" event played in October. ^[9]
• 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. ^[10]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (US$)	R2D points	Winner [lower-alpha 2]	OWGR points	Other tours [lower-alpha 3]	Notes
26 Nov	Fortinet Australian PGA Championship	Australia	A$2,000,000	3,000	Min Woo Lee (3)	13.51	ANZ
26 Nov	Joburg Open	South Africa	R20,500,000	3,000	Dean Burmester (3)	11.95	AFR
3 Dec	ISPS Handa Australian Open	Australia	A$1,700,000	3,000	Joaquín Niemann (1)	14.80	ANZ
3 Dec	Investec South African Open Championship	South Africa	1,500,000	3,000	Dean Burmester (4)	12.59	AFR
11 Dec	Alfred Dunhill Championship	South Africa	€1,500,000	3,000	Louis Oosthuizen (10)	14.07	AFR
17 Dec	AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open	Mauritius	1,200,000	3,000	Louis Oosthuizen (11)	11.05	AFR
14 Jan	Dubai Invitational	UAE	2,500,000	3,000	Tommy Fleetwood (7)	20.13		New limited-field pro-am
21 Jan	Hero Dubai Desert Classic	UAE	9,000,000	8,000	Rory McIlroy (17)	29.73		Rolex Series
28 Jan	Ras Al Khaimah Championship	UAE	2,500,000	3,000	Thorbjørn Olesen (8)	18.70
4 Feb	Bahrain Championship	Bahrain	2,500,000	3,000	Dylan Frittelli (3)	17.70		New tournament
11 Feb	Commercial Bank Qatar Masters	Qatar	2,500,000	3,000	Rikuya Hoshino (1)	17.34
25 Feb	Magical Kenya Open	Kenya	2,500,000	3,000	Darius van Driel (1)	12.27
3 Mar	SDC Championship	South Africa	1,500,000	3,000	Jordan Gumberg (1)	13.81	AFR
10 Mar	Jonsson Workwear Open	South Africa	1,500,000	3,000	Matteo Manassero (5)	13.99	AFR
24 Mar	Porsche Singapore Classic	Singapore	2,500,000	3,000	Jesper Svensson (1)	19.32
31 Mar	Hero Indian Open	India	2,250,000	3,000	Keita Nakajima (1)	15.83	PGTI
14 Apr	Masters Tournament	United States	20,000,000	10,000	Scottie Scheffler (n/a)	100		Major championship
21 Apr	Korea Championship	South Korea	–	–	Removed [lower-alpha 4]	–	KOR
28 Apr	ISPS Handa Championship	Japan	2,250,000	3,000		20.72	JPN
5 May	Volvo China Open	China	2,250,000	3,000			CHN
19 May	PGA Championship	United States		10,000		100		Major championship
26 May	Soudal Open	Belgium	2,500,000	3,000
2 Jun	European Open	Germany	2,500,000	3,000
9 Jun	Volvo Car Scandinavian Mixed	Sweden	2,000,000	3,000			LET	Mixed event [lower-alpha 5]
16 Jun	U.S. Open	United States		10,000		100		Major championship
23 Jun	KLM Open	Netherlands	2,500,000	3,000
30 Jun	Italian Open	Italy	3,250,000	3,000
7 Jul	BMW International Open	Germany	2,500,000	3,000
14 Jul	Genesis Scottish Open	Scotland	9,000,000	8,000			PGAT	Rolex Series
14 Jul	Kentucky Championship	United States	4,000,000	3,000			PGAT
21 Jul	The Open Championship	Scotland		10,000		100		Major championship
21 Jul	Barracuda Championship	United States	4,000,000	3,000			PGAT
18 Aug	D+D Real Czech Masters	Czech Republic	2,500,000	3,000
25 Aug	Danish Golf Championship	Denmark	2,500,000	3,000
1 Sep	Betfred British Masters	England	3,500,000	5,000
8 Sep	Omega European Masters	Switzerland	€2,500,000	5,000
15 Sep	Amgen Irish Open	Northern Ireland	6,000,000	5,000
22 Sep	BMW PGA Championship	England	9,000,000	8,000				Rolex Series
29 Sep	Acciona Open de España	Spain	3,250,000	5,000
6 Oct	Alfred Dunhill Links Championship	Scotland	5,000,000	5,000				Pro-Am
13 Oct	FedEx Open de France	France	3,250,000	5,000
20 Oct	Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters	Spain	3,250,000	5,000
27 Oct	Genesis Championship	South Korea	4,000,000	5,000			KOR	New to European Tour
10 Nov	Abu Dhabi Championship	UAE	9,000,000	9,000				Playoff event [lower-alpha 6]
17 Nov	DP World Tour Championship	UAE	10,000,000	12,000				Playoff event [lower-alpha 6]

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 Aug	Olympic Games	France	n/a			Limited-field event

Race to Dubai

Top 3 players on the Race to Dubai as of 14 April 2024 (Masters Tournament): ^[11]

Pos.	Player		Majors					Rolex Series						Top 10s in other ET events						Total pts		Tmts		Money
			Mas	PGA	USO	Opn		Dub	Sco	BMW PGA	Abu	DPW TC		1	2	3	4	5						Reg. (€m)	Bon. ($m)
1	McIlroy		T22 104					1st 1335						T2 261						1,700		3
2	Hoshino		•					CUT 0						2nd 334	2nd 334	1st 500				1,258		10
3	Svensson		•					T31 66						T2 224	T2 261	1st 500				1,160		10

See also

• 2024 Challenge Tour
• 2024 European Senior Tour

Notes

1. A further one tournament was scheduled but was removed from the schedule.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. In April 2024, the Korea Championship was merged with the Genesis Championship, which was added to the tour schedule. ^[9]
5. 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.
6. 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. "Genesis signs new tournament Title Partner agreement in Korea with the DP World Tour". European Tour. 3 April 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
10. "2024 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
11. "2024 Race to Dubai". European Tour. Retrieved 15 April 2024.

External links

• Official website