2026 European Tour

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2026 European Tour season
Duration27 November 2025 (2025-11-27) – 15 November 2026 (2026-11-15)
Number of official events42
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The 2026 European Tour, titled as the 2026 DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons, will be the 55th season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.

Contents

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

Changes for 2026

The full schedule was announced in September 2025. [2] [3] As part of the announcement, it was revealed that a new event; the Estrella Damm Catalunya Championship would be added to the schedule, alongside the confirmation that Trump International, Doonbeg would host the 2026 Amgen Irish Open. [4] Several tournaments held in 2025 were not included in the schedule announcement: the Ras Al Khaimah Championship, the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters, the Porsche Singapore Classic, the Barracuda Championship (which was also not announced as part of the 2026 PGA Tour schedule) [5] and the Nexo Championship.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2026 season. [6]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(US$)		 R2D
points		Winner [a] OWGR
points		Other
tours [b] 		Notes
30 Nov BMW Australian PGA Championship AustraliaA$2,500,000Flag placeholder.svg ANZ
7 Dec Australian Open AustraliaA$2,000,000Flag placeholder.svg ANZ
7 Dec Nedbank Golf Challenge South AfricaFlag placeholder.svg
14 Dec Alfred Dunhill Championship South Africa€1,500,000Flag placeholder.svg AFR
21 Dec AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open Mauritius1,200,000Flag placeholder.svg AFR
18 Jan Dubai Invitational UAEFlag placeholder.svg
25 Jan Hero Dubai Desert Classic UAEFlag placeholder.svg Rolex Series
1 Feb Bahrain Championship BahrainFlag placeholder.svg
8 FebTBCMiddle EastFlag placeholder.svg
22 Feb Magical Kenya Open KenyaFlag placeholder.svg
1 Mar Investec South African Open Championship South Africa1,500,000Flag placeholder.svg AFR
8 Mar Joburg Open South AfricaR20,500,000Flag placeholder.svg AFR
22 Mar Hainan Classic ChinaFlag placeholder.svg CHN
29 Mar Hero Indian Open IndiaFlag placeholder.svg PGTI
12 Apr Masters Tournament United StatesFlag placeholder.svg100 Major championship
26 Apr Volvo China Open ChinaFlag placeholder.svg CHN
3 May Turkish Airlines Open TurkeyFlag placeholder.svg
10 May Estrella Damm Catalunya Championship SpainFlag placeholder.svgNew tournament
17 May PGA Championship United StatesFlag placeholder.svg100 Major championship
24 May Soudal Open BelgiumFlag placeholder.svg
31 May Austrian Alpine Open AustriaFlag placeholder.svg
7 Jun KLM Open NetherlandsFlag placeholder.svg
14 Jun U.S. Open United StatesFlag placeholder.svg100 Major championship
28 Jun Open d'Italia ItalyFlag placeholder.svg
5 Jul BMW International Open GermanyFlag placeholder.svg
12 Jul Genesis Scottish Open ScotlandFlag placeholder.svg PGAT Rolex Series
12 Jul ISCO Championship United StatesFlag placeholder.svg PGAT
19 Jul The Open Championship EnglandFlag placeholder.svg100 Major championship
19 Jul Corales Puntacana Championship Dominican RepublicFlag placeholder.svg PGAT New to European Tour
16 Aug Danish Golf Championship DenmarkFlag placeholder.svg
23 AugTBCEuropeFlag placeholder.svg
30 Aug Betfred British Masters EnglandFlag placeholder.svg
6 Sep Omega European Masters SwitzerlandFlag placeholder.svg
13 Sep Amgen Irish Open IrelandFlag placeholder.svg
20 Sep BMW PGA Championship EnglandFlag placeholder.svg Rolex Series
27 Sep FedEx Open de France FranceFlag placeholder.svg
4 Oct Alfred Dunhill Links Championship ScotlandFlag placeholder.svg
11 Oct Open de España SpainFlag placeholder.svg
18 Oct DP World India Championship IndiaFlag placeholder.svg PGTI
25 Oct Genesis Championship South KoreaFlag placeholder.svg KOR
8 Nov Abu Dhabi Championship UAEFlag placeholder.svgPlayoff event [c]
15 Nov DP World Tour Championship UAEFlag placeholder.svgPlayoff event [c]

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; ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; CHN − China Tour; KOR − Korean Tour; PGAT − PGA Tour; PGTI − Professional Golf Tour of India.
  3. 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. ↑ "DP World Tour announces its 2026 global tournament schedule". European Tour. 10 September 2025. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
  3. ↑ "DP World Tour 2026 schedule: Tournament dates and venues for golf majors, Rolex Series events and more". Sky Sports. 10 September 2025. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
  4. ↑ Gault, Matt (10 September 2025). "Trump's Doonbeg course to host 2026 Irish Open". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
  5. ↑ Murray, Chris (19 August 2025). "Local tournament Barracuda Championship not on PGA Tour's 2026 schedule release". Nevada Sports Net. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
  6. ↑ "2026 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
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